US 12,239,281 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)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,010.
Application 18/447,010 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,644, filed on May 13, 2021, granted, now 12,004,703.
Application 17/319,644 is a continuation of application No. 17/092,822, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,337,573, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 17/092,822 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/017587, filed on Dec. 12, 2019.
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 2024/0016352 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
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)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaning apparatus comprising:
a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container; and
a docking station configured to charge a battery of the vacuum cleaner,
wherein the dust collecting container includes:
a body including a circumferential surface forming a side surface of the dust collecting container,
a dust collecting container door formed at a lower portion of the dust collecting container and configured to open the body, the dust collecting container door including an engaging protrusion, and
a fixing member disposed at the circumferential surface of the body and configured to hook to the engaging protrusion, the fixing member including a hook and a pusher, the pusher being disposed to protrude outward of the circumferential surface of the body,
wherein the docking station includes:
a suction device configured to suction foreign substances inside the dust collecting container,
a seating portion configured to dock the dust collecting container and including an inner circumferential surface corresponding to the circumferential surface of the body, and
an opening guide disposed at the inner circumferential surface of the seating portion and protruded from the inner circumferential surface of the seating portion to press the pusher disposed at the circumferential surface of the body,
wherein the pusher and the hook are arranged in an opposite direction about a rotation axis of the fixing member, and
wherein, in response to the dust collecting container docking to the docking station, the pusher is pressed by the opening guide toward an inside of the circumferential surface of the body such that the pusher rotates and releases the engaging protrusion to release the dust collecting container door.