US 11,717,124 B2
Evacuation station for a mobile floor cleaning robot
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton (CA)
Assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton (CA)
Filed by Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton (CA)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,199.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015594 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/149 (2013.01) [A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An evacuation station for a surface cleaning apparatus, the evacuation station having a front surface cleaning apparatus docking side, a rear side and first and second opposed evacuation station ends that are spaced apart in a lateral direction, the evacuation station comprising:
(a) an air flow path extending from an evacuation station air inlet to an evacuation station air outlet;
(b) a housing having the evacuation station air inlet, the evacuation station air outlet, first and second opposed housing ends that are spaced apart in a lateral direction; and,
(c) an air treatment assembly comprising a chamber, the chamber having a chamber air inlet and a chamber air outlet, wherein a first laterally extending wall of the chamber comprises a screen which comprises the chamber air outlet,
wherein the air treatment assembly is provided on a first lateral housing end and the first lateral housing end is provided with a housing air inlet that is downstream of the air treatment assembly air outlet whereby the chamber air outlet faces the housing air inlet, and
wherein the air treatment assembly is removably mountable to the housing, and
wherein the evacuation station air inlet is in fluid communication with an outlet port of the surface cleaning apparatus when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked with the evacuation station.