Cleaner Station

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station, and more particularly, to a cleaner station capable of separating dust contained in air, capturing the dust in a dust bag, and enabling a user to empty only the dust bag.

In general, a cleaner refers to an electrical appliance that draws in small garbage or dust by sucking air using electricity and fills a dust bin provided in a product with the garbage or dust. Such a cleaner is generally called a vacuum cleaner.

The cleaners may be classified into a manual cleaner which is moved directly by a user to perform a cleaning operation, and an automatic cleaner which performs a cleaning operation while autonomously traveling. Depending on the shape of the cleaner, the manual cleaners may be classified into a canister cleaner, an upright cleaner, a handy cleaner, a stick cleaner, and the like.

The canister cleaners were widely used in the past as household cleaners. However, recently, there is an increasing tendency to use the handy cleaner and the stick cleaner in which a dust bin and a cleaner main body are integrally provided to improve convenience of use.

In the case of the canister cleaner, a main body and a suction port are connected by a rubber hose or pipe, and in some instances, the canister cleaner may be used in a state in which a brush is fitted into the suction port.

The handy cleaner (hand vacuum cleaner) has maximized portability and is light in weight. However, because the handy cleaner has a short length, there may be a limitation to a cleaning region. Therefore, the handy cleaner is used to clean a local place such as a desk, a sofa, or an interior of a vehicle.

A user may use the stick cleaner while standing and thus may perform a cleaning operation without bending his/her waist. Therefore, the stick cleaner is advantageous for the user to clean a wide region while moving in the region. The handy cleaner may be used to clean a narrow space, whereas the stick cleaner may be used to clean a wide space and also used to a high place that the user's hand cannot reach. Recently, modularized stick cleaners are provided, such that types of cleaners are actively changed and used to clean various places.

In addition, recently, a robot cleaner, which autonomously performs a cleaning operation without a user's manipulation, is used. The robot cleaner automatically cleans a zone to be cleaned by sucking debris such as dust from the floor while autonomously traveling in the zone to be cleaned.

However, because the handy cleaner, the stick cleaner, or the robot cleaner in the related art has a dust bin with a small capacity for storing collected dust, which inconveniences the user because the user needs to empty the dust bin frequently.

In addition, because the dust scatters during the process of emptying the dust bin, there is a problem in that the scattering dust has a harmful effect on the user's health.

In addition, if residual dust is not removed from the dust bin, there is a problem in that a suction force of the cleaner deteriorates.

In addition, if the residual dust is not removed from the dust bin, there is a problem in that the residual dust causes an offensive odor.

As a patent document in the related art, Korean Patent No. KR 10-2161708 B1 discloses a station including a dust bag.

Korean Patent No. KR 10-2161708 B1 discloses that a dust bin of a cleaner is coupled to the station, and a dust bag is disposed in the station. In this case, the dust bag is coupled in a housing of the cleaner along a sliding groove, and an outer surface of the dust bag is made of a material that may filter the air while transmitting the air.

However, in case that a permeable or semi-permeable dust bag is used, there is a problem in that dust in the dust bag may leak to the outside from the dust bag, and offensive odor may also leak to the outside from the dust bag.

In addition, as a patent document in the related art, Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. KR 10-2021-0019940 A discloses a cleaner station configured to capture dust collected in a dust bin of a cleaner.

Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. KR 10-2021-0019940 A discloses that the cleaner sucks dust contained in the air and stores the dust, the cleaner station is coupled to the dust bin to remove dust stored in the dust bin, and the cleaner station includes a dust collecting motor configured to suck debris and internal air in the dust bin coupled to the cleaner station, and a vinyl bag type dust collecting part.

However, in the case of the cleaner station, when the dust collecting motor operates, the vinyl bag may be pulled toward the dust collecting motor and squashed flat.

Therefore, when the dust collecting motor of the cleaner station operates, an internal space of the vinyl bag is narrowed, which makes it difficult to capture the dust in the vinyl bag.

