Cleaner station and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJeahyuk Wie, Sungjun Kim, Ingyu Yang
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station and a method of controlling the same, the method including: a dust bin fixing step of holding and fixing, by a fixing member of the cleaner station, a dust bin of a cleaner when the cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station; a door opening step of opening a door of the cleaner station when the dust bin is fixed; a cover opening step of opening a discharge cover configured to open or close the dust bin when the door is opened; and a dust collecting step of collecting dust in the dust bin by operating a dust collecting motor of the cleaner station when the discharge cover is opened.
Claims20
A cleaner station comprising:
- a housing;
- a coupling part disposed in the housing and including a coupling surface to which at least a part of a cleaner is coupled;
- a dust collecting part accommodated in the housing, disposed below the coupling part, and configured to capture dust in a dust bin of the cleaner;
- a dust collecting motor accommodated in the housing, disposed below the dust collecting part, and configured to generate a suction force for sucking the dust in the dust bin;
- a fixing unit disposed on the coupling part and configured to fix the cleaner;
- and
- a control unit accommodated in the housing and configured to control the dust collecting motor,
- wherein the fixing unit comprises:
- a fixing member configured to move from outside of the dust bin toward the dust bin to fix the dust bin when at least a part of the cleaner is coupled to the coupling part;
- and
- a fixing part motor configured to provide power for moving the fixing member, and
- wherein the fixing part motor operates to move the fixing member when at least a part of the cleaner is coupled at an exact position on the coupling part.
A method of controlling a cleaner station, the method comprising:
- a dust bin fixing step of holding and fixing, by a fixing member of the cleaner station, a dust bin of a first cleaner when the first cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station;
- a door opening step of opening a door of the cleaner station when the dust bin is fixed;
- a discharge cover opening step of opening a discharge cover configured to open or close the dust bin when the door is opened;
- and
- a dust collecting step of collecting dust in the dust bin by operating a dust collecting motor of the cleaner station when the discharge cover is opened,
- wherein the dust bin fixing step includes the fixing member moving from outside of the dust bin toward the dust bin to fix the dust bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.