Autonomous cleaner
An autonomous cleaner includes a body having a first housing formed at a front and a second housing formed at a rear of the first housing; a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor; a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust inlet into the brush unit; a driving unit to drive the body and coupled to the second housing to be positioned at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit; and a power unit installed at the second housing and coupled to be positioned at a rear of the dust collecting unit. The miniaturization of the autonomous cleaner may be provided while at the same time the capacity of a dust collecting container and the capacity of a battery are increased.
1. An autonomous cleaner, comprising:
a body having a first housing formed at a front of the body, a second housing separate from the first housing, and formed at a rear of the first housing, and a connecting member connecting the first housing to the second housing;
a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor;
a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust collected by the brush unit;
a driving unit, to drive the body, installed at the second housing at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit and having an axis of rotation passing through the dust collecting unit; and
a power unit installed at the second housing at a rear of the dust collecting unit,
wherein the dust collecting unit comprises an inlet motor to provide a driving force to collect the dust, and a dust collecting container to store the collected dust, and
the inlet motor, the dust collecting container, and the driving unit are linearly disposed.
2. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
a front part of the first housing is provided in the shape of a rectangle to inlet dust from front and side surfaces in a driving direction.
3. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a bumper installed at the front part of the first housing to surround at least a portion of the first housing.
4. The autonomous cleaner of claim 3 , wherein:
a plurality of ribs protruding toward a front of the bumper to increase an inlet force is provided at the front of the bumper.
5. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
a guide flow path to guide the dust into the brush unit to increase an inlet force of the dust is formed at a lower surface of the first housing.
6. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
a distance between a bottom surface of the first housing and a top surface of the first housing is less than a distance between a bottom surface of the second housing and a top surface of the second housing.
7. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
an obstacle detecting sensor to detect obstacles is mounted at the first housing.
8. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
a fall detecting sensor to detect the distance with respect to the floor during driving of the body is mounted at the first housing.
9. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
at least a portion of the dust collecting container is coupled to the second housing to be exposed as an exterior surface.
10. The autonomous cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
the driving unit comprises driving wheels coupled to both side surfaces to drive the body, and a roller provided at a rear of the body.
11. The autonomous cleaner of claim 10 , wherein:
the driving wheels are provided to be positioned at both sides of the body, and the roller is coupled to a position to support the center of gravity of the body.