US 11,737,630 B2
Vacuum cleaner station, vacuum cleaner system, and method for controlling vacuum cleaner station
Sungjun Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinhyouk Shin, Seoul (KR); Ingyu Yang, Seoul (KR); Youngsoo Kim, Seoul (KR); Jungwan Ryu, Seoul (KR); Jeahyuk Wie, Seoul (KR); and Dongjae Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,147.
Application 17/984,147 is a continuation of application No. 17/799,504, previously published as PCT/KR2021/002565, filed on Mar. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0026803 (KR), filed on Mar. 3, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0075901 (KR), filed on Jun. 22, 2020; application No. 10-2020-0084782 (KR), filed on Jul. 9, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0145692 (KR), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0157501 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/1683 (2013.01) [A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 2201/022 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaner system comprising:
a cleaner comprising:
a suction part that defines a suction flow path configured to receive air, the suction flow path extending in a longitudinal axis of the suction part,
a suction motor configured to rotate about a rotation axis to thereby generate suction force for suctioning the air through the suction part,
a cyclone configured to separate dust from the air introduced through the suction part, and
a dust bin configured to store the dust separated by the cyclone; and
a cleaner station that is configured to couple to the cleaner and extends in a direction intersecting a longitudinal axis of the dust bin, the cleaner station comprising:
a housing that defines a dust collecting space configured to receive the dust from the dust bin of the cleaner, the housing comprising a plurality of outer walls that define an outer appearance of the cleaner station and include a first outer wall configured to expose the cleaner to an outside of the housing based on the cleaner being coupled to the cleaner station,
a dust collecting motor disposed below the dust collecting space in the housing and configured to generate a suction force for suctioning the dust in the dust bin into the dust collecting space,
a coupling surface configured to face a bottom surface of the dust bin based on the cleaner being coupled to the cleaner station,
a dust bin guide surface configured to face an outer circumferential surface of the dust bin based on the cleaner being coupled to the cleaner station, and
a plurality of guide protrusions that are disposed above the dust bin guide surface and protrude from the coupling surface,
wherein the cleaner is configured to, based on being coupled to the cleaner station, be disposed at a position spaced apart from the first outer wall by a predetermined distance in a horizontal direction.