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US 12,740,681 B2Granted
Cleaner system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsHyunsup Song, Jongil Park, Jongjin Woo
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a cleaner system to which both a stick cleaner and a robotic cleaner can be coupled. According to the cleaner system according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first station to which the first cleaner is coupled and the second station to which the second cleaner is coupled are included, so that it is possible to remove the inconvenience for a user to empty the dust in the dust bin of the first cleaner and/or the second cleaner each time.
Claims18
A cleaner system comprising:
- a first cleaner that includes a suction portion which sucks dust-containing air through an extension tube through which air flows, a suction motor which generates a suction force for sucking air along the suction portion, and a dust bin which stores dust separated from the sucked air;
- a first station that includes a housing which has an inner space and to which the first cleaner is coupled, a first coupling portion which is formed in the housing and to which the dust bin is coupled, and a dust collection motor which is disposed in the inner space and generates a suction force sucking the dust within the dust bin into the housing;
- a second station that is coupled below the first station and includes a second coupling portion to which a second cleaner climbs;
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- an imaginary plane that includes an extension tube through-line passing through the extension tube in a longitudinal direction and an imaginary suction motor axial line obtained by extending a rotational axis of the suction motor,
- wherein the second cleaner is a cleaner that autonomously travels in an area to be cleaned, and
- wherein, in a state where the first cleaner is coupled to the first coupling portion and the second cleaner is coupled to the second coupling portion, at least a portion of the suction motor or the dust bin of the first cleaner is located directly above the dust collection motor along a vertical direction, such that the dust can flow downwards from the dust bin toward the dust collection motor due to gravity.
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A cleaner system comprising:
- a first station that includes a housing which has an inner space and to which a first cleaner is coupled and a first cleaner suction flow path which sucks dust within a dust bin of the first cleaner;
- a second station that is coupled below the first station and includes a second coupling portion to which a second cleaner climbs;
- a second cleaner suction flow path of which one side is coupled to the second station to suck dust within a dust bin of the second cleaner and of which other side is coupled to the first cleaner suction flow path;
- a discharge flow path that is provided to discharge air sucked from the first cleaner or the second cleaner,
- wherein the second cleaner is a cleaner that autonomously travels in an area to be cleaned,
- and wherein one side of the discharge flow path is connected to the housing and the other side of the discharge flow path is connected to the second station, so that air is discharged toward a bottom surface of the second cleaner.
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A cleaner system comprising:
- a first station that includes a housing which has an inner space and to which a first cleaner is coupled and a first cleaner suction flow path which sucks dust within a dust bin of the first cleaner;
- a second station that is coupled below the first station and includes a second coupling portion to which a second cleaner climbs;
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- a discharge flow path that is provided to discharge air sucked from the first cleaner or the second cleaner,
- wherein the second cleaner is a cleaner that autonomously travels in an area to be cleaned,
- and wherein one side of the discharge flow path is connected to the housing and the other side of the discharge flow path is connected to the second station, so that air is discharged toward a bottom surface of the second cleaner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.