Support device of cleaner and cleaner unit

1 . A cleaner unit comprising:

a cleaner including:

a cleaner body having a battery housing configured to receive a battery, and

an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled; and

a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,

wherein the support device includes a support body configured to support the cleaner body,

wherein the support body includes:

a first surface that extends in the vertical direction and includes a pair of charging ports configured to charge the battery received in the battery housing of the cleaner body, and

a first fixing part and a second fixing part that protrude from the first surface in a first direction, the second fixing part being spaced apart from the first fixing part, and

wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,

wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:

a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,

a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,

a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and

a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,

wherein a distance between the first surface and the front surface of each of the first and second fixing parts in the first direction is greater than a distance between the first surface and an end of each of the pair of charging ports in the first direction,

wherein the battery housing includes fixing protrusions that are configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, and

wherein a portion of the battery housing is configured to be disposed between the first fixing part and the second fixing part in a state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.

2 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein the fixing protrusions are configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the extension tube, and

wherein a distance between the fixing protrusions defines a maximum width of the battery housing.

3 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein the first fixing part and the second fixing part face each other, and the fixing grooves are defined at facing surfaces of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.

4 . The cleaner unit of claim 3 , wherein the fixing groove of the first fixing part is recessed from the first fixing part in a direction away from the second fixing part.

5 . The cleaner unit of claim 3 , wherein the fixing grooves are recessed downward from upper surfaces of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.

6 . The cleaner unit of claim 3 , wherein each of the fixing grooves comprises first and second fixing grooves that are arranged in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the extension tube,

wherein the first fixing groove has an inlet configured to receive one of the fixing protrusions,

wherein the first fixing groove is provided at an upper side of the second fixing groove, and

wherein the first fixing groove has a width that gradually increases from the second fixing groove to the inlet.

7 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the battery housing is configured to be positioned higher than the first and second fixing parts in the state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves, respectively, and

wherein the upper surface of the battery housing is exposed outside the support device.

8 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein the support body includes (i) a first body having the first and second fixing parts, and (ii) a second body that protrudes from the first body in the first direction and is configured to support the cleaner body, and

wherein the first and second fixing parts protrude from the first body in the first direction.

9 . The cleaner unit of claim 8 , wherein the groove bottom surface of the fixing groove and the lower surface of each of the first and second fixing parts overlap with the second body along the vertical direction.

10 . The cleaner unit of claim 8 , wherein the pair of charging ports are closer to the first and second fixing parts than the second body, or

wherein a protruding length of the first and second fixing parts from the first body is less than a distance between the first fixing part and the second fixing part.

11 . The cleaner unit of claim 8 , wherein the first and second fixing parts are spaced apart from an upper surface of the first body.

12 . The cleaner unit of claim 8 , wherein the cleaner body further includes a dust container, and

wherein the second body supports the dust container.

13 . The cleaner unit of claim 12 , wherein a diameter of the dust container is greater than a distance between the first fixing part and the second fixing part.

14 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein the support body includes (i) a first body having the first and second fixing parts, and (ii) a second body that protrudes from the first body in the first direction and is configured to support the cleaner body,

wherein the first and second fixing parts protrude from the first body in the first direction, and

wherein the lower surface of each of the first and second fixing parts is inclined upward in a direction away from the first body.

15 . The cleaner unit of claim 1 , wherein the support device includes:

a stand that extends downward from the support body, and

a base seated on a floor and connected to the stand.

16 . A cleaner unit comprising:

a cleaner including:

a cleaner body having (i) a battery housing configured to receive a battery and (ii) a dust container, and

an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled; and

a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,

wherein the support device includes:

a first body,

a second body that protrudes from the first body in a first direction and has a supporting part configured to support the dust container of the cleaner body, and

first and second fixing parts that protrude from the first body and are spaced apart from each other,

wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,

wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:

a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,

a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,

a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and

a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,

wherein the supporting part includes a contact portion configured to contact the dust container, and

wherein the front surface, the lower surface, and an entirety of the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts overlap with the contact portion of the supporting part of the second body along the vertical direction.

17 . The cleaner unit of claim 16 , wherein a portion of the dust container is configured to be disposed between a lower end of each of the first and second fixing parts and the contact portion of the supporting part of the second body.

18 . The cleaner unit of claim 16 , wherein the battery housing includes fixing protrusions, each of the fixing protrusions being configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, and

wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts overlaps with the dust container along the vertical direction in a state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.

19 . A cleaner unit comprising:

a cleaner including:

a cleaner body having (i) a battery housing configured to receive a battery and (ii) a handle, and

an extension tube that is connected to the cleaner body and has an end to which a suction nozzle is coupled; and

a support device configured to support the cleaner in an orientation in which the extension tube extends in a vertical direction,

wherein the support device includes:

a first body having a first surface that extends in the vertical direction and a pair of charging ports configured to charge the battery received in the battery housing of the cleaner body,

a second body that protrudes from the first body in a first direction and has a supporting part configured to support the cleaner body, and

first and second fixing parts that protrude from the first surface of the first body in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other,

wherein each of the first and second fixing parts includes (i) a front surface, (ii) a fixing groove that is spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction, and (iii) a lower surface,

wherein the fixing groove of each of the first and second fixing parts is defined by:

a first groove surface spaced apart from the front surface in the first direction,

a second groove surface spaced apart from the first groove surface in the first direction, wherein the first groove surface and the second groove surface overlap with the front surface along the first direction, the first groove surface being disposed between the front surface and the second groove surface in the first direction,

a connection surface that connects the first groove surface to the second groove surface in the first direction, and

a groove bottom surface that is disposed higher than the lower surface and that overlaps with the lower surface along the vertical direction,

wherein a distance between the first groove surface of the fixing groove and the first surface of the first body in the first direction is greater than a distance between the first surface of the first body and each of the pair of charging ports in the first direction,

wherein the battery housing includes fixing protrusions, each of the fixing protrusions being configured to be received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively,

wherein the first and second fixing parts and the battery housing are configured to be exposed to an outside of the supporting device in a state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively, and

wherein at least a portion of the first body is positioned higher than an uppermost part of the handle in the state in which the fixing protrusions are received in the fixing grooves of the first and second fixing parts, respectively.