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Autonomous cleaner

  • US 10,342,405 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2017
  • Issued: 07/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous cleaner comprising:

  • a controller to control operation of the autonomous cleaner;

    a cleaner body having a recess;

    a plurality of wheels installed at the cleaner body, one or more of the plurality of wheels being controlled by the controller;

    a cleaner head attached to the cleaner body;

    a dust container having a round shape and be configured to be detachably docked in the recess of the cleaner body and to collect foreign substances;

    a motor provided in the cleaner body to generate a suction force to force air through the cleaner head and the dust container, foreign substances sucked in with the air being collected in the dust container; and

    a cover rotatably coupled with the cleaner body to cover the dust container and held by the dust container to cover a top surface of the dust container,wherein a ledge is provided below a top surface of the cleaner body and adjacent to an outer circumference of the recess, and the ledge accommodates at least a portion of the cover when the cover is held by the dust container,wherein an accommodation groove is formed on the ledge, and a locking hook that protrudes from an outer circumference of the dust container is locked to a step of the accommodation groove when the dust container is docked in the recess of the cleaner body, andwherein a hinge rotatably couples the cover to the cleaner body, and the hinge is accommodated in the accommodation groove when the cover is held by the dust container.

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