ROBOT-CLEANER WITH FLOOR DISINFECTION FUNCTION Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A47L9/28 

FIELD: equipment for simultaneous and selective automatic cleaning and automatic disinfection of floor.

SUBSTANCE: robot-cleaner has casing automatically movable over surface under cleaning process, drive adapted for driving of combination of wheels and positioned in lower part of casing, and obstacle detecting sensors positioned at front part of casing and adapted for detecting of obstacle located forward of course of advancement of robot-cleaner. Robot-cleaner is further equipped with memory for storing information on position of obstacle, said position being detected by obstacle detecting sensor, dust sucking and collecting unit mounted in casing and adapted for sucking of dust from floor, and disinfection unit positioned under casing lower part and adapted for performing floor disinfection. Robot-cleaner is further provided with control unit for controlling of drive unit so as to provide displacement of robot-cleaner according to predetermined route and for controlling of dust sucking and collecting unit. Disinfection unit operates simultaneously with or separately from dust sucking and collecting unit.

EFFECT: wider operational capability, increased efficiency and improved quality of cleaning and disinfecting of floor.

8 cl, 7 dwg