Kathleen M Laru

7784139, Aug 31, 2010

Feb 4, 2005

11/051312

Michael M. Sawalski - Racine WI, US
Jeffrey L. Harwig - New Berlin WI, US
Stephen B. Leonard - Franksville WI, US
Kathleen M. Laru - Racine WI, US
Mark M. Gipp - Racine WI, US
Thomas Jaworski - Racine WI, US

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. - Racine WI

A47L 11/24
A47L 11/36

15 503, 15319, 153403

A cartridge is disclosed comprising a reel-to-reel roll of cleaning material, for use in a hand-held or robotic cleaning device. The cartridge provides either an electrostatic dust cloth or wet mop, and includes a fluid reservoir for maintaining the wet mop cloth during use. A dust bin is also provided on the cartridge, and includes a hinged lid for providing selective access to the dust inside of the bin. A motor, optical sensor, and fluid pump inside of a cleaning apparatus control the operation of the reel-to-reel cloth, and control fluid delivery to the wet cloth.

20060288519, Dec 28, 2006

Jun 28, 2005

11/168898

Thomas Jaworski - Racine WI, US
Jeffrey Harwig - New Berlin WI, US
Mark Gipp - Racine WI, US
Kathleen Laru - Racine WI, US
Seakee Chen - Guangzhou, CN
Fukyuen Cheng - Ngau Tau Kok, HK
Kamfong Tam - Sai Wan Ho, HK

E01H 1/08

015340100

A robotic surface treating device that can perform carpet sweeping, hard-surface dry sweeping/wiping, and hard-surface sweeping/mopping is disclosed. The robotic surface treating device includes a sweeper brush, a dust bin for collecting debris from the brush, a reel-to-reel sheet of cleaning material, and a fluid delivery system for delivering fluid from a fluid reservoir onto the sheet of cleaning material and/or onto the surface to be treated. The dust bin, reel-to-reel sheet of cleaning material, and the fluid reservoir are separately installed from the top of the device, and may be separately removed for replacement.