Cleaner holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299651-B2
Application number	US-201815918163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2018
Priority date	May 9, 2016
Publication date	May 28, 2019
Grant date	May 28, 2019

Abstract

A cleaner holder includes: a first body having a first charging port configured to charge a cleaner; a second body protruding from the first body to support the cleaner; and a battery accommodating space recessed in one surface of the second body and configured to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the second body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaner system comprising:
a cleaner comprising a dust container configured to receive dust suctioned from an outside of the cleaner, and an extension tube configured to connect to the dust container; and
a cleaner holder configured to support the cleaner, the cleaner holder comprising:
a first body configured to support the cleaner in a vertical orientation,
a second body that protrudes from a front surface of the first body in a forward direction, that includes a cleaner guide configured to support at least a portion of the cleaner in the vertical orientation, and that is configured to, based on the extension tube being connected to the dust container of the cleaner, be positioned between the first body and the extension tube in the forward direction,
a battery accommodating space that is defined in the second body, the battery accommodating space being recessed downward from an upper surface of the second body and configured to receive a cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner,
a base configured to rest on ground, and
a support that extends from the first body to the base,

wherein the support is configured to, based on the second body supporting at least the portion of the cleaner, transfer a first portion of a weight of the cleaner to the base.

2. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the first body includes a coupling part located at a lower portion of the first body and configured to couple to an upper portion of the support.

3. The cleaner system of claim 2 , wherein the support is further configured to, based on the second body supporting at least the portion of the cleaner, transfer the first portion of the weight of the cleaner to the base through the coupling part.

4. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the cleaner comprises a battery housing configured to receive a cleaner battery,
wherein the dust container that is located vertically below the battery housing based on the second body supporting the portion of the cleaner in the vertical orientation, and
wherein the second body is configured to, based on the battery housing receiving the cleaner battery, support, through the dust container, a weight of the cleaner battery received in the battery housing.

5. The cleaner system of claim 4 , wherein the cleaner further comprises:
a suction motor that is located forward of the dust container vertically below the battery housing based on the second body supporting the portion of the cleaner in the vertical orientation;
a suction nozzle configured to, based on the second body supporting the portion of the cleaner, rest on the base or ground, and
wherein the extension tube extends toward the base and is configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container of the cleaner, transfer a second portion of the weight of the cleaner to the base or ground through the suction nozzle.

6. The cleaner system of claim 5 , wherein the extension tube extends from an interface between the suction motor and the dust container, and is further configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container of the cleaner, transfer a portion of a weight of the suction motor to the base or ground through the suction nozzle.

7. The cleaner system of claim 6 , wherein the interface between the suction motor and the dust container is located forward of a front end of the second body, and
wherein the extension tube is spaced apart from the front end of the second body.

8. The cleaner system of claim 5 , wherein a length of the support is less than a length of the extension tube based on the extension tube transferring the second portion of the weight of the cleaner to the base or ground.

9. The cleaner system of claim 4 , wherein a width of the dust container is greater than a width of the battery accommodating space, and
wherein, based on the second body supporting the dust container of the cleaner, the dust container protrudes in an outward direction from a side surface of the second body.

10. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein a length of the second body from the front surface of the first body to a front end of the second body is greater than a length of the base from the support to a front end of the base, and
wherein the front end of the base is located forward of the front end of the second body.

11. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein, based on the detached cleaner battery being received in the battery accommodating space, the cleaner guide is located vertically above an upper end of the battery received in the battery accommodating space.

12. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the support is configured to, based on the detached cleaner battery being received in the battery accommodating space, transfer a weight of the detached cleaner battery to the base.

13. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the cleaner guide is located at an upper end of the second body.

14. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the first body that includes a first charging port configured to charge the cleaner based on the first body supporting the cleaner in the vertical orientation.

15. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the second body includes a second charging port located within the battery accommodating space and configured to charge the cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner.

16. The cleaner system of claim 1 , wherein the first body that includes a first charging port configured to charge the cleaner based on the first body supporting the cleaner in the vertical orientation, and
wherein the second body includes a second charging port located within the battery accommodating space and configured to charge the cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner.

17. The cleaner system of claim 16 , wherein the first charging port is located vertically above the second charging port.

18. The cleaner system of claim 16 , wherein the cleaner guide is located between the first charging port and the second charging port.

19. The cleaner system of claim 16 , wherein, based on the detached cleaner battery being received in the battery accommodating space, an upper end of the cleaner battery received in the battery accommodating space is located between the first charging port and the second charging port.

20. A cleaner system comprising:
a cleaner; and
a cleaner holder configured to support the cleaner, the cleaner holder comprising:
a first body configured to support the cleaner in a vertical orientation,
a second body that protrudes from a front surface of the first body and that includes a cleaner guide configured to support at least a portion of the cleaner in the vertical orientation,
a battery accommodating space that is defined in the second body, the battery accommodating space being recessed downward from an upper surface of the second body and configured to receive a cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner,
a base configured to rest on ground, and
a support that extends from the first body to the base,

wherein the support is configured to, based on the second body supporting at least the portion of the cleaner, transfer a first portion of a weight of the cleaner to the base,
wherein the first body includes a coupling part located at a lower portion of the first body and configured to couple to an upper portion of the support,
wherein the coupling part is recessed from a bottom surface of the first body and configured to receive the upper portion of the support, and
wherein the coupl

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kim Namhee
• Nam Bohyun
• Hwang Jungbae
• Kim Jinju
• Bae Sehwan

Classifications

• A47L9/2873

  Docking units or charging stations (for autonomous or robotic vacuum cleaners A47L2201/02) · CPC title

• A47L9/00

  Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners · CPC title

• A47L5/225 Primary

  Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners · CPC title

• A47L5/00

  Structural features of suction cleaners · CPC title

• A47L5/28

  Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle (A47L5/24 takes precedence) · CPC title