US 12,127,728 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. 17/984,181.
Application 17/984,181 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 2023/0165420 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2873 (2013.01) [A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 7/0095 (2013.01); A47L 9/0063 (2013.01); A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/22 (2013.01); A47L 9/2815 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/322 (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 generate suction force for suctioning the air through the suction part, the suction motor being configured to rotate about a suction motor axis that is defined by extending a rotation axis of the suction motor,
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 longitudinal direction intersecting a central 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,
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, the dust collecting motor being configured to rotate about a dust collecting motor axis that is defined by extending a rotation axis of the dust collecting motor, and
a dust bin guide surface configured to couple to a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the dust bin based on the cleaner being coupled to the cleaner station,
wherein the cleaner is configured to (i) move relative to the cleaner station in a first direction intersecting the dust collecting motor axis and then (ii) move relative to the cleaner station in a second direction intersecting the suction motor axis of the dust bin to thereby couple to the cleaner station.