Station and cleaning device

Abstract

A cleaning device includes a station, and a robot cleaner movable to a first position on the station and a second position on the station. The robot cleaner includes a mop, a dust bin, and a dust outlet. The station includes a washing chamber configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the first position on the station, wash the mop, a dust inlet spaced away from the washing chamber, and a suction motor configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the second position on the station, provide a suction force so that dust is suctioned out of the dust bin through the dust outlet and the dust inlet.

1 . A cleaning device comprising:
 a station; and   a robot cleaner movable to a first position on the station and a second position on the station, the robot cleaner including:
 a mop, 
 a dust bin, and 
 a dust outlet; 
   wherein the station includes:
 a washing chamber configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the first position on the station, wash the mop, 
 a dust inlet spaced away from the washing chamber, and 
 a suction motor configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the second position on the station, provide a suction force so that dust is suctioned out of the dust bin through the dust outlet and the dust inlet. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the robot cleaner includes a driving wheel to drive the robot cleaner, and   the station includes:
 a first alignment portion on which the driving wheel is positioned while the robot cleaner is at the first position on the station, and 
 a second alignment portion on which the driving wheel is positioned while the robot cleaner is at the second position on the station. 
   
     
     
         3 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the station includes a station guide, and   the robot cleaner includes a cleaner guide configured to be guided by the station guide while the robot cleaner moves to the first position on the station.   
     
     
         4 . The cleaning device of  claim 3 , wherein
 the station guide is a protrusion, and   the cleaner guide is a groove into which the station guide is insertable.   
     
     
         5 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the station includes a station recharging terminal, and   the robot cleaner includes a cleaner recharging terminal configured to be electrically connected to the station recharging terminal while the robot cleaner is at the first position on the station.   
     
     
         6 . The cleaning device of  claim 5 , wherein,
 while the robot cleaner is at the second position on the station, the cleaner recharging terminal is electrically disconnected from the station recharging terminal.   
     
     
         7 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the station includes a magnet, and   the robot cleaner includes a hall sensor configured to detect the magnet while the robot cleaner is at the second position on the station.   
     
     
         8 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the station includes:
 a dust collection duct configured to guide the dust suctioned through the dust inlet, and 
 a dust collection bin configured to collect the dust guided through the dust collection duct, and 
   the dust collection duct and the dust collection bin are partitioned from the washing chamber.   
     
     
         9 . The cleaning device of  claim 8 , wherein
 the station includes a water supply tank that stores water to be supplied to the washing chamber, and   the dust collection bin is partitioned from the water supply tank.   
     
     
         10 . The cleaning device of  claim 9 , wherein
 the station includes at least one pipe configured to guide the stored water of the water supply tank to the washing chamber, and   the dust collection duct is partitioned from the at least one pipe.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaning device of  claim 10 , wherein
 the station includes a pump or a valve configured to adjust a flow of the stored water passing through the at least one pipe.   
     
     
         12 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein,
 while the robot cleaner is at the first position on the station, the dust outlet is spaced apart from the dust inlet.   
     
     
         13 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 the robot cleaner includes a dust cover configured to open and close the dust outlet.   
     
     
         14 . The cleaning device of  claim 1 , wherein
 a distance at which the dust inlet is spaced apart from the washing chamber is longer than a distance at which the mop is spaced apart from the dust outlet.   
     
     
         15 . A station on which a robot cleaner is positionable at a first position and at a second position, the robot cleaner including a mop, a dust bin, and a dust outlet, and the station comprising:
 a washing chamber configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the first position on the station, wash the mop;   a dust inlet spaced away from the washing chamber;   a suction motor configured to, with the robot cleaner being at the second position on the station, provide a suction force so that dust is suctioned out of the dust bin through the dust outlet and the dust inlet;   a first alignment portion configured to guide the robot cleaner to the first position on the station; and   a second alignment portion configured to guide the robot cleaner to the second position on the station.