Cleaner station with cover opening unit

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station including: a housing; a dust collecting motor configured to generate a suction force for sucking dust in a dust bin of a cleaner; a dust collecting part disposed at an upper side in a gravitational direction of the dust collecting motor; a coupling part including a coupling surface to which the cleaner is coupled; and a cover opening unit disposed on the coupling part and configured to open a discharge cover of the dust bin, such that the cover opening unit may automatically open the discharge cover of the dust bin without a user's effort.

1 . A cleaner station comprising:
 a housing;   a dust collecting motor accommodated in the housing and configured to generate a suction force to suck dust in a dust bin of a cleaner;   a dust collecting container accommodated in the housing and configured to capture the dust from the dust bin;   a coupling recess disposed in the housing and configured to receive at least a portion of the dust bin; and   a cover opening unit configured to open a discharge cover of the dust bin,   wherein the cover opening unit comprises:
 a push protrusion configured to move the discharge cover to open an inner space of the dust bin by a linear movement when the dust bin is received in the coupling recess. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , wherein the cover opening unit comprises:
 a cover opening motor configured to provide power; and   a cover opening gear coupled to the cover opening motor and configured to move the push protrusion using the power from the cover opening motor.   
     
     
         3 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the dust bin includes:
 a dust bin body, and 
 a discharge cover hingedly coupled to the dust bin body and configured to open and close an inner space of the dust bin body, and 
   wherein, when the push protrusion linearly moves, the discharge cover moves to open the inner space of the dust bin body.   
     
     
         4 . The cleaner station of  claim 3 ,
 wherein the dust bin comprises a coupling lever provided on the dust bin body and detachably coupled to the discharge cover, and   wherein, when the push protrusion linearly moves, the push protrusion presses the coupling lever to release an engagement between the coupling lever and the discharge cover.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaner station of  claim 3 ,
 wherein the dust bin comprises a torsion spring disposed at a hinge region of the discharge cover to apply an elastic force between the dust bin body and the discharge cover, and   wherein the linear movement of the push protrusion causes the discharge cover to rotate about the hinge region by the elastic force of the torsion spring to open the inner space of the dust bin body.   
     
     
         6 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 ,
 wherein, when the dust bin is received in the coupling recess, the push protrusion is positioned closer to the ground than the dust bin.   
     
     
         7 . The cleaner station of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the cover opening gear includes a rack gear and a pinion gear.   
     
     
         8 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , further comprising
 a flow path configured to communicate an inner space of the dust bin with the dust collecting container when the dust bin is received in the coupling recess,   wherein the cover opening unit is disposed in front of the flow path.   
     
     
         9 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 ,
 wherein, when the dust bin is received in the coupling recess, an extension line of a longitudinal axis of the dust bin and a longitudinal axis of the cleaner station intersect each other.