Patent ID: 9302299
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A47L,B03C,B08B

Claim Text:
1. A cleaning device, comprising: an interactive surface configured to contact a surface to be cleaned, wherein the surface to be cleaned has particulate matter disposed thereon; a plurality of oppositely chargeable electrodes arranged in a pattern behind or adjacent to the interactive surface; a power source configured to apply an electrostatic adhesion voltage to the oppositely chargeable electrodes, wherein the electrostatic adhesion voltage comprises a differential voltage of at least 500 volts between the oppositely chargeable electrodes, wherein the electrostatic adhesion voltage is sufficient to generate an electrostatic attraction force through at least a portion of the interactive surface that causes the particulate matter to adhere to the interactive surface; a receptacle; one or more guides; and one or more rollers coupled to the interactive surface, wherein the one or more rollers are configured to move the interactive surface away from the surface to be cleaned while the particulate matter remains adhered thereto and to further move the interactive surface past the one or more guides to remove the particulate matter from the interactive surface, wherein the one or more guides are configured to direct the particulate matter from the interactive surface into the receptacle.