US 12,478,238 B2
Cleaner station and method for controlling the same
Jungwan Ryu, Seoul (KR); Daeho Chang, Seoul (KR); and Donggeun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/248,333
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/013687
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/075736, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0130066 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371770 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/2873 (2013.01) [A47L 7/0061 (2013.01); A61L 2/088 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaner station comprising:
a housing configured to couple to a cleaner;
a dust collection motor disposed in the housing and configured to generate suction force for suctioning dust from a dust bin of the cleaner;
a dust collector disposed in the housing and disposed above the dust collection motor, the dust collector being configured to receive the dust suctioned from the dust bin of the cleaner; and
a collector external sterilizer disposed in the housing and configured to cause a sterilization reaction on foreign substances that are disposed outside the dust collector.