US 11,944,260 B2
Vacuum cleaner
Kristian Richard Thomas King, Bristol (GB); Nathan Lawson McLean, Bristol (GB); Andrew James Holden, Gloucester (GB); and Edward James Baldry, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/292,271
Filed by Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/053139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/099831, PCT Pub. Date May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1818287 (GB), filed on Nov. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393097 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 5/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2857 (2013.01) [A47L 5/225 (2013.01); A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 5/28 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/248 (2013.01); A47L 9/2836 (2013.01); G09B 5/065 (2013.01); G09B 19/003 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a vacuum motor configured to draw an air flow through an air flow path of the vacuum cleaner;
a dirt separator for separating dirt entrained in the air flow, the dirt separator having a dirt receptable, wherein the dirt receptable has a closed configuration in which the dirt receptable can receive dirt separated from the air flow, and an open configuration in which dirt contained in the dirt receptable can be emptied therefrom;
a display screen; and
a controller configured to automatically display video instructions on the display screen upon detecting that the vacuum cleaner is in an associated condition,
wherein the video instructions comprise a sequence of sub-videos, each sub-video of the sequence of sub-videos portraying a task,
wherein the controller is configured to automatically advance from one sub-video to a next sub-video of the sequence of sub-videos, and
wherein the controller is configured to automatically perform one or more of:
repeating the one sub-video before automatically advancing to the next sub-video, or
instigating a pause between the one sub-video and the next sub-video.