Cleaner station

Abstract

This cleaner station, including a suction device configured to draw in dust from a dust bin of a cleaner, includes a diverter in communication with the suction device. The diverter includes a diverter housing including a dust inlet through which dust in the dust bin is suctioned according to the operation of the suction motor; and an inlet cover accommodated in the diverter housing to open and close the dust inlet. The diverter includes a rotation shaft that is coupled to the inlet cover such that the inlet cover may rotate. The diverter housing includes a rotation shaft cover portion that covers the rotation shaft and is spaced apart from the rotation shaft to form a bypass path between the rotation shaft and the rotation shaft cover portion. The diverter housing includes a bypass hole through which outside air is suctioned such that air flow into the diverter is generated in the bypass path when dust is suctioned into the diverter housing via the dust inlet.

1 . A cleaner station including a suction device configured to draw in dust from a dust bin of a cleaner, the cleaner station comprising:
 a diverter in communication with the suction device, the diverter including:
 a diverter housing including a dust inlet through which the dust in the dust bin is drawn in upon operation of the suction device; 
 an inlet cover accommodated in the diverter housing and configured to open and close the dust inlet; and 
 a rotation shaft coupled to the inlet cover such that the inlet cover is rotatable, 
   wherein the diverter housing includes:
 a rotation shaft cover portion configured to cover the rotation shaft, the rotation shaft cover portion spaced apart from the rotation shaft to form a bypass path between the rotation shaft and the rotation shaft cover portion, and 
 a bypass hole through which air from outside is drawn in when dust is drawn into an interior of the diverter housing through the dust inlet, to form an air flow from the outside through the bypass hole and into the interior of the diverter housing along the bypass path. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , wherein the bypass hole is formed in the rotation shaft cover portion to communicate with the bypass path. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , wherein
 the bypass path includes a first bypass path leading to one side of the inlet cover and a second bypass path leading to an other side of the inlet cover, and   the air flow from the bypass hole into the interior of the diverter housing is formed in each of the first bypass path and the second bypass path.   
     
     
         4 . The cleaner station of  claim 2 , wherein the bypass hole includes a plurality of holes spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft cover portion. 
     
     
         5 . The cleaner station of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of holes include slits extending in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft cover portion. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaner station of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of holes include slits extending in the longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft cover portion. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaner station of  claim 6 , wherein the slits extend in a same length, respectively. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaner station of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of holes are formed to have a same size. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , wherein the rotation shaft is configured to rotate with both side ends thereof coupled to the diverter housing. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaner station of  claim 1 , further comprising a rotation motor,
 wherein the rotation motor is provided to be coupled to one end of the rotation shaft to rotate the inlet cover.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaner station of  claim 10 , wherein the rotation shaft cover portion is arranged to be concentric with the rotation shaft.