Cleaner holder

• US 10,299,650 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Namhee, Nam, Bohyun, Hwang, Jungbae, Kim, Jinju, Bae, Sehwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Carlson, Marc
• Application Number:
  US15/918,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199777A1
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/00 Structural features of suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/225 Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/26 with driven dust-loosening tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/28 Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle A47L5/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/00 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 Class Codes: A47L 9/0063 External storing devices; Stands, casings or the like for the storage of suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/28 Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2873 Docking units or charging stations for autonomous or robotic vacuum cleaners A47L2201/02
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2884 Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/44 Methods for charging or discharging circuits for charging H02J7/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

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.

Claims

1. A cleaner system comprising:

a cleaner comprising;

a suction nozzle configured to suction dust and air from an outside,

a dust container configured to receive dust, and

an extension tube configured to guide dust and air from the suction nozzle toward 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, an upper surface of the second body being configured to seat the dust container thereon in the vertical orientation and to maintain the cleaner in an upright position,

a battery accommodating space that is defined in the second body, the battery accommodating space being recessed downward from the 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 in the vertical orientation,

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

wherein the extension tube extends toward the base and is configured to, based on the second body supporting the dust container, transfer a second portion of the weight of the cleaner to the base or ground.

2. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the dust container is configured to, based on the second body maintaining the cleaner on the upper surface of the second body in the upright position, cover at least a portion of the battery accommodating space.

3. The cleaner system of claim 2, wherein the dust container protrudes outward from side surfaces of the second body, the side surfaces extending in the vertical orientation.

4. The cleaner system of claim 3, wherein at least a portion of the dust container protrudes, based on the second body maintaining the cleaner on the upper surface of the second body in the upright position, forward from a front surface of the second body that intersects with the side surfaces of the second body.

5. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein a front end of the base is located forward of a front surface of the second body.

6. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the weight of the cleaner transferred through the support exceeds the second portion of the weight of the cleaner transferred through the extension tube.

7. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the base has an upper surface that comprises a front portion configured to seat the suction nozzle, and a rear portion connected to the support.

8. The cleaner system of claim 7, wherein the upper surface of the base is inclined downward from the rear portion toward the front portion.

9. The cleaner system of claim 8, wherein the upper surface of the base defines a recess at the front portion configured to seat the suction nozzle.

10. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the cleaner further comprises:

a battery housing that is configured to receive a cleaner battery; and

a suction motor that is configured to cause the suction nozzle to suction dust and air from the outside and that is located vertically below the battery housing based on the second body maintaining the cleaner on the upper surface of the second body in the upright position,

wherein the suction motor is located forward of the dust container based on the second body maintaining the cleaner on the upper surface of the second body in the upright position, and

wherein the extension tube extends toward the base from an interface between the suction motor and the dust container.

11. The cleaner system of claim 10, wherein the support is configured to transfer a weight of the cleaner battery received in the battery accommodating space, and

wherein the extension tube is configured to transfer at least a portion of each of a weight of the cleaner battery received in the battery housing and a weight of the suction motor.

12. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the second body further comprises an accessory holder located at a bottom surface of the second body between the extension tube and the support, and configured to receive a nozzle that has been detached from the cleaner, and

wherein the support is configured to transfer, through the second body, a weight of the nozzle received by the accessory holder.

13. The cleaner system of claim 12, wherein the accessory holder comprises a plurality of accessory holders located at the bottom surface of the second body.

14. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the suction nozzle protrudes outward from side surfaces of the base, and a width of the suction nozzle is greater than a width of the base.

15. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the second body defines a groove that is located at a front surface of the second body, that communicates with the battery accommodating space, and that is configured to provide grip to the cleaner battery received in the battery accommodating space, and

wherein the dust container is configured to cover an upper portion of the groove based on the second body maintaining the cleaner on the upper surface of the second body in the upright position.

16. The cleaner system of claim 1, wherein the first body that includes a first charging port configured to charge the cleaner in the upright position.

17. The cleaner system of claim 16, 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.

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

19. The cleaner system of claim 17, wherein the upper surface of the second body is located at an upper end of the second body that is located vertically between the first charging port and the second charging port.

20. The cleaner system of claim 17, wherein the dust container is configured to, based on the detached cleaner battery being received in the battery accommodating space, cover an upper end of the cleaner battery located between the first charging port and the second charging port.