ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,350, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Method and appliance for mopping up an accumulation of liquid" was invented by Frank Schnitzer (Bad Neustadt, Germany) and Manuel Weidl (Salz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a mobile, self-propelled appliance, in particular a floor cleaning appliance such as a robot vacuum cleaner and/or a sweeper and mopping robot so as to mop up an accumulation of liquid, includes driving on a floor surface intended for cleaning in a direction of travel in a forward movement of the appliance and cleaning the floor surface by using a dry cleaning module a...