Charging station for robot vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJeayun So, Chunseong Kim, Hankyeol Kim, Jihye Seo, Sangsik Yoon
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Abstract
A charging station is disclosed. The disclosed charging station comprises: a charging member configured to come into contact with a charging terminal of a robot vacuum cleaner to provide power to the charging terminal; a first light emitting member for emitting an infrared signal; and a reflecting member disposed to face the first light emitting member and reflect an infrared signal emitted from the first light emitting member, toward the front and sides of the charging station.
Claims12
A charging station supplying power to a robot vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a charging member configured to come into contact with a charging terminal of the robot vacuum cleaner to provide power to the charging terminal;
- a first light emitting member for emitting an infrared signal;
- a reflecting member disposed to face the first light emitting member and reflect an infrared signal emitted from the first light emitting member, toward front and sides of the charging station,
- a housing;
- a second light emitting member disposed vertically on a substrate coupled to an inside of the housing for emitting an infrared signal toward a front of the charging station;
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- a guide member disposed on a front of the second light emitting member for guiding a signal transmitted from the second light emitting member in a predetermined direction,
- wherein the first light emitting member is received in the guide member.
A method of manufacturing a charging station, the method comprising:
- aligning a first light emitting member emitting an infrared signal in a receiving portion of a guide member into which the first light emitting member is inserted;
- communicating the first light emitting member with the receiving portion and inserting the light emitting member into the receiving portion through an insertion hole formed on a lower surface of the guide member;
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- coupling the first light emitting member to a fixing member formed on the guide member by rotating the first light emitting member in a predetermined direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.