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7603744 Robotic appliance with on-board joystick sensor and associated methods of operation  
A robotic appliance with a joystick sensor and associated methods of operation are provided. In one embodiment, the robotic appliance includes: a housing, a joystick sensor configured to provide...
7591043 Vacuum cleaner and device having ion generator  
When the electrically driven fan ( 14 ) of a vacuum cleaner is driven, air containing dust is drawn into the cleaner main body ( 1 ) through a hose ( 7 ) connected to a hose socket ( 8 ) and is...
7581285 Surface treating appliance  
A surface treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, includes a main body, a surface treating head and a support assembly. The support assembly is rollably mounted to the main body for allowing...
7581284 Surface treating appliance  
A surface treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, includes a main body, a surface treating head and a support assembly. The support assembly is rollably mounted to the main body for allowing...
7581283 Nozzle assembly having UV generation unit and vacuum cleaner having the same  
A nozzle assembly having a UV generation unit and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle main body that moves over a cleaning surface, a drum brush...
7568259 Robotic floor cleaner  
A robotic floor cleaner includes a main body, which houses a propelling unit for moving the robotic floor cleaner on the floor and a control unit for controlling the operation of the propelling...
7562414 Dust sensing unit for use in vacuum cleaner  
A dust sensing unit for use in a vacuum cleaner, which can detect whether there is dust or dirt on a surface to be cleaned and inform a user of the detected result in cleaning, is disclosed. The...
7555811 Floor cleaning apparatus equipped with removable half-plenum  
A floor cleaning apparatus includes a nozzle assembly having a suction inlet and a canister assembly having a housing including a dirt vessel receiver, a wall and a compartment. The wall includes...
7530140 Vacuum cleaner with ultraviolet light source and ozone  
The present disclosure provides a vacuum cleaner including a nozzle base having a main suction opening and a housing pivotally mounted on the nozzle base. An airstream suction source is mounted to...
7526833 System having a power tool and an AC/DC hand portable wet/dry vacuum that share a battery pack  
A tool set with a battery pack, a power tool and a utility vacuum. The power tool includes a receptacle assembly for detachably coupling the battery pack to the power tool. The utility vacuum has a...
7513007 Vehicle storage console  
A storage console for a vehicle includes a vacuum cleaner. In an exemplary embodiment, the console includes an interface at which the vacuum cleaner is releasably affixed to the console. The...
7509707 Floor cleaning apparatus with dirt detection sensor  
A vacuum cleaner includes a housing that carries a suction inlet, a dirt collection vessel, a main filter compartment and a suction generator. The main filter is received in the main filter...
7507980 Disinfecting device utilizing ultraviolet radiation  
A disinfecting device is presented having a UV light source for radiation of a cleaning medium to eradicate the medium of infestation agents such as molds, viuses, bacteria and dust mites. The...
7488391 Rotating brush optimizing method  
The present invention provides an improved mechanical coupling for rapidly adjusting the elevation of a working edge portion of a tool which working edge portion is subject to wear that decreases...
7480960 Bumper device of robot cleaner and robot cleaner having the same  
A bumper device of a robot cleaner, and a robot cleaner equipped with the bumper device are disclosed. The bumper device of a robot cleaner includes: a bumper housing coupled to cover an outer...
7475712 Extraction cleaning with tank mounting  
A portable extraction surface cleaner has a base housing, an upright handle pivotally mounted to the base housing, a liquid dispensing system including a cleaning fluid supply tank for holding a...
7458131 Method for determining frequency of power brush in vacuum cleaner  
Disclosed herein is a method for determining a frequency of a power brush in a vacuum cleaner. According to the method of the present invention, a mechanical oscillation frequency of a driving...
7441298 Coverage robot mobility  
An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system to maneuver the robot, an edge cleaning head carried, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor motor current...
7421758 Upright vacuum cleaner with swing brush  
Disclosed herein is an upright vacuum cleaner with a swing brush. The upright vacuum cleaner comprises an upright cleaner body having a suction nozzle, a drive unit mounted in the cleaner body for...
7418762 Self-propelled cleaning device and charger using the same  
A self-propelled cleaning device having a cylindrical side cover has a suction body capable of moving transversely to the forward direction. The side cover is held by a base via a suspension. When...
7415749 Blower  
A blower is provided, and comprises a blower fan, a motor for driving the fan, a blower tube that extends from the fan, and a potential compensation conductor that extends within the blower tube...
7406742 Vacuum device/blower  
An apparatus comprising a blower fan, a motor for driving the blower fan, a blower tube for conveying an air stream from the blower fan, and a potential compensation device that is electrically...
7386911 Apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool  
An apparatus for dislodging and removing contaminants from a surface of a machine tool. The apparatus includes an arbor, a vacuum source, a tube, and a cleaning member disposed proximate a distal...
7346957 Vacuum cleaner  
A vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower for generating a suction air stream and a dust collecting unit for collecting dirt particles contained in the suction air stream. The suction air stream...
7313845 Upright type cleaner  
An upright type cleaner comprises: a body provided with a handgrip at an upper side thereof; a suction head positioned at a lower side of the body and hinge-connected to the body, for sucking dust...
