US 12,357,139 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. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,287.
Application 17/891,287 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.
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 2023/0012532 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
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 system comprising: a dust collecting chamber of a vacuum cleaner; wherein the dust collecting chamber includes a first dust collecting portion formed along an inner circumferential surface of the dust collecting chamber, a second dust collecting portion formed in a center of the first dust collecting portion to be partitioned from the first dust collecting portion, and a pivotal dust collecting chamber door configured to close the first dust collecting portion and the second dust collection portion to the outside of the dust collecting chamber in a closed position, wherein the pivotal dust collecting chamber door includes a cap portion configured to separate an end of the second dust collection portion from an end of the first dust collection portion in the closed position.