Mattress care device
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJiHyun YOON, Hyun Shin KEE, Ki Sang JUNG, Taihong KIM
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Abstract
A mattress care device includes two vertically moving frames that are moved upward from opposite side walls of a bed frame and then a sanitary module is moved along the two vertically moving frames to perform the cleaning of a mattress, and when the cleaning of the mattress is not performed, the sanitary module is stored in a storage part while the two vertically moving frames are moved downward so that the sanitary module is stored in a location hidden from a user of a bed. Accordingly, discomfort caused by exposure of the sanitary module can be prevented.
Claims20
A mattress care device, comprising:
- a bed frame configured to accommodate a mattress;
- a first vertically moving frame movably attached to a first side of the bed frame;
- a second vertically moving frame movably attached to a second side of the bed frame opposite to the first side of the bed frame, the first vertically moving frame and the second vertically moving frame being configured to be vertically movable from the bed frame;
- a sanitary module having a first end connected to the first vertically moving frame and a second end connected to the second vertically moving frame, the sanitary module being configured to move along the first vertically moving frame and the second vertically moving frame;
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- a moving part configured to move the sanitary module along the first vertically moving frame and the second vertically moving frame.
A mattress care device, comprising:
- a bed frame configured to accommodate a mattress;
- a first vertically moving frame movably attached to a first side of the bed frame;
- a second vertically moving frame movably attached to a second side of the bed frame opposite to the first side of the bed frame;
- a frame elevation part including:
- a plurality of ball screws, each ball screw being arranged in a respective one of the first vertically moving frame and the second vertically moving frame, each ball screw including a first bevel gear at a lower end of the ball screw;
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- an elevating motor connected to the first bevel gears, the elevating motor being configured to rotate the first bevel gears, to rotate the plurality of ball screws and raise or lower the first vertically moving frame and the second vertically moving frame;
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- a sanitary module having a first end connected to the first moving vertically frame and a second end connected to the second vertically moving frame and configured to:
- be movable along the first and second vertically moving frames;
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- irradiate ultraviolet-c (UV-C) light to the mattress and/or vacuum the mattress.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.