Cleaner station
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional cleaner stations for hand, stick, and robotic vacuum cleaners face issues such as inconvenient dust bin emptying, dust scattering, exposure of cleaning modules, and potential electric leakage with wet mops, which affect user health and aesthetics.
Innovation Solution
A cleaner station design featuring a housing with a dust collector and motor that prevents dust scattering, allows for easy module mounting without external exposure, and includes a catching device for auxiliary suction ports like wet mops, ensuring safe and aesthetically pleasing operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the auxiliary suction portion is provided externally, then it is easily accessible, but it deteriorates the aesthetic impression and may cause electric leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The auxiliary suction portion is nested within the cleaner station housing, specifically stored in the receiving space of the receiver. This nesting approach eliminates the aesthetic problem of external exposure and prevents electric leakage by isolating the component within the protected housing structure, while still allowing easy access when needed.
2Ease of operation
If the cleaning module is stored externally, then it is easily accessible, but it is exposed to the outside which deteriorates aesthetic impression
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning module is stored within the receiving space of the receiver, which is nested inside the cleaner station housing. This nested storage configuration keeps the cleaning module protected and hidden from external view, maintaining aesthetic appearance, while still allowing users to access it by opening the housing cover.
3Device complexity
If the dust bin is emptied manually, then it is simple in structure, but it causes dust scattering and requires frequent user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The dust bin is equipped with an automatic emptying mechanism that transfers dust to the dust collector automatically. This self-service approach eliminates the need for manual user intervention to empty the dust bin and prevents dust scattering by containing the dust transfer process within the sealed housing structure, resolving both the complexity and harmful factor issues.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The cleaner station simplifies dust bin emptying, prevents dust scattering, maintains a clean and aesthetically pleasing appearance by hiding modules, and mitigates electric leakage risks with wet mops, enhancing user safety and convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a dust collection motor which is received within the housing, is disposed below the dust collector, and generates a suction force to suck the dust within the dust bin
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station that includes a catching device and a receiving space capable of receiving various cleaning modules used in a cleaner. The cleaning station includes: a housing which includes an outer wall surface; a housing cover which is openably and closably coupled to the housing and forms an external appearance; a receiver that receives a cleaning module of the cleaner; and a catching device which is formed to allow an auxiliary suction port of the cleaner to be mounted thereon. The receiver can be separated from the outside by the housing cover, so that the cleaning module is mounted in a space that does not expose the cleaning module to the outside, and the aesthetic impression can be improved. The catching device allows the auxiliary suction port including a wet mop to be mounted on the outside of the cleaner station, so that problems caused by dripping water can be prevented.