ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,856, issued on July 8, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).
"Robotic dust collector" was invented by Hirotaka Sumiyoshi (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic dust collector includes a suction member having a suction inlet and travels on a cleaning target surface. The robotic dust collector includes a guide member, a support part, and a biasing member. The guide member is disposed at the suction inlet and has a blade part facing the cleaning target surface. The support part supports the guide member in such a manner that allows the guide member to pivot about a pivot axis so as to allow the blade part to move in ...