US 12,376,721 B2
Cleaner station
Hyunsup Song, Seoul (KR); Jongjin Woo, Seoul (KR); and Jiwoo Ha, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/276,493
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/001145
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/177185, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0023534 (KR), filed on Feb. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0081595 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2873 (2013.01) [A47L 2201/024 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaner station comprising:
a docking unit where a cleaner enters and is docked; and
a station body configured to be connected to one side of the docking unit and process dust within a dust bin of the cleaner,
wherein the station body comprises:
a housing;
a suction tube configured to be coupled to the docking unit and to suck the dust within the dust bin of the cleaner;
a dust collector configured to collect the dust sucked by the suction tube; and
a coupling portion which is configured to be provided within the housing and to which the dust collector is coupled,
wherein the housing comprises a dust collector cover that is openable and closeable such that the dust collector enters and exits,
wherein the coupling portion comprises a rotation protrusion of which at least a portion is exposed to the outside of the station body,
wherein, when the dust collector is coupled, the rotation protrusion is rotated and is concealed from the outside, and
wherein the coupling portion further comprises a fixing pin that guides a position of the rotation protrusion.