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WO2001091624A3
WO2001091624A3 PCT/US2001/017087 US0117087W WO0191624A3 WO 2001091624 A3 WO2001091624 A3 WO 2001091624A3 US 0117087 W US0117087 W US 0117087W WO 0191624 A3 WO0191624 A3 WO 0191624A3
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appendage
floor cleaner
robotic floor
corners
treating apparatus
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WO2001091624A2 (en
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Charles William Fisher
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Procter and Gamble Co
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Priority claimed from US09/580,083 external-priority patent/US6481515B1/en
Application filed by Procter and Gamble Co filed Critical Procter and Gamble Co
Priority to IL15254201A priority Critical patent/IL152542A0/en
Priority to CA002408170A priority patent/CA2408170A1/en
Priority to JP2001587643A priority patent/JP2003534128A/en
Priority to EP01939503A priority patent/EP1284630A2/en
Priority to AU2001265014A priority patent/AU2001265014A1/en
Publication of WO2001091624A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001091624A2/en
Publication of WO2001091624A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001091624A3/en
Priority to NO20025723A priority patent/NO20025723D0/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
    • A47L11/4061—Steering means; Means for avoiding obstacles; Details related to the place where the driver is accommodated
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/02—Floor surfacing or polishing machines
    • A47L11/10—Floor surfacing or polishing machines motor-driven
    • A47L11/12—Floor surfacing or polishing machines motor-driven with reciprocating or oscillating tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L11/29—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid
    • A47L11/292—Floor-scrubbing machines characterised by means for taking-up dirty liquid having rotary tools
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/10—Scrubbing; Scouring; Cleaning; Polishing
    • A47L13/42—Details
    • A47L13/44—Securing scouring-cloths to the brush or like body of the implement
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation

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  • Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
  • Cleaning In General (AREA)
  • Manipulator (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention relates to a horizontally movable and downwardly biased appendage (10) that extends laterally from a surface treating apparatus, such as a robotic floor cleaner (20). The robotic floor cleaner (20) and/or appendage (10) may use disposable cleaning sheets, such as dust clothes, wipes, sheet-brushes, and the like, to clean under objects or into corners but does not substantially interfere with the rotation of the surface treating apparatus (20) about its axis when it is adjacent to encountered obstacles. The appendage (10) can extend under low hanging obstructions to remove dirt, and reach into corners innavigable or unreachable by the robotic floor cleaner.
PCT/US2001/017087 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot for cleaning a surface Ceased WO2001091624A2 (en)

Priority Applications (6)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
IL15254201A IL152542A0 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot
CA002408170A CA2408170A1 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot
JP2001587643A JP2003534128A (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Accessories for robots
EP01939503A EP1284630A2 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot for cleaning a surface
AU2001265014A AU2001265014A1 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot
NO20025723A NO20025723D0 (en) 2000-05-30 2002-11-28 Accessories for a robot

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/580,083 2000-05-30
US09/580,083 US6481515B1 (en) 2000-05-30 2000-05-30 Autonomous mobile surface treating apparatus
US09/785,356 US6779217B2 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-02-16 Appendage for a robot
US09/785,356 2001-02-16

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WO2001091624A2 WO2001091624A2 (en) 2001-12-06
WO2001091624A3 true WO2001091624A3 (en) 2002-05-23

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PCT/US2001/017087 Ceased WO2001091624A2 (en) 2000-05-30 2001-05-25 Appendage for a robot for cleaning a surface

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EP (1) EP1284630A2 (en)
JP (1) JP2003534128A (en)
AU (1) AU2001265014A1 (en)
CA (1) CA2408170A1 (en)
IL (1) IL152542A0 (en)
NO (1) NO20025723D0 (en)
TW (1) TW491762B (en)
WO (1) WO2001091624A2 (en)

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JPS57103616A (en) * 1980-12-19 1982-06-28 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Self-running type cleaner
EP0424229A1 (en) * 1989-10-19 1991-04-24 Protee Machine and method using the machine for cleaning a surface
US5012886A (en) * 1986-12-11 1991-05-07 Andre Jonas Self-guided mobile unit and cleaning apparatus such as a vacuum cleaner comprising such a unit
US5720077A (en) * 1994-05-30 1998-02-24 Minolta Co., Ltd. Running robot carrying out prescribed work using working member and method of working using the same
US5735959A (en) * 1994-06-15 1998-04-07 Minolta Co, Ltd. Apparatus spreading fluid on floor while moving
US5915437A (en) * 1998-03-31 1999-06-29 Quickie Manufacturing Corp. Mop bonnet clip
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JPS57103616A (en) * 1980-12-19 1982-06-28 Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co Self-running type cleaner
US5012886A (en) * 1986-12-11 1991-05-07 Andre Jonas Self-guided mobile unit and cleaning apparatus such as a vacuum cleaner comprising such a unit
EP0424229A1 (en) * 1989-10-19 1991-04-24 Protee Machine and method using the machine for cleaning a surface
US5720077A (en) * 1994-05-30 1998-02-24 Minolta Co., Ltd. Running robot carrying out prescribed work using working member and method of working using the same
US5735959A (en) * 1994-06-15 1998-04-07 Minolta Co, Ltd. Apparatus spreading fluid on floor while moving
US5915437A (en) * 1998-03-31 1999-06-29 Quickie Manufacturing Corp. Mop bonnet clip
DE19916427A1 (en) * 1998-07-31 2000-03-16 Volker Sommer Household robots for automatic vacuuming of floor surfaces
WO2000010062A2 (en) * 1998-08-10 2000-02-24 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Method and device for determining a path around a defined reference position
US6098239A (en) * 1999-12-22 2000-08-08 Quickie Manufacturing Corporation Cleaning aid storage mop
DE10000407A1 (en) * 2000-01-03 2001-07-12 Volker Sommer Vacuum cleaner robot; has controlled drive wheels, sensors and extensible arm with head at front having one or more round brushes with horizontal axles, which can rotated vertically and horizontally

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US9220389B2 (en) 2013-11-12 2015-12-29 Irobot Corporation Cleaning pad
US9427127B2 (en) 2013-11-12 2016-08-30 Irobot Corporation Autonomous surface cleaning robot
US9265396B1 (en) 2015-03-16 2016-02-23 Irobot Corporation Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad
US9320409B1 (en) 2015-03-16 2016-04-26 Irobot Corporation Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad
US9565984B2 (en) 2015-03-16 2017-02-14 Irobot Corporation Autonomous floor cleaning with removable pad

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AU2001265014A1 (en) 2001-12-11
CA2408170A1 (en) 2001-12-06
NO20025723L (en) 2002-11-28
IL152542A0 (en) 2003-05-29
EP1284630A2 (en) 2003-02-26
JP2003534128A (en) 2003-11-18
TW491762B (en) 2002-06-21
NO20025723D0 (en) 2002-11-28
WO2001091624A2 (en) 2001-12-06

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