Robot cleaner and robot cleaner system
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIngyu YANG, Jungwan RYU, Sungjun KIM
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a robot cleaner including a body having a pair of wheels on a bottom surface thereof, a suction unit disposed between the pair of wheels, an auxiliary wheel disposed on one side of the suction unit, a caster disposed opposite the auxiliary wheel with respect to the suction unit, and a rotary cleaning unit to which one or more mops are coupled and whose rotation center is disposed between the caster and the suction unit, such that the mop does not contact an inclined surface, contamination of the inclined surface is prevented to reduce odor generation and bacterial growth, and the robot cleaner can smoothly climb the inclined surface.
Claims15
A robot cleaner comprising:
- a body provided with a pair of wheels on a bottom surface thereof;
- a suction unit disposed between the pair of wheels;
- an auxiliary wheel disposed on one side of the suction unit;
- a caster disposed in a direction opposite to a direction in which the auxiliary wheel is disposed in the suction unit;
- and
- a rotary cleaning unit to which at least one or more mops are coupled, wherein a rotation center of the rotary cleaning unit is disposed between the caster and the suction unit.
A robot cleaner system comprising a robot cleaner and a robot cleaner station docked with the robot cleaner,
- wherein the robot cleaner comprises:
- a body provided with a wheel on a bottom surface thereof;
- at least one or more rotary cleaning units disposed at a lower side of the body, to which a mop is capable of being coupled;
- and
- a caster disposed at the lower side of the body and disposed rearward of the rotary cleaning unit,
- wherein the robot cleaner station comprises:
- a seating unit in which the robot cleaner is accommodated;
- and
- a door unit configured to open and close an entrance through which the robot cleaner enters and exits the seating unit,
- wherein the door unit comprises an inclined surface on which the robot cleaner climbs when the entrance is opened, and
- wherein the caster is configured to assist in preventing the mop from contacting the inclined surface when climbing the inclined surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.