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US 12,708,242 B2Granted
Support device of cleaner and cleaner unit
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsPhiljae Hwang, Mantae Hwang, Jungbae Hwang
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Abstract
A support device of the cleaner includes a charging stand body provided with a charging port for charging the cleaner and a plurality of fixing parts disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the charging stand body and each having a fixing groove in which a fixing protrusion provided on the cleaner is accommodated.
Claims19
A cleaner unit comprising:
- a cleaner including:
- a cleaner body having a battery housing configured to receive a battery, and
- an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled;
- and
- a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,
- wherein the support device includes a support body configured to support the cleaner body,
- wherein the support body includes:
- a first surface that extends in the vertical direction and includes a pair of charging ports configured to charge the battery received in the battery housing of the cleaner body, and
- a first fixing part and a second fixing part that protrude from the first surface in a first direction, the second fixing part being spaced apart from the first fixing part, and
- wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,
- wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:
- a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,
- a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,
- a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and
- a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,
- wherein a distance between the first surface and the front surface of each of the first and second fixing parts in the first direction is greater than a distance between the first surface and an end of each of the pair of charging ports in the first direction,
- wherein the battery housing includes fixing protrusions that are configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, and
- wherein a portion of the battery housing is configured to be disposed between the first fixing part and the second fixing part in a state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.
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A cleaner unit comprising:
- a cleaner including:
- a cleaner body having (i) a battery housing configured to receive a battery and (ii) a dust container, and
- an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled;
- and
- a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,
- wherein the support device includes:
- a first body,
- a second body that protrudes from the first body in a first direction and has a supporting part configured to support the dust container of the cleaner body, and
- first and second fixing parts that protrude from the first body and are spaced apart from each other,
- wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,
- wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:
- a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,
- a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,
- a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and
- a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,
- wherein the supporting part includes a contact portion configured to contact the dust container, and
- wherein the front surface, the lower surface, and an entirety of the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts overlap with the contact portion of the supporting part of the second body along the vertical direction.
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A cleaner unit comprising:
- a cleaner including:
- a cleaner body having (i) a battery housing configured to receive a battery and (ii) a handle, and
- an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled;
- and
- a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,
- wherein the support device includes:
- a first body having a first surface that extends in the vertical direction and a pair of charging ports configured to charge the battery received in the battery housing of the cleaner body,
- a second body that protrudes from the first body in a first direction and has a supporting part configured to support the cleaner body, and
- first and second fixing parts that protrude from the first surface of the first body in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other,
- wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,
- wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:
- a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,
- a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,
- a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and
- a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,
- wherein a distance between the first groove surface of the fixing groove and the first surface of the first body in the first direction is greater than a distance between the first surface of the first body and each of the pair of charging ports in the first direction,
- wherein the battery housing includes fixing protrusions, each of the fixing protrusions being configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively,
- wherein the first and second fixing parts and the battery housing are configured to be exposed to an outside of the supporting device in a state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, and
- wherein at least a portion of the first body is positioned higher than an uppermost part of the handle in the state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.