The present invention relates to a cleaner station coupled to a cleaner in order to collect dust inside a cleaner dust container. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a cleaner station, which includes, as a foreign material storage member, a member of a bin type rather than a bag type, is economical and can increase user convenience since the foreign material storage member does not require periodic replacement, and has a simple structure since a dust separator such as a cyclone is not included, and thus user convenience is provided such that a user can easily carry out maintenance and repair such as washing of a dust collection container.

A robot cleaner includes: a suction module configured to suck dust-included air; a cyclone module configured to separate dust from the dust-included air sucked through the suction module, and having a dust discharge opening; a first air flow guide and a second air flow guide spaced apart from each other, and connecting the suction unit to the cyclone unit; a dust box detachably coupled to the dust discharge opening of the cyclone module, and provided between the first and second air flow guides; a drive module provided between the first and second air flow guides; and a dust compressor provided in the dust box, and mechanically coupled to the drive module when the dust box is mounted to the cyclone module, and formed to be rotatable bi-directionally based on a driving force from the drive module such that dust collected in the dust box is pressed to have a deceased volume.

Provided is a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body and a dust container separably mounted on the cleaner body. The dust container includes a dust collection body including a first chamber in which air and dust are separated from each other and a second chamber in which the dust separated in the first chamber are stored and a pressing member rotatably reciprocated between the first and second chambers within the dust collection body to compress the dust stored in the second chamber in one direction while moving from the first chamber to the second chamber.

A cleaner includes a dust bin, a motor housing disposed above and coupled to the dust bin, a handle coupled to the motor housing, a cyclone part disposed in the dust bin and configured to separate dust from air, a filter disposed in the dust bin and configured to filter air having separated the dust through the cyclone part, and a compression part configured to compress the dust in the dust bin. The compression part includes an operating part disposed in the motor housing and configured to move in a space between an outer portion of the filter part and an inner circumferential surface of the dust bin, a manipulation part disposed outside the motor housing and configured to be manipulated to move the operating part, and a transmission part that is disposed in the motor housing and connects the operating part and the manipulation part.

A cleaning robot system including a robot and a robot maintenance station. The robot includes a robot body, a drive system, a cleaning assembly, and a cleaning bin carried by the robot body and configured to receive debris agitated by the cleaning assembly. The robot maintenance station includes a station housing configured to receive the robot for maintenance. The station housing has an evacuation passageway exposed to a top portion of the received robot. The robot maintenance station also includes an air mover in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway and a collection bin carried by the station housing and in pneumatic communication with the evacuation passageway. The station housing and the robot body fluidly connect the evacuation passageway to the cleaning bin of the received robot. The air mover evacuates debris held in the robot cleaning bin to the collection bin through the evacuation passageway.

A classification device includes a hose configured to suck dust containing fine dust and foreign matter, a body defining a classification space therein, connected to the hose, including an upper discharge port and a lower discharge port, the upper discharge port being provided in an upper portion of the body so as to be connected to a suction device, and the lower discharge port being provided in a lower portion of the body, a lid member configured to be mounted on a container defining a storage space for storing the foreign matter discharged from the lower discharge port of the body, including an air intake configured to communicate with the storage space, and positioned below the body, and an air introduction pipe connected to the air intake of the lid member and configured to be disposed in the storage space.

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station, in which a dust collecting part includes an air discharge port formed to allow air to be discharged, a mesh configured to cover the air discharge port, and a compression plate rotatably disposed in an internal space of a dust collecting body and configured to clean the mesh while rotating, such that a rotary plate may rotate in the dust collecting body and move dust to a space, which is not an air flow path, to ensure a smooth flow of air, the rotary plate may compress dust to additionally capture the dust, and the rotary plate may wipe away dust attached to the mesh to ensure a smooth flow of air.

An agglomeration unit for agglomerating vacuumed material, wherein the agglomeration unit has an agglomeration chamber, wherein an agglomerator for agglomerating the vacuumed material is provided in the agglomeration chamber. The vacuumed material can be processed into a particularly stable agglomerate which can be disposed of safely and in an uncomplicated manner. A suction device which includes an agglomeration unit of this kind, and to a method for agglomerating vacuumed material by a suction device of this kind is also provided.

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station configured to be coupled to a cleaner to capture dust in a dust bin of the cleaner, and a cleaner station according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a station main body to which a cleaner is configured to be coupled, the station main body including a dust collecting motor configured to operate to provide a suction force in a dust bin of the cleaner, and a suction flow path through which air discharged from the inside of the dust bin flows, a dust collecting container disposed above the station main body and configured to capture dust flowing together with the air, an impactor flow path tube disposed outside and above the dust collecting container and configured to provide a flow path through which the air introduced through the suction flow path flows, and a discharge air moving part configured to provide a space in which discharge air, from which the dust is separated, is introduced and flows after being discharged from the impactor flow path tube, in which a direction in which the dust moves in the impactor flow path tube is different from a direction in which the suction force is applied to the discharge air discharged from the impactor flow path tube.

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station, to which a cleaner may be coupled, and a method of controlling the same, and more particularly, to a cleaner station and a method of controlling the same, in which the cleaner station has a dust bag and a dust collection device for emptying a dust bin of the cleaner, and the cleaner station includes a bag compressing member and a bag joining device, which may reduce a volume of the dust bag by discharging air in the dust bag and compressing the dust bag, and seal the dust bag to prevent dust from scattering at the time of removing the dust bag, such that user convenience may be improved during the process of removing the dust bag, diseases such as respiratory diseases caused by dust spoilage and scattering may be prevented, and hygiene may be improved.