US 12,134,058 B2
Filter cleaner and air-processing apparatus including filter cleaner
Chinsoo Hyon, Seoul (KR); and Sehwan Bae, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,706.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0065984 (KR), filed on May 24, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0065985 (KR), filed on May 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0370942 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/04 (2006.01); F24F 8/10 (2021.01)
CPC B01D 46/04 (2013.01) [F24F 8/10 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A filter cleaner, comprising:
a housing that forms an external appearance of the filter cleaner, the housing having a suction hole formed in one side thereof;
a moving gear rotatably disposed in the housing and configured to move the housing;
a gear motor configured to rotate the moving gear;
a dust container disposed so as to be introduced into or withdrawn out of the housing, the dust container being configured to store foreign substances introduced thereinto through the suction hole;
an agitator gear disposed inside of the housing to rotate the agitator;
an agitator motor disposed inside of the housing to operate the agitator gear; and
a suctioner disposed inside of the housing to induce air to flow into the dust container through the suction hole,
wherein the dust container is configured to be inserted into or withdrawn from the housing in a direction in which a rotational axis of the agitator extends,
when the dust container is mounted in the housing, the agitator gear is connected to the agitator.