7310855 Vacuum cleaner counter-balance mechanism  
A vacuum cleaner is provided having a cleaning head and a main body pivotally mounted to the cleaning head which includes a counter-balance mechanism having at least one torsion spring with a first...
7303613 Filter sensor and indicator for vacuum cleaners  
A pressure actuated electrical switch and indicator to indicate to a user that a filter vacuum cleaner requires cleaning or replacing. In a first embodiment, the pressure actuated electrical switch...
7296323 Dust collector  
A dust collector includes: a motor functioning as a driving source; a drive unit for driving a motor; a dust collection fan rotated by the motor; a head section for accommodating the dust...
7293320 Vacuum attachment for converting a standard vacuum into a centralized dust collection system  
A vacuum attachment includes an aerodynamic bell housing, a distribution plate defining blast gate openings, blast gates, and means for biasing each gate toward a closed configuration. The plate...
7281295 Canister vacuum cleaner with stair hugging swivel wheel assembly  
A canister vacuum cleaner has a canister assembly and a stair hugging swivel wheel assembly. The stair hugging swivel wheel assembly pivotally connects to the canister assembly and has both a...
7278180 Device for protecting motor in vacuum cleaner  
A device for protecting a motor in a vacuum cleaner is provided. The device includes a lower casing for forming a lower portion of a main body of the cleaner, a motor housing, which is installed in...
7275280 Wheel support arrangement for an autonomous cleaning apparatus  
A carrier, such as an autonomous cleaning apparatus, has a self-adjusting wheel assembly that can move vertically, thereby enabling the carrier to readily pass over a surface. The wheel assembly...
7269877 Floor care appliance with network connectivity  
A floor care appliance is provided with a microprocessor based control arrangement having a communications port for connection to a computer. Once connected to a computer, software updates for the...
7251853 Robot cleaner having floor-disinfecting function  
A robot cleaner for simultaneously and selectively performing automatic floor cleaning and automatic floor disinfection. The robot cleaner includes a body traveling automatically on a surface to be...
7220930 Floor care appliance with an electro luminescent switch panel  
A floor care appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is provided having a display panel having at least one indicator light for indicating a status of a feature of the appliance wherein the indicator...
7219389 Nozzle assembly housing for vacuum cleaner  
A nozzle assembly housing includes a first wall, a second wall and an access opening in those walls. A locking tab receiver is provided on the first wall adjacent the access opening. A notch is...
7216398 Computer mouse with a cleaning function  
A computer mouse providing the functionality of a vacuum cleaner comprises a main mouse body and a vacuum device. The vacuum device is substantially mounted inside the main mouse body so that the...
7210194 Airflow sensor system for monitoring air inlet airflow and air outlet airflow of a vacuum cleaner  
An airflow sensor system for monitoring air inlet airflow and air outlet airflow of a vacuum cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The airflow sensor system includes a...
7210193 Portable cleaning assembly  
The subject invention provides a vacuum unit, a waste container, and a transport mechanism. The vacuum unit applies a vacuum to clean an area to collect debris and the waste container collects...
7208892 Power management system for a floor care appliance  
A floor care appliance is provided with an improved power management system for controlling the total amount of current provided to at least a first and a second load device of an appliance. The...
7199711 Mobile floor cleaner data communication  
In a method of communicating data from a mobile floor cleaner to a remote receiver a data communication is initiated from a communicator of the mobile floor cleaner to the remote receiver and data...
7174604 Upright vacuum cleaner with sliding power indicator switch  
The present invention relates to an upright vacuum cleaner. An upright vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a main body for housing a suction power generating device for...
7174602 Vacuum trash insertion receptacle  
A vacuum trash insertion receptacle includes an aesthetically shaped housing providing a trash tube for the insertion and transportation of garbage to a trash receptacle assembly. A control...
7165290 Caster and dolly wheel attachments for cylindrical tanks  
Caster wheel assemblies that may be snap-fitted onto a cylindrical tank or drum are shown and described. Also dolly-wheel assemblies that include an axle supported by two wheels are also disclosed...
7159274 Vacuum grooming tool  
A vacuum grooming tool is disclosed that includes a vacuum nozzle attachable to a vacuum source and has a hollow body with a mouth opening. A grooming device selected from a variety of standard...
7146680 Caster for vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner having the same  
A caster structure for a vacuum cleaner is provided which allows the main body of the vacuum cleaner to be stably positioned at an incline. The caster structure is rotatably supported on a front...
7143467 Vacuum cleaner with light guiding element  
A vacuum cleaner has one or more display indicators on its housing. The indicators are supplied with light from at least one light source assigned thereto in order to optically indicate an...
7118607 Filter stop for a vacuum cleaner  
A filter stop for a vacuum cleaner contains a dust chamber that is closable with a lid and receives a dust bag with a reinforcement plate in a specific fitting position. The filter stop has a base...
7082639 Brush optimizer  
The present invention provides an improved mechanical coupling for rapidly adjusting the elevation of a working edge portion of a tool which working edge portion is subject to wear that decreases...
7076830 Electronically commutated drive system for vacuum cleaner  
A self-propelled appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner includes a magnetic field sensor and magnet. A relative position between the magnetic field sensor and the magnet can be changed by a user of...