VACUUM CLEANING ROBOT Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: cleaning robot that may be used for dry cleaning of surfaces by action of suction effort and for wet cleaning with use of wet removable cloth driven to rotation and provides removal of dust and dirt stuck to surfaces.

SUBSTANCE: cleaning robot includes housing; control unit providing program-control automatic motion of robot on cleaned surface of floor and cleaning operations realized according to predetermined values; drive unit operated by control signal fed from control unit; system for trapping and accumulating dust by means of electric motor creating suction effort. Unit for cleaning by means of wet rotated cloth is secured to lower surface of housing of robot. Said unit includes body, member of revolution mounted with possibility of rotation on body of unit. Wet cloth is detachably secured to said member. Wet cleaning unit includes drive means for rotating body of revolution at operation of cleaning robot and means for transmitting driving force mounted in body of wet cleaning unit. One end of means for transmitting driving force may be joined to rotation drive means with possibility of disconnection. Means for transmitting driving force is used for transmitting driving force to member of revolution.

EFFECT: improved design, enlarged using range of cleaning robot.

8 cl, 5 dwg