US Patent Issued to Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) on June 23 for "Base station and robot cleaner system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,976, issued on June 23, was assigned to Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Base station and robot cleaner system" was invented by Fu Qian (Suzhou, China), Shisong Zhang (Suzhou, China) and Hongfeng Zhong (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a base station for a robot cleaner to park, the base station including a storage module configured to store a wiping substrate, a collection bin configured to store a dirty wiping substrate, a wiper replacement module configured to convey the dirty wiping substrate to the collection bin, and a drawing module configured to draw out dirt stored i...