In addition, in the case of the cleaner station, the air from which dust is not separated is captured in the vinyl bag, which causes a problem in that a part of the dust is introduced into the dust collecting motor.

Meanwhile, the cleaner station needs to be equipped with a cartridge capable of replacing a consumable vinyl bag.

In this case, because the cartridge for replacing the vinyl bag is detachably coupled to a housing, there is a limitation in that dust contained in air scatters through a space in which the cartridge is coupled.

The present disclosure has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems with the cleaner station in the related art, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide a cleaner station capable of maintaining a shape of a dust bag while dust is collected.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station, in which dust may be separated from the air during a process in which the air containing the dust flows toward a dust collecting motor, and the dust may be captured in the dust bag.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station that does not require a user to manually tie a dust bag.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station that enables a user to empty a dust bin only by removing a dust bag.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station capable of supplying a new dust bag when a dust bag is consumed.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station capable of preventing dust from scattering in a cartridge capable of supplying a dust bag.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station in which a dust collecting part may be easily detached.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station in which a dust collecting part may be easily detached.

The present disclosure has also been made in an effort to provide a cleaner station in which components of a dust collecting part may be separately detached and maintained.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, a cleaner station according to the present disclosure may be configured such that a dust collecting part may be coupled and separated in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of a housing, and a cyclone part, a dust bag, and a dust bag cartridge may also be coupled and separated in the same direction.

Specifically, the present disclosure provides a cleaner station including: a housing; a coupling part disposed in the housing and configured such that at least a part of a cleaner is coupled to the coupling part; a dust collecting part accommodated in the housing, disposed at a lower side of the coupling part, and configured to capture dust in a dust bin of the cleaner; and a dust collecting motor accommodated in the housing, disposed below the dust collecting part, and configured to generate a suction force for sucking dust in the dust bin, in which the dust collecting part includes: a dust separating part configured to separate dust in air introduced from the dust bin; a dust bag configured to store the dust separated by the dust separating part; a bag support part configured to accommodate the dust bag; and a dust bag cartridge separably coupled to a lower side of the dust separating part and configured to supply the dust bag.

In this case, the dust collecting part may be attached to or detached from the housing in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

Meanwhile, the dust separating part may include: a dust separating part casing; and a cyclone part coupled to the dust separating part casing and configured to separate dust from air, and the cyclone part may be detachably coupled to the dust separating part casing.

In this case, the cyclone part may be attached to or detached from the dust separating part casing in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

The dust bag may be separated from the bag support part in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

Meanwhile, the bag support part may have a bag passage hole through which the dust bag passes in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

Meanwhile, the dust bag cartridge may be separated between the dust separating part and the joining device in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

Meanwhile, the dust collecting part may further include a prefilter configured to separate dust from air passing through the dust separating part, and the prefilter may be separated in a direction that traverses a longitudinal direction of the housing.

Meanwhile, the housing may include: a bottom surface disposed to face a ground surface; and an outer wall surface disposed in a direction that traverses the bottom surface, and a dust collecting part entrance hole, through which the dust collecting part enters or exits, may be formed in the outer wall surface.

According to the cleaner station according to the present disclosure described above, it is possible to maintain the shape of the dust bag during the process of collecting dust.

In addition, during the process in which the air containing dust flows toward the dust collecting motor, the dust may be separated and captured in the dust bag.

In addition, because the upper side of the dust bag is joined by the joining device, the user may seal the dust bag without manually tying the dust bag.

In addition, the user may empty the dust bin only by removing the sealed dust bag.

In addition, the dust bag cartridge may automatically supply a new dust bag in case that the dust bag is consumed.

In addition, the dust bag supplied from the dust bag cartridge may be joined and sealed, which may prevent dust from scattering.

In addition, the detachment directions of the dust collecting part and the components thereof are defined to be identical to one another, which makes it easy to detach the dust collecting part.

In addition, the components of the dust collecting part are detachably configured, and the detachment directions of the components are defined to be identical to one another, which makes it easy to maintain the components.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.