IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,751
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,751 · App. 18/661,160 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Nozzle for cleaner

Inventors: Ingyu Yang (Seoul, KR); Hyeri Kwon (Seoul, KR); Sungjun Kim (Seoul, KR); Youngsoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinho Kim (Seoul, KR); Kyoungho Ryou (Seoul, KR); Jungwan Ryu (Seoul, KR); Jinhyouk Shin (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
A47L13/22A47L7/0009A47L9/02A47L9/0411A47L9/0433A47L9/0472A47L9/0686A47L11/201A47L11/2025A47L11/206A47L11/282A47L11/4038A47L11/4069A47L11/408A47L11/4083A47L11/4088A47L11/4094
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Patent No.
US 12,446,751
App. No.
18/661,160
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nozzle for a cleaner includes a nozzle housing including a suction flow path through which air including dust flows and at least a portion of which extends in a front and rear direction. First and second rotation cleaning units are arranged on the lower side of the nozzle housing to be spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction. Each of the first and second rotation cleaning units includes a rotation plate adapted for attachment of a mop. A first driving device including a first driving motor drives the first rotation cleaning unit and a second driving device including a second driving motor drives the second rotation cleaning unit. A water tank mounted on the nozzle stores water to be supplied to the mop.

Claims (42)

1. A nozzle for a cleaner comprising:

a nozzle housing including:

a suction flow path through which air including dust flows;

a nozzle base on which a driving motor is seated on an upper surface of the nozzle base; and

a nozzle cover coupled to the upper surface of the nozzle base to cover the driving motor from above, and

a rotation plate disposed below the nozzle base and provided to attach a mop;

wherein the driving motor is disposed spaced apart from the suction flow path inside the nozzle housing to rotate the rotation plate, and

wherein a lower surface of the nozzle base includes:

an inlet of the suction flow path formed as an open surface; and

a plate receiving portion that is recessed upward to be disposed higher than the inlet of the suction flow path and covers the rotation plate.

2. The nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the plate receiving portion is disposed rearward of the inlet of the suction flow path.

3. The nozzle of claim 2 , wherein the inlet of the suction flow path includes:

an inlet of a first flow path extending in a lateral direction of the nozzle housing; and

an inlet of a second flow path extending from the inlet of the first flow path toward the plate receiving portion.

4. The nozzle of claim 3 , wherein the rotation plate includes a first rotation plate and a second rotation plate rotated by the driving motor, and

wherein the plate receiving portion includes:

a first plate receiving portion recessed to cover the first rotation plate from above; and

a second plate receiving portion recessed to cover the second rotation plate from above.

5. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the inlet of the second flow path extends to protrude between the first rotation plate and the second rotation plate.

6. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the inlet of the second flow path extends between the first plate receiving portion and the second plate receiving portion.

7. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein, when the first rotation plate and the second rotation plate are positioned below the plate receiving portion, the inlet of the suction flow path is positioned lower than an upper surface of the first rotation plate and an upper surface of the second rotation plate.

8. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the bottom of the nozzle housing has a protrusion part that protrudes downward toward a floor, and

wherein the protrusion part extends between the first and second plate receiving portions to define the inlet of the second flow path.

9. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the lower surface of the nozzle base is provided with a roller disposed ahead of the plate receiving portion and configured to contact a floor.

10. The nozzle of claim 9 , wherein the roller includes:

a first roller disposed between the first rotation plate and the inlet of the first flow path; and

a second roller disposed between the second rotation plate and the inlet of the first flow path.

11. The nozzle of claim 10 , wherein at least a portion of the plate receiving portion is disposed between the first roller and the second roller.

12. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the inlet of the second flow path extends rearward from the inlet of the first flow path to have a smaller left and right width than the inlet of the first flow path.

13. The nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the driving motor includes:

a first driving motor disposed to a left side of the second suction flow path extending in a front-rear direction of the nozzle housing to drive the first rotation plate; and

a second driving motor disposed to a right side of the second flow path extending in the front-rear direction to drive the second rotation plate,

wherein the first driving motor is connected to the first rotation plate to supply rotation force, and the second driving motor is connected to the second rotation plate to supply rotation force.

14. The nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the plate receiving portion includes:

a shaft through hole through which a shaft of the driving motor passes; and

a bottom rib protruding toward a floor from a bottom of the nozzle housing to surround the shaft through hole.

15. The nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the lower surface of the nozzle base is formed so that the inlet of the suction flow path is closer to a floor than the plate receiving portion.

16. The nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the nozzle base has a protrusion part extending along a rear end of the inlet of the suction flow path to partition the plate receiving portion and the inlet of the suction flow path.

17. The nozzle of claim 16 , wherein the protrusion part is formed to be disposed forward of a front end of the plate receiving portion on the lower surface of the nozzle base.

18. The nozzle of claim 16 , wherein the protrusion part is formed to protrude closer to a floor than the plate receiving portion.

19. The nozzle of claim 16 , wherein at least a portion of the protrusion part extends to have a curve along a circumferential direction of the rotation plate.

20. The nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the plate receiving portion is disposed to overlap with the driving motor in a vertical direction.

Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2018-0050059 · Apr 30, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0050085 · Apr 30, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0094340 · Aug 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17702589 · Mar 23, 2022
Continuation 17161085 · Jan 28, 2021
Continuation 16397320 · Apr 29, 2019
Related Publication 20240292997A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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