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EP3666145B1
EP3666145B1 EP19213619.0A EP19213619A EP3666145B1 EP 3666145 B1 EP3666145 B1 EP 3666145B1 EP 19213619 A EP19213619 A EP 19213619A EP 3666145 B1 EP3666145 B1 EP 3666145B1
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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
    • A47L5/00—Structural features of suction cleaners
    • A47L5/12—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum
    • A47L5/22—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
    • A47L5/225—Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners
    • 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
    • A47L11/24—Floor-sweeping machines, motor-driven
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47L11/4094—Accessories to be used in combination with conventional vacuum-cleaning devices
    • 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
    • A47L5/00—Structural features of suction cleaners
    • A47L5/12—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum
    • A47L5/22—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans
    • A47L5/24—Hand-supported suction cleaners
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/009—Carrying-vehicles; Arrangements of trollies or wheels; Means for avoiding mechanical obstacles
    • 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
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/32—Handles
    • A47L9/322—Handles for hand-supported suction cleaners
    • 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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  • the present invention generally relates to a robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the present invention relates in particular to an autonomous robot vacuum cleaner formed by a main body and a hand-held vacuum cleaner which can be coupled to the main body.
  • vacuum robots which comprise a mobile base (or a main body) which can be coupled with a hand-held vacuum cleaner, as disclosed for example in the document KR20080028219A .
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner in the system of this document notably has the drawback of not being very practical to handle, with a handle that is difficult to grasp.
  • An object of the present invention is to respond to the drawbacks of the prior art mentioned above and in particular, first of all, to propose a robot vacuum cleaner formed by a main body and a hand-held vacuum cleaner which can be coupled to the main body, which has good ergonomics of use, especially during the coupling and uncoupling phases.
  • the grip handle locking means are provided to lock the handheld vacuum cleaner to the main body when the grip handle is in the retracted position.
  • the locking of the grip handle on the main body has the effect of also locking the hand-held vacuum cleaner on the main body, via the grip handle.
  • a single locking device locks the grip handle and the hand vacuum. This makes it possible to save resources, and this also provides improved ergonomics, with a single operation to be carried out for the user.
  • the grip handle locking means are provided to lock the grip handle to the handheld vacuum cleaner in the extended position.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises a single unlocking control, arranged in the grip handle, to control the unlocking of the grip handle in the retracted position of the main body and to uncouple the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
  • a single command allows the unlocking of the handle of handle (which can move from the retracted position to the deployed position) and the hand-held vacuum cleaner, which can be uncoupled from the main body.
  • the second protrusion or of the second counter-form which is arranged on the main body, is fixed permanently on the main body, and/or is formed integrally with a casing or a frame of the main body.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises a cam track arranged for, during a coupling movement of the hand-held vacuum cleaner on the main body, and preferably at the end of the coupling movement of the hand-held vacuum cleaner on the main body, automatically disengaging from the first counter-form the first protrusion then engaged with the first counter-form.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises elastic means arranged to automatically move the gripping handle from the retracted position to the deployed position.
  • the grip handle is designed to be manipulated with one hand, and in particular the grip handle and the unlocking control are designed to be simultaneously manipulated with one hand.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises at least one elastic thrust unit, comprising a movable element and an elastic return element, arranged to retain by elastic thrust the hand-held vacuum cleaner coupled to the main body.
  • the movable element is pushed into a cavity to retain the handheld vacuum cleaner on the main body in a stable coupling position.
  • the gripping handle is provided movable in translation relative to the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
  • the gripping handle is provided rotatably relative to the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
  • the autonomous suction means of the hand-held vacuum cleaner form the only suction means of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises electrical energy storage means embedded in the main body and/or in the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
  • the main body of the robot vacuum cleaner comprises a housing for receiving the hand-held vacuum cleaner, and in which the housing opens out at least on a side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner when the hand-held vacuum cleaner is coupled to the main body, has a peripheral wall defining an envelope side surface, preferably substantially circular, and when the handheld vacuum cleaner is coupled to the main body with the grip handle in the retracted position, the grip handle is tangent or recessed from the envelope side surface.
