Vacuum cleaner and docking station for use with the same
AssigneeSharkNinja Operating LLC
InventorsDaniel J. INNES, Andre D. BROWN, Jason B. THORNE, Kai XU, Sam LIU
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Abstract
A docking station for a vacuum cleaner may include a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path and a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.
Claims20
A docking station for a vacuum cleaner having a vacuum cleaner dust cup and a wiper configured to move relative to a filter, the docking station comprising:
- a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path, wherein air flowing along the evacuation flow path causes the wiper to move to remove debris adhered to a debris collection side of the filter;
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- a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from the vacuum cleaner dust cup.
A vacuum cleaner configured to engage a docking station comprising:
- a vacuum assembly configured such that, in response to the vacuum assembly engaging the docking station, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum assembly transitions from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, the vacuum assembly including:
- a vacuum cleaner dust cup;
- a filter;
- a wiper configured to move relative to the filter when air flows along the evacuation flow path to remove debris adhered to a debris collection side of the filter;
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- a suction motor configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path.
A cleaning system comprising:
- a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner including a vacuum assembly, the vacuum assembly including:
- a vacuum cleaner dust cup;
- a filter;
- a suction motor configured to urge air along one of a cleaning flow path or an evacuation flow path;
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- a wiper configured to move relative to the filter when air flows along the evacuation flow path to remove debris adhered to a debris collection side of the filter;
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- a docking station, the docking station including:
- a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to at least a portion the vacuum cleaner engaging the receptacle, the cleaning flow path is transitioned to the evacuation flow path;
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- a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from the vacuum cleaner dust cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.