Station for cleaner and cleaning device including same

Abstract

A cleaning device including a cleaner and a cleaner station. The cleaner station includes: a container which accommodates one or more cleaning pads and is arranged to be movable; and a main body arrangeable under the container and including a cleaning pad seating surface. The cleaner station including a slide link arranged to move along with the container. Furthermore, the cleaner station includes a discharge link arranged in the container, wherein the discharge link includes: a support tip protruding toward the inside of the container to support a cleaning pad, which is closest to the seating surface, among the accommodated cleaning pads; and a discharge hook arranged to be pressed to move the support tip out of the container based on the container being moved toward the cleaning pad seating surface.

1 . A cleaner station comprising:
 a container, configured to store one or more cleaning pads, arranged be movable;   a main body including a cleaning pad seating surface arrangeable below the container;   a slide link configured to move along the container; and   a discharge link provided in the container, the discharge link including:
 a support tip to protrude toward an inner side of the container to support a cleaning pad that is closest to the cleaning pad seating surface among the stored one or more cleaning pads, and 
 a discharge hook configured to be pressed to move the support tip to an outer side of the container based on the container being moved toward the cleaning pad seating surface. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaner station according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the slide link further comprises:
 a discharge hook pressing portion formed at one end to be positioned below the discharge hook; and 
 a slide link stopper formed at another end, 
   wherein, based on the container being moved toward the cleaning pad seating surface,
 the discharge hook pressing portion is configured to be stopped as the slide link stopper is caught by a slide link catching portion provided in the main body, and press the discharge hook so that the cleaning pad falls onto the cleaning pad seating surface. 
   
     
     
         3 . The cleaner station according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the discharge hook is configured to move to a position in which the discharge hook pressing portion is stopped and to be pressed by the discharge hook pressing portion.   
     
     
         4 . The cleaner station according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the container comprises a descending protrusion tip configured to press the slide link downward,   the slide link further comprises a receiving groove in which the descending protrusion tip is accommodated, and an elastic member positioned in the receiving groove, and   the elastic member is disposed such that the descending protrusion tip presses the elastic member to press the slide link.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaner station according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a loading link provided in the container,   wherein the loading link is disposed above the discharge link, and   the loading link includes a loading tip disposed to protrude toward the inner side of the container to support remaining cleaning pads among the stored one or more cleaning pads, and a loading hook configured to be pressed to move the loading tip to the outer side of the container.   
     
     
         6 . The cleaner station according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the main body further comprises a loading hook pressing portion disposed above the loading hook, and   the loading hook pressing portion is configured to press the loading hook as the container ascends so that the loading tip moves and the cleaning pad falls onto the support tip.   
     
     
         7 . The cleaner station according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the container comprises an ascending protrusion tip configured to press the slide link upward.   
     
     
         8 . The cleaner station according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the container further comprises a container opening formed on an outer circumferential surface, and   the support tip and the loading tip are disposed to protrude toward the inner side of the container through the container opening.   
     
     
         9 . The cleaner station according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the support tip is configured to move as the discharge link rotates based on the discharge hook being pressed, and   the loading tip is configured to move as the loading link rotates based on the loading hook being pressed.   
     
     
         10 . The cleaner station according to  claim 9 ,
 wherein the discharge link and the loading link are connected to a rotation shaft disposed across the container opening and configured to be rotatable.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaner station according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the container further comprises a link cover formed to cover portions of the discharge link and the loading link, and   the link cover comprises a spring configured to press the discharge link having been rotated and the loading link having been rotated, to rotate in a direction opposite to a direction in which the discharge link and the loading link have been rotated.   
     
     
         12 . The cleaner station according to  claim 11 ,
 wherein the link cover is disposed such that the discharge hook and the loading hook protrude from the link cover.   
     
     
         13 . The cleaner station according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the container further comprises a guide bar extending in an up-and-down direction,   the main body further comprises a guide member into which the guide bar is inserted and which is fixed to the main body, and   the guide bar is supported by the guide member and configured to guide a movement of the container.   
     
     
         14 . The cleaner station according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the main body further comprises a driving motor and a gear configured to rotate by the driving motor,   the container further comprises a rail interlocked with the gear, and   the container is configured to move by operation of the driving motor.   
     
     
         15 . The cleaner station according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the discharge hook pressing portion is configured to be stopped at a second position as the slide link stopper is caught by the slide link catching portion provided at a first position of the main body, and   the discharge hook is configured to move to the second position and to be pressed by the discharge hook pressing portion, causing the support tip to move so that the cleaning pad falls onto the cleaning pad seating surface.