  • the grip handle when the handheld vacuum cleaner is coupled to the main body with the grip handle in the retracted position, the grip handle does not project relative to the peripheral wall of the main body.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner when the hand-held vacuum cleaner is mated or main body, has a peripheral wall or an envelope side surface which allows it to pivot or turn on itself without interfering with nearby obstacles.
  • the grip handle is tangential or recessed from the side wall or the enveloping side surface when in the retracted position, so that maneuverability is not affected, while still being accessible from one side of the robot vacuum , and not only from a vertical direction.
  • the robot vacuum cleaner comprises a peripheral wall, preferably substantially circular, in which the gripping handle in the deployed position is arranged at a distance from the peripheral wall, towards the outside of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the gripping handle in the retracted position at least partially forms the peripheral wall.
  • the main body comprises at least one housing portion forming a funnel, to guide the hand-held vacuum cleaner during a coupling movement on the main body.
  • the main body comprises at least one slide portion, to guide the hand-held vacuum cleaner during a coupling movement on the main body.
  • the main body comprises guide means arranged to block five degrees of freedom of the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
  • the gripping handle is in one piece, and/or in a single part.
  • the peripheral wall is provided to allow rotation of the robot vacuum cleaner on itself.
  • the main body comprises a continuous peripheral body wall comprising at least one complete perimeter common with the envelope side surface.
  • the main body comprises a discontinuous peripheral body wall comprising at least one recess at the level of the housing.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner is arranged to fill the recess, when it is coupled to the main body.
  • the peripheral wall comprises at least one continuous perimeter, which serves as a base generatrix for constructing the envelope side surface in the form of a cylinder, preferably having a circular section.
  • a cylinder is a surface whose generatrices are parallel, built on a base curve.
  • the base curve is a circle.
  • the base curve is the intersection of a plane parallel to the ground with the external wall of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the plane parallel to the ground is placed at an altitude where the intersection with the outer wall gives a continuous base curve, and preferably a circle.
  • the envelope side surface is continuous and cylindrical in shape, in forming a tangent or continuous surface from the outer wall.
  • the peripheral wall comprises at least one recess at the grip handle, set back from the envelope side surface.
  • a recess makes it possible to grasp the gripping handle, even when it is in the retracted position.
  • the handheld vacuum cleaner comprises a vacuum cleaner side wall arranged to be tangent or set back from the envelope side surface when the handheld vacuum cleaner is coupled to the main body.
  • THE figures 1 and 2 show an exploded perspective view of a robot vacuum cleaner according to the invention, comprising a main body 10 with wheels 12, and a hand-held vacuum cleaner 20.
  • the main body 10 is a mobile base with rollers 12, at least one of which is driven.
  • a side wall 13 of the main body 10 notably comprises bumpers 14, a smooth wall 15 and a rear peripheral edge 16.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 comprises in particular a gripping handle 21, a suction nozzle 22, a rear wall 24 visible on the figures 1 and 2 , as well as independent suction means not visible in the figures, that is to say a fan motor and electrical energy storage means, in other words a battery.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 can reversibly couple to the main body 10 to form the vacuum robot. Indeed, the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 then makes it possible to provide the suction means, and the main body provides the ability to move on a floor to be cleaned.
  • this picture 2 shows a housing 19 formed in the main body 10, in which the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 can be housed. More particularly, a docking surface 17 with a flat rear portion which ends in a funnel is provided to allow the to place the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 in the housing 19, and to push the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 easily into the docked position.
  • the main body 10 includes a protrusion 18 on the docking surface 17, to allow engagement with a counter-form 23 of the handheld vacuum cleaner 20, so as to allow a lock once the handheld vacuum cleaner 20 is coupled to the main body 10.
  • FIG. 3 shows a top view of the robot vacuum cleaner with the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 coupled to the main body 10.
  • This figure shows in phantom a side surface envelope 100 formed by the side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • This side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner comprises in particular the side wall 13 of the main body and the rear wall 24 of the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20.
  • the picture 3 purposely shows for understanding a space between the outer side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner and the side surface envelope 100, but in this top view, the outer side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner and the side surface envelope are confused.
  • the side wall and therefore the envelope side surface 100 of the robot vacuum cleaner are of circular section, to allow easy navigation and turns or half turns for the robot vacuum cleaner if the latter encounters an obstacle (detected in particular by the bumpers 14).
