Patents Examined by Tim Brady
  • Patent number: 11759082
    Abstract: A cleaning machine may include: a first brush comprising a first brush shaft extending in a left-right direction and a first brush body held by the first brush shaft; a second brush comprising a second brush shaft extending in the left-right direction and a second brush body held on the second brush shaft; a brush supporting member supporting each of the first brush and the second brush such that the first brush and the second brush are rotatable; a body supporting the brush supporting member such that the brush supporting member is pivotable; and a pivot mechanism configured to pivot the brush supporting member with respect to the body. At least the first brush may move with respect to the body in an up-down direction when the brush supporting member pivots with respect to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Morimoto, Takuo Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11759073
    Abstract: A multi-cyclone dust collecting device according to the present disclosure comprises: a primary cyclone formed to primarily separate contaminants from introduced contaminant-containing air; and a plurality of second cyclones which are installed in the primary cyclone so as to separate fine dust from air discharged from the primary cyclone, and each of which has a plurality of introduction ports and one discharge port, wherein the plurality of introduction ports arranged on each of the plurality of secondary cyclones protrude outward from a body of each of the plurality of secondary cyclones and are formed in tangential directions to the outer circumferential surface of the each of the plurality of secondary cyclones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dokyung Lee, Junggyun Han, Seehyun Kim, Yunsoo Jang, Seungryong Cha, Ingyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11744425
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner charging dock comprising a base and a bracket is provided. The bracket is arranged on one side of the base and is provided with a charging socket for charging a vacuum cleaner, while a positioning slot is arranged on another side of the base, the positioning slot is used for containing a floor brush of the vacuum cleaner, the positioning slot is provided with a plurality of convex teeth, which are used for rubbing with a rolling brush on the floor brush. The vacuum cleaner charging dock is provided with convex teeth, and the rolling brush of floor brush has deformation contact with the convex teeth. When the rolling brush starts to rotate, the convex teeth are easy to perform frictional rotation. Then dust and sewage on the rolling brush are shaken off into a positioning slot to complete the cleaning to the rolling brush, which is convenient and efficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11745328
    Abstract: A sawhorse support attachment device for attaching supports for construction use includes a stand unit. The stand unit comprises a pair of bases, a plurality of stands, and a pair of chains. Each of the bases has a hollow interior that defines a space for an insert to be nested within. A pair of stands is attached to each of the bases at an angle to create a sawhorse assembly when in an open position. A pair of chains connects each of the pair of stands to each other. The chains provide supplemental stability to the stand unit when attaching elements. A support has a bracket with a pair of inserts. The pair of inserts is nested into the hollow interior of the pair of bases when attaching to the stand unit. A platform having the bracket and pair of inserts can attach to the stand unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald Evenson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11717125
    Abstract: A partition skirt device for a cleaning apparatus includes an inner ring and a skirt body. The skirt body includes: a root connected to the inner ring; an edge part arranged at an end of the skirt body away from the inner ring; and a plurality of collapsing parts arranged at intervals between the root and the edge part along a circumferential direction of the skirt body, and each extending along a radial direction of the skirt body. Along a thickness direction of the skirt body, the collapsing part protrudes relative to the skirt body on a first side surface of the skirt body and is recessed relative to the skirt body on a second side surface of the skirt body. On the first side surface of the skirt body, a size of a portion of the collapsing part protruding from the skirt body gradually decreases from the root to the edge part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING SHUNZAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Tang, Fei Duan, Liang Zhong, Chongyue Xu, Peiheng Zhu, Lu Han
  • Patent number: 11717122
    Abstract: A dust scraping device for a cleaning apparatus includes a dust cup and a removable cyclone separation unit arranged in the dust cup. The dust scraping device includes a dust scraping member. The dust scraping member has a connection portion extending in a removal direction of the cyclone separation unit, and a dust scraping portion extending to an interior of the dust cup in a direction perpendicular to the removal direction and slidably abutting against the cyclone separation unit. The dust scraping device is mounted at the dust cup, and the dust scraping portion scrapes off at least part of debris on an outer side of the cyclone separation unit when the cyclone separation unit is removed from the dust cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING SHUNZAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Tang, Fei Duan, Liang Zhong, Chongyue Xu, Peiheng Zhu, Lu Han
  • Patent number: 11707170
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus is provided. The surface cleaning apparatus includes a dirt inlet, a rotatable brushing member, and a brush motor drivingly connected to the rotatable brushing member. The brush motor includes a plurality of field coils, a first motor sub-unit, a second motor sub-unit, and a motor controller. The first motor sub-unit includes a first rotor portion, a first stator portion, and a first field coil. The second motor sub-unit includes a second rotor portion, a second stator portion, and a second field coil. The first and second rotor portions are rotatable about a motor axis and are drivingly connected to the brushing member. The second motor sub-unit is axially spaced along the motor axis from the first motor sub-unit. The motor controller is operable to direct electric current through the plurality of field coils generating magnetic fields and driving rotation of the rotor portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad