Patents by Inventor Robert McRorie
Robert McRorie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240090720Abstract: A surface cleaner including a cleaning head with a rotatable brushroll assembly. The cleaning head further includes a cutting member configured to cut debris from the brushroll assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventor: Robert McRorie
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Publication number: 20240065507Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the body, and a liquid distribution system. The cleaning head includes a first and a second cleaning roller for contacting a surface to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Robert McRorie, Donald Lydic, Nicholas DeBlasio
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Publication number: 20230337883Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a base, an upright portion, and a recovery tank. The recovery tank includes a baffle configured to separate liquid and air from a liquid-laden stream entering the recovery tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Rafael Davila, Robert McRorie, Yogeshwar Sookdeo
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Patent number: 11744426Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the body, and a liquid distribution system. The cleaning head includes a first and a second cleaning roller for contacting a surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Robert McRorie, Donald Lydic, Nicholas DeBlasio
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Patent number: 11653809Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a base, an upright portion, and a recovery tank. The recovery tank includes a baffle configured to separate liquid and air from a liquid-laden stream entering the recovery tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Robert McRorie, Yogeshwar Sookdeo
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Patent number: 11627856Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a handle, and a base. The handle is pivotally coupled to the base, the handle pivotable between an upright storage position and an inclined operating position, the base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber including a rear wall, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, and a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, and the brushroll chamber rear wall is attached to and removable with the brushroll cover.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Jerald Bradley, Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11589720Abstract: A floor cleaner including a recovery. The recovery tank is configured to contain a fluid drawn through a suction inlet from a surface to be cleaned by a vacuum source. The recovery tank includes a shutoff float. The shutoff float is movable between a first position and a second position. The shutoff float includes a float body, a float closure, and a first interconnecting member. The first interconnecting member engages a second interconnecting member to retain the float in the first position. In the first position, the shutoff float is spaced a distance from the suction air outlet, allowing air flow through the suction air outlet. The first interconnecting member engages the second interconnecting member to retain the shutoff float in the first position. In the second position, the shutoff float is adjacent the suction air outlet, inhibiting air flow through the suction air outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Robert McRorie
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Publication number: 20220313049Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source and a base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, a brushroll cover releaseably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll. The base further includes a first actuator movable in a first direction from a latched position and to an unlatched position and a second actuator movable in a second direction, opposite the first direction, from a latched position and an unlatched position. The brushroll cover is secured to the base when the first and second actuators are in the latched positions and the brushroll cover is removable from the base when the first and second actuators are in the unlatched positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Jerald Bradley, Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Bradley Hooley, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11406240Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, and a distribution nozzle in fluid communication with the supply tank. The distribution nozzle is configured to dispense the cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned. The floor cleaner further includes a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis. The base further includes a brushroll cover releasably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, the brushroll cover having a squeegee that contacts the brushroll. The brushroll axis is between a lower end of the base and the squeegee.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20220225853Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source, a supply tank configured to store a cleaning fluid, and a distribution nozzle in fluid communication with the supply tank. The distribution nozzle is configured to dispense the cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned. The floor cleaner further includes a base movable over a surface to be cleaned, the base includes a suction inlet in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll chamber, a brushroll in the brushroll chamber, the brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis. The base further includes a brushroll cover releasably attached to the base, the brushroll cover removable to access the brushroll chamber and the brushroll, the brushroll cover having a squeegee that contacts the brushroll. The brushroll axis is between a lower end of the base and the squeegee.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Publication number: 20220133106Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a brushroll that rotates about an axis. The brushroll defines a cylindrical portion and the axis extends centrally through the cylindrical portion. The brushroll also includes a rib that extends in a direction away from the axis. The rib includes a face extending along a line that is collinear with a secant through the cylindrical portion. A brush member extends from the face.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Robert McRorie, Douglas Rukavina
