US 11,937,765 B2
Cleaning apparatus having vacuum cleaner and docking station
See Hyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); In Gyu Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Ki Hwan Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Shin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeon Cheol Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Do Kyung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hyun Ju Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yun Soo Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Seung Ryong Cha, Suwon-si (KR); and Jung Gyun Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/413,218
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017587
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/122631, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0162375 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2018; application No. 10-2019-0074217 (KR), filed on Jun. 21, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0110291 (KR), filed on Sep. 5, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0158871 (KR), filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095862 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 5/18 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/149 (2013.01) [A47L 5/18 (2013.01); A47L 9/0009 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning apparatus comprising:
a vacuum cleaner comprising a dust collecting chamber configured to collect foreign substances through centrifugation, the dust collecting chamber including an opening and a door to open and close the opening; and
a docking station comprising:
a body having a long axis extending in a vertical direction,
a seating portion on which the dust collecting chamber is seated when docked to the docking station, the docking station being configured to connect to the dust collecting chamber to remove the foreign substances collected in the dust collecting chamber,
a cover configured to open and close an inlet of the seating portion, and
a suction device configured to suction the foreign substances and air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station,
wherein, in a state in which the cover is open and the door of the dust collecting chamber is open, the suction device is driven to suction the foreign substances and the air in the dust collecting chamber docked to the docking station.