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US 10,117,557 B2Granted
Mop module and robot cleaner having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihwan Kim, Hwang Kim, Sungil Park
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Abstract
A mop module for a robot cleaner may include a module body detachably coupled to a cleaner body; and a mop mounted to the module body, and configured to wipe a floor as the cleaner body moves. The module body may include a hook protruding from the module body, and detachably mounted to the cleaner body by being elastically deflected; and a pressing member installed at the module body so as to be moveable in opposing directions, and configured to elastically deflect the hook.
Claims15
A mop module for a robot cleaner, comprising:
- a module body configured to be detachably coupled to a cleaner body;
- and
- a mop mounted to the module body,
- wherein the module body includes:
- a hook protruding from the module body, and detachably mounted to the cleaner body by being elastically deflected;
- and
- a pressing member provided at the module body so as to be moveable in opposing directions, and configured to elastically deflect the hook when pressed in a first direction.
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A robot cleaner, comprising:
- a cleaner body configured to autonomously move over a predetermined region;
- and
- a mop module including a module body detachably coupled to the cleaner body, and a mop mounted to the module body,
- wherein the module body includes:
- a hook protruding from the module body, and detachably mounted to the cleaner body by being elastically deflected;
- and
- first and second slides provided at the module body such that the first and second slides are moveable in opposing directions, and configured to elastically deflect the hook when the first and second slides are moved in the opposing directions,
- wherein the cleaner body is provided with at least one air flow guide tube configured to guide air sucked through a suction unit to a suction opening of a cyclone unit, and
- wherein the hook is detachably mounted to the at least one air flow guide tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.