Cleaner washing apparatus
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJaewon JANG, Jeongseop PARK, Youngkouk SONG
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Abstract
A washing apparatus washes a cleaner having a mop unit formed at a lower portion thereof. The washing apparatus includes a tray configured to form a space to receive the cleaner and washing water. A washing unit is disposed at a lower portion of the inside of the tray in contact with the mop unit. The washing unit includes a first spinning mop protrusion line configured to protrude upwardly, an upper end of the first spinning mop protrusion line being inclined downwardly in a first direction.
Claims13
A washing apparatus configured to wash a cleaner having a mop unit formed at a lower portion thereof, the washing apparatus comprising:
- a tray configured to form a space to receive the cleaner and washing water;
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- a washing unit disposed at a lower portion of an inside of the tray and configured to contact the mop unit,
- wherein the washing unit comprises:
- a first spinning mop washing unit including an upwardly protruding portion, with an upper end of the upwardly protruding portion being inclined downwardly in a first direction;
- a second spinning mop washing unit including one or more upwardly protruding portions;
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- a rolling mop washing unit including a plurality of upwardly protruding portions that extend in parallel to each other in leftward and rightward directions.
A washing apparatus configured to wash a cleaner having at least one mop unit rotatably supported at a lower portion of the washing apparatus, the washing apparatus comprising:
- a tray configured to form a space to receive the cleaner and washing water;
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- a washing unit disposed at a lower portion of an inside of the tray and configured to contact the at least one mop unit, the washing unit comprising:
- at least one upwardly protruding portion extending across a moving direction of a lower surface of the at least one mop unit when the at least one mop unit is rotated,
- the at least one mop unit comprising a first spinning mop unit, wherein a lower surface of the first spinning mop unit is inclined downwardly in a first direction, and
- the at least one upwardly protruding portion of the washing unit comprising a first spinning mop upwardly protruding portion, wherein a part of the first spinning mop upwardly protruding portion is configured to contact the first spinning mop unit and is inclined downwardly in the first direction,
- the first spinning mop unit being rotatably supported for rotation around a spinning rotation axis that is vertical or that forms an acute angle of less than 45 degrees with the vertical direction, and
- a rolling mop unit rotatably supported for rotation around a rolling rotation axis extending in leftward and rightward directions,
- a spinning mop washing unit provided at a position corresponding to the first spinning mop unit and including upwardly protruding portions arranged radially outward from the spinning rotation axis, and
- a rolling mop washing unit including upwardly protruding portions extending in a direction parallel to the rolling rotation axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.