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Self-moving cleaner

US6901624B2 · kind B2 · utility

229Cited by
15References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 2002
Grant dateJun 7, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47L2201/04
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A self-moving cleaner has a main body and comprises an intake opening for suctioning dust, an electric blower for generating airflow to suction dust, a dust receiver for collecting the dust suctioned by the electric blower, rollers driven by drive motors, a power source for supplying electric power to the electric blower and the drive motors, and sensors for optically detecting a distance to an obstacle. An enclosure surrounds the main body, the electric blower, the dust receiver, the power source, and the sensors, wherein the enclosure is transparent or semi-transparent, and the sensors transmit and receive light through the enclosure.

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