Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yun-sup Hwang

Jeong-gon Song

Tae-gwang Kim

Jang-Keun Oh

Jang-youn Ko

Ju-sang Lee

Ki-man Kim

Sam-jong Jeung

Min-jo Choi

Jung-su Park

A brush apparatus capable of controlling a drive of a brush member with a simplified structure and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The vacuum cleaner includes a rotatable brush member, a driving unit to drive the brush member, and a blocking unit disposed between the brush member and the driving unit to selectively block a driving force transmitted between the brush member and the driving unit. The driving unit includes a suction motor to generate a suction force, and a single continuous connecting belt connecting the suction motor and the blocking unit.

Brush apparatus for a vacuum cleaner

A power cord arranging device for a vacuum cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises first and second cord grips pivotably mounted and capable of being opened and closed about a hinge, and having at least two openings that receives a power cord when the cord grips are closed, and a resilient member biasing the first and second cord grips closed.

Handheld power cord arranging device for vacuum cleaner

A power recharger for use with a robot cleaner has a recharging terminal to which a battery terminal of the robot cleaner is docked and an anchor member on a rear side of the body of the recharging unit. The anchor member fills in the space defined between the wall of the room and the power recharger. The anchor member therefore securely supports the power recharger in the battery recharging process.

Power recharger for use with robot cleaner

Disclosed are a cyclone vessel dust collection and a vacuum cleaner including the same. The cyclone vessel dust collector comprises a cyclone vessel main-body including a primary cyclone vessel unit for separating dusts from dust containing air, and one or more secondary cyclone vessel units for separating dusts from the air passing through the primary cyclone vessel unit, the secondary cyclone vessel units being arranged to surround at least a part of the primary cyclone vessel unit; and a dirt collection bin for receiving dusts or the like separated by the cyclone vessel main-body, wherein the cyclone vessel main-body has an outer circumference with a non-constant radius. Therefore, the cyclone vessel dust collector can have a dust collection capability of large capacity with a small size.

Cyclone vessel dust collector and vacuum cleaner having the same

A robot cleaner, a robot cleaning system and a method for controlling the same capable of efficiently performing work on command by recognizing the driving distance and direction of the robot cleaner regardless of a of wheel slippage or irregularity in the floor. The robot cleaner performs a working operation while moving about a floor, and comprises a main body, a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels disposed on a bottom portion of the main body, a downward-looking camera disposed among the wheels on the bottom portion of the main body for photographing images of the floor perpendicular to the driving direction of the robot cleaner, and a control unit for recognizing driving distance and direction of the wheels using image information of the floor photographed by the downward-looking camera, and for controlling the driving unit corresponding to a target work by using the recognized distance and direction of the wheels. An upward-looking camera can photograph and use information relating to spatial orientation for determining and correcting driving distance and direction.

Robot cleaner, robot cleaning system and method for controlling the same

A stick-type vacuum cleaner capable of performing a cleaning process by using an auxiliary tool without having to separate a brush assembly from a suction pipe, including: a body having main and auxiliary suction channels; a dust collecting cup having main and auxiliary suction ports which are communicated with the main and auxiliary suction channels, respectively; a flexible hose arranged to be communicated with the auxiliary suction channel, the flexible hose whose outlet portion is attached to the auxiliary tool; means for selectively blocking the main suction channel; means for selectively blocking a suctioning of air through the auxiliary suction channel; and a motor-fan system for generating an air flow, which moves through the main suction channel and the auxiliary suction channel, and then into the dust collecting cup.

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Gwangju, South Korea

Yun-sup Hwang