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Robot cleaner

  • US 9,888,819 B2
  • Filed: 11/13/2013
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A robot cleaner comprising:

  • a body forming an external appearance of the robot cleaner;

    a body moving part provided to the body to move the body;

    a dust collector to capture suctioned foreign substances and provided with a first chamber and a second chamber communicating with the first chamber through a back of the first chamber;

    a suction generation unit to supply suction force to the dust collector; and

    a guide member to guide the foreign substances captured in the first chamber to the second chamber and to apply pressure to the foreign substances in the second chamber in order to compress the foreign substances,wherein a through hole allowing foreign substances to be suctioned into the dust collector from an exterior of the body is formed in a front side of the first chamber andwherein a communication hole allowing introduced air to be discharged from the first chamber to the suction generation unit is formed in a front side of the first chamber,wherein the guide member comprises;

    a rotating shaft, anda plate to rotate with the rotating shaft in the first chamber,wherein an overall inner space of the first chamber has a cylindrical form, and the rotating shaft is arranged in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical form,wherein the plate is formed to extend from the rotating shaft in a radial direction or a direction of radius of the rotating shaft, andwherein the dust collector comprises a step disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber and protrudes to rise to a predetermined height, and the step forms a boundary between the first chamber and the second chamber while allowing the first chamber and the second chamber to communicate with each other.

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