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Patent number: 11291345Abstract: A floor cleaner including a vacuum source and a base movable over a surface to be cleaned. The base includes a front side, a back side opposite the front side, a lower end configured to be adjacent the surface to be cleaned, a suction inlet adjacent the front side and adjacent the lower end of the base and in fluid communication with the vacuum source, a brushroll rotatable about a brushroll axis, a first squeegee that extends from the lower end between the suction inlet and the back side of the base, the first squeegee configured to contact the surface to be cleaned. The base further includes a second squeegee that contacts the brushroll and the brushroll axis is between the lower end of the base and the second squeegee.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Don Lydic, Robert McRorie, Benjamin Shrader
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Patent number: 11206960Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a brushroll that rotates about an axis. The brushroll defines a cylindrical portion and the axis extends centrally through the cylindrical portion. The brushroll also includes a rib that extends in a direction away from the axis. The rib includes a face extending along a line that is collinear with a secant through the cylindrical portion. A brush member extends from the face.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Robert McRorie, Douglas Rukavina
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Publication number: 20210330151Abstract: A floor cleaner that includes a cleaning head, an agitator drive, and an agitator. The cleaning head includes an agitator chamber having an opening facing toward a surface to be cleaned. The agitator is rotatably disposed within the agitator chamber and positioned to contact the surface to be cleaned through the opening. The agitator extends longitudinally between a first end and a second end along an axis of rotation. The agitator includes a core operably connected to the agitator drive, rotatable about the axis and at least one molded agitating member integrally formed with the core. The agitating member extends from the core to contact the surface to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Robert McRorie, Rafael Davila
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Publication number: 20210330161Abstract: A floor cleaner includes a suction source, a body, and a rotary working element. The body includes a working element chamber having an opening facing toward a surface to be cleaned and a suction inlet in fluid communication with the suction source. The rotary working element is positioned within the working element chamber and includes a body rotatable about an axis having silicone features extending outwardly from the body to contact the surface to be cleaned though the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Robert McRorie, Rafael Davila
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Publication number: 20210315432Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a body, a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the body, and a liquid distribution system. The cleaning head includes a first and a second cleaning roller for contacting a surface to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Dawson, Robert McRorie, Donald Lydic, Nicholas DeBlasio
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Publication number: 20210251455Abstract: A floor cleaner including a including a base, an upright portion, and a recovery tank. The recovery tank includes a baffle configured to separate liquid and air from a liquid-laden stream entering the recovery tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Rafael Davila, Robert McRorie, Yogeshwar Sookdeo
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Publication number: 20210068599Abstract: A floor cleaner including a recovery. The recovery tank is configured to contain a fluid drawn through a suction inlet from a surface to be cleaned by a vacuum source. The recovery tank includes a shutoff float. The shutoff float is movable between a first position and a second position. The shutoff float includes a float body, a float closure, and a first interconnecting member. The first interconnecting member engages a second interconnecting member to retain the float in the first position. In the first position, the shutoff float is spaced a distance from the suction air outlet, allowing air flow through the suction air outlet. The first interconnecting member engages the second interconnecting member to retain the shutoff float in the first position. In the second position, the shutoff float is adjacent the suction air outlet, inhibiting air flow through the suction air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Rafael Davila, Michael Paul Dawson, Robert McRorie
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Publication number: 20200397200Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including a motor housing having a suction source, a suction opening, an exhaust opening, and an air passageway in fluid communication with the suction source and the exhaust opening. A filter receives the suction airflow between the suction opening and the exhaust opening and the filter is expandable in response to the suction airflow traveling through the filter. The vacuum further includes a container in which the filter is located and the container includes a wall and ribs. The ribs limit expansion of the filter to create a gap between the filter and the wall. The suction airflow travels from the filter through the gap towards the exhaust opening. The motor housing is releasably coupled to the container, and the gap between the filter and the container wall is in fluid communication with the motor housing air passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventor: Robert McRorie
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Patent number: D953670Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Robert McRorie, Mohammed Irfan