  • a circular section and therefore a generally cylindrical shape, allows the robot vacuum cleaner to turn or pivot without interference with any obstacle resting on or very close to the side wall. Consequently, the envelope side surface 100 has a circular section.
  • FIG 4 shows the robot vacuum cleaner with the handheld vacuum cleaner 20 coupled to the main body 10, in a perspective view
  • the figure 5 shows the envelope side surface 100 constructed from the side wall of the robot vacuum cleaner.
  • the gripping handle is rotatable, along an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the floor to be cleaned, when the rollers 12 of the main body rest on the floor.
  • An important aspect is to provide that when the grip handle 21 is in the retracted position, the grip handle 21 is either tangent to the envelope side surface 100, or set back. Consequently, the maneuverability of the robot vacuum cleaner is not affected (because in the retracted position, the grip handle 21 does not project with respect to the envelope side surface or the side wall), and the ergonomics of use is good (with the handle 21 in the deployed position easy to grasp).
  • FIG 6 shows the grip handle 21 in the extended position, with the handheld vacuum cleaner 20 engaged in the housing 19 of the main body 10.
  • This figure 6 therefore shows either the end of the coupling, and all that remains is to rotate the gripping handle 21 towards the retracted position, or the start of the uncoupling, and it remains to pull the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 backwards to disengage it completely from the main body 10.
  • the protrusion 18 visible picture 2 is arranged to engage in the counter-form 23 provided in the gripping handle 21 during the engagement of the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 in the housing 19 of the main body 10.
  • the protrusion 18 (which for example comprises a shoulder) is completely engaged in the counter-form 23 (which may be a T-slot).
  • the user When uncoupling the handheld vacuum cleaner 20, the user first moves the grip handle 21 from the retracted position to the deployed position, which automatically disengages the protrusion 18 from the counter-form 23, and the user can remove the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20 from the housing 19.
  • FIG. 7 represents an alternative implementation of a robot vacuum cleaner according to the invention.
  • the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A comprises a gripping handle 21A which is movable in translation, and the rear wall 24A comprises a recess.
  • the envelope side surface 100 is always a cylinder of circular section (because the main body 10A comprises a circular perimeter which serves as a base for constructing the envelope side surface 100), and in the retracted position, the handle grip 21A is tangent or set back from the envelope side surface.
  • the main body 10A comprises a housing 19A, a protrusion 18A, and a cam track 188 on a docking surface 17A.
  • the grip handle 21A in the deployed position, is locked onto the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A, by a bolt 221 (a first protrusion) engaged in a striker plate (a first counter-form, not shown) of the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A.
  • a control part of the bolt 221 is pushed upwards by the cam track 18B, through an opening 23A of the housing of the 20A handheld vacuum cleaner, visible figure 9 . Consequently, the bolt 221 no longer locks the grip handle 21A on the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A, and the grip handle 21A can then go into the retracted position, pushed by the user.
  • the grip handle 21A also includes a trigger 211, a reference 212, an index 214 (a second protrusion) and a spring 213 visible figures 11 and 12 , to allow locking of the grip handle in the retracted position on the main body 10, thanks to the protrusion 18A which includes an internal recess (a second counter-form) as shown in the figure 12 .
  • the index 214 meets the protrusion 18A, and rises due to the user's thrust and the presence of a chamfer, so that at the very end of the race of the gripping handle 21A , the index 214 is facing the recess of the protrusion 18A, and is pushed there by the action of the spring 213.
  • the grip handle 21A is then locked to the main body 10A, but this also locks the handheld vacuum cleaner 20A to the main body 10A.
  • the coupling is then secured. Indeed, only a user action on the trigger 211 can raise the index 214 and unlock the grip handle 21A and the handheld vacuum cleaner 20A from the main body 10A.
  • the protrusion 18A has a T-shaped cross-section (visible figure 7 ), and engages in a counter-form 23B (an inverted T-slot) of the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A, visible figure 9 , so as to completely block the hand-held vacuum cleaner 20A on the main body.
  • a spring can be provided to automatically push back the gripping handle 21A from the retracted position towards the deployed position, as soon as the trigger 211 is actuated, again to facilitate the use of the device.

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