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US 10,092,153 B2Granted
Agitator and robot cleaner including the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsInbo Shim, Yonggil Shin
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Abstract
An agitator and a robot cleaner including an agitator. The agitator includes a body configured to be rotated, a plurality of couplers formed at the body and arranged to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and a first member and a second member coupled to any one of the couplers and configured to contact a surface to be cleaned during rotation of the body. The first member and the second member extend different lengths from the body in a radial direction.
Claims18
A robot cleaner comprising:
- a main body;
- a suction device provided in the main body;
- wheels provided in the main body that move the robot cleaner, and
- an agitator provided in the main body, wherein the agitator includes:
- a body configured to be rotated;
- a plurality of couplers circumferentially arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the body and extending axially along the body;
- and
- a first floor cleaner and a second floor cleaner coupled to each of the plurality of couplers extending axially along the body and configured to contact a surface to be cleaned during rotation of the body, wherein the first floor cleaner and the second floor cleaner protrude different lengths from the body in a radial direction,
- wherein the first floor cleaner protrudes further from the body than the second floor cleaner in a radial direction, and
- wherein each of the couplers includes a protruding portion protruding from the body, and at least one of the first floor cleaner and the second floor cleaner protrudes from the protruding portion obliquely with respect to the radial direction of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.