US 11,957,297 B2
Station
Youngjun Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Seokbong Baek, Suwon-si (KR); Byeongwoo Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); and Yunwon Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,509.
Application 17/546,509 is a continuation of application No. 17/230,301, filed on Apr. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,229,339.
Application 17/230,301 is a continuation of application No. 16/902,839, filed on Jun. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,006,797, issued on May 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0002998 (KR), filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095867 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/1445 (2013.01) [A47L 9/1472 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A station for detachably docking with a dust canister of a vacuum cleaner, the station comprising:
an accommodation chamber configured to dock with the dust canister of the vacuum cleaner;
a housing, including an inner space that communicates with the accommodation chamber, configured to receive a dust bag in the inner space;
a cover configured to:
open and close the inner space of the housing;
a holder configured to:
mount the dust bag, and
enable communication between the dust bag and the accommodation chamber; and
an air flow generator configured to generate air flow from the dust canister of the vacuum cleaner to the dust bag,
wherein the holder is disposed at a first position where a front end thereof is rotated upward or a second position where the front end is rotated downward, and
wherein the cover is enabled to close the inner space of the housing when the holder on which the dust bag is mounted is disposed at the first position, and the cover is prevented from closing the inner space of the housing when the holder is disposed at the second position.