Cleaner and cleaning device having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae Gwang Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Won Kyu Lim
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Abstract
A cleaner includes a first extension pipe connected to a suction portion contacting a surface to be cleaned, and a second extension pipe coupled to a cleaner body having a driver generating suction force, and rotatably coupled to the first extension pipe. The first and second extension pipes operate in a first arrangement configured to allow the second extension pipe to be arranged in a longitudinal direction of the first extension pipe, and a second arrangement configured to allow the second extension pipe to rotate in a first direction from the first arrangement such that the first extension pipe and the second extension pipe are arranged to face each other. Such configuration enables a user to increase cleaning efficiency.
Claims11
A cleaner comprising:
- a suction portion to contact a surface to be cleaned;
- a first extension pipe be connected to the suction portion contacting a surface to be cleaned;
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- a second extension pipe to be rotatably coupled to the first extension pipe;
- a cleaner body to be connected to the second extension pipe, and having a driver which generates suction force to suck objects contacted by the suction portion;
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- a link assembly, to rotatably couple the first extension pipe and the second extension pipe so that one of the first extension pipe and the second extension pipe rotates with respect to an other one of the first extension pipe and the second extension pipe, the link assembly comprising:
- a lock configured to restrict or release rotation of the first and second extension pipes, the lock comprising:
- a locking button including the locking protrusions, and configured to be pushed in a pushed direction by an external force;
- a stopper including insertion protrusions, and to be pushed by the locking protrusions when the locking button is pushed;
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- a stopper receiver having reception holes corresponding to the insertion protrusions, configured to allow the insertion protrusions to be inserted into the reception holes so that the rotation of the first and second extension pipes are restricted, or configured to allow the insertion protrusions to be released from the reception holes so that restriction of the rotation of the first and second extension pipes are released;
- a stopper seating portion configured to extend from one of the first and second extension pipes, to allow the stopper to be seated therein such that movement of the stopper is restricted in the pushed direction;
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- a receiver seating portion configured to extend from an other one of the first and second extension pipes such that the stopper receiver is fixedly disposed therein,
- wherein the stopper, inserted in the stopper seating portion, is configured to rotate with the one of the first and second extension pipes, and the stopper receiver, fixedly disposed in the receiver seating portion, is configure to rotate with the other one of the first and second extension pipes, and
- wherein the first and second extension pipes are configured to operate in:
- a first arrangement configured to allow the second extension pipe to be arranged in a longitudinal direction of the first extension pipe, and
- a second arrangement configured to allow the second extension pipe to rotate in a first direction from the first arrangement such that the first extension pipe and the second extension pipe are arranged to face each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.