CLEANER HOLDER

• US 20170319035A1
• Filed: 05/09/2017
• Published: 11/09/2017
• 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, KIM, Jinju, NAM, Bohyun, BAE, Sehwan, HWANG, Jungbae
• Granted Patent: US 10,314,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/00 Structural features of suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/24 Hand-supported suction cleaners
• 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 9/2884 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 to a front side of the first body; and a battery accommodating space recessed downward from an upper surface of the second body to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the battery accommodating space, and a cleaner guide configured to perform guiding such that terminals of the cleaner come into contact with the first charging port is provided in the second body.

Claims

1. A cleaner holder comprising:

a first body that includes a first charging port, the first charging port being configured to charge a cleaner in a vertical orientation;

a second body that protrudes from a front surface of the first body; and

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,

wherein the second body includes a second charging port within the battery accommodating space, the second charging port being configured to charge the detached cleaner battery, and

wherein the second body includes a cleaner guide that is configured to align the cleaner to the first body such that terminals of the cleaner contact the first charging port.

2. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the first charging port is located vertically above the second charging port.

3. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the cleaner guide is located between the first charging port and the second charging port.

4. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein, based on the detached cleaner battery being received in the battery accommodating space, an upper end of the battery is located between the first charging port and the second charging port.

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

6. The cleaner holder 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.

7. The cleaner holder of claim 1, further comprising a stand that is configured to support the first body and the second body, wherein the stand includes a base and a support that connects the first body and the second body to the base.

8. The cleaner holder of claim 7, wherein the support is connected to a bottom surface of the first body at a location that is vertically lower than a center of gravity of the first and second bodies.

9. The cleaner holder of claim 7, further comprising an electric wire that is connected to a rear surface of the first body and configured to supply electric power to the first charging port and the second charging port,

wherein the electric wire extends to the base along a rear surface of the support.

10. The cleaner holder of claim 9, further comprising a connection terminal at the rear surface of the first body that is connected to the electric wire.

11. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the first body includes a spaced member that extends rearward from a rear surface of the first body, the spaced member being configured to contact a wall surface to thereby maintain a predetermined distance between the first body and the wall surface.

12. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the first body or the second body includes a display unit configured to display a residual amount or a charging state of the cleaner battery being charged in the battery accommodating space.

13. The cleaner holder of claim 1, wherein the cleaner holder is configured to charge the cleaner and the detached cleaner battery independently.

14. The cleaner holder of claim 13, wherein the cleaner holder is configured to charge the detached cleaner battery via the second charging port based on completion of the charging of the cleaner via the first charging port.

15. The cleaner holder of claim 13, wherein the cleaner holder is configured to charge the cleaner via the first charging port based on completion of the charging of the detached cleaner battery via the second charging port.

16. A cleaner holder comprising:

a first body that includes a first charging port, the first charging port being configured to charge a cleaner in a vertical orientation;

a second body that protrudes from a front surface of the first body; and

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,

wherein the second body includes a second charging port within the battery accommodating space, the second charging port being configured to charge the detached cleaner battery, and

wherein, based on the cleaner making charging contact with the first charging port, at least a portion of an opening of the battery accommodating space is covered by the cleaner.

17. The cleaner holder of claim 16, wherein, based on the cleaner making charging contact with the first charging port, at least a portion of the detached cleaner battery received in the battery accommodating space is covered by the cleaner.

18. The cleaner holder of claim 16, wherein the second body includes fixing members that are configured to be inserted into fixing grooves defined in the cleaner to thereby couple the cleaner to the second body.

19. A cleaner holder comprising:

a first body that includes a first charging port, the first charging port being configured to charge a cleaner in a vertical orientation;

a second body that protrudes from the first body; and

a battery accommodating space that is defined in the second body, the battery accommodating space being recessed from an upper surface of the second body and configured to receive a cleaner battery that has been detached from the cleaner,

wherein the second body includes a second charging port within the battery accommodating space, the second charging port being configured to charge the detached cleaner battery,

wherein the first charging port includes a plurality of charging points that are arranged on a first installation surface, and the second charging port includes a plurality of charging points that are arranged on a second installation surface, and

wherein a first planar surface extending from the first installation surface intersects with a second planar surface extending from the second installation surface.

20. The cleaner holder of claim 19, wherein the battery accommodating space is configured to receive the cleaner battery along a plane that is parallel to the first planar surface.

21. The cleaner holder of claim 20, wherein the second body includes a cleaner guide that is configured to align the cleaner to the first body such that terminals of the cleaner contact the first charging port, and

wherein the cleaner is guided along the cleaner guide in a direction that is parallel to an insertion direction in which the cleaner battery is inserted into the battery accommodating space.