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Samsung patents robot vacuum bin that dumps dust via magnetic seal

Samsung has been granted a patent for a dust collection bin designed for cleaning robots. The bin uses a magnet to hold a flexible seal in place, allowing the bin to be detached and placed on a docking station to automatically empty its contents through a bottom opening.

Why it mattersThis design aims to make emptying robot vacuums easier and more hygienic by allowing the dust bin to be removed and emptied without opening the main body of the robot.

In the filing’s own words

The disclosure relates to a dust collection bin and a cleaning apparatus comprising same, and more specifically, to a dust collection bin with an improved structure, and to a cleaning apparatus comprising same. The dust collection bin is separably coupled to the cleaning apparatus, wherein the dust collection bin is provided so as to accommodate dust and foreign materials drawn therein and comprises an opening, a case comprising a magnet provided so as to generate a magnetic force around the opening, a cover provided to open and close the opening, and a sealing member provided on the cover so as to seal between the cover and the case, and having magnetic properties so as to be deformable by the magnet.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A dust collection bin detachably coupled to a cleaning apparatus, the dust collection bin comprising: a case configured to accommodate dust or a foreign material sucked therein, the case including a first opening disposed on a bottom side of the case and a second opening disposed on a top side of the case, and a magnet provided around the first opening and configured to generate a magnetic force; a cover configured to open or close the first opening; and a seal provided on the cover, configured to seal between the cover and the case, and being magnetic to be deformable by the magnet, wherein a portion of the seal deforms to move from a first position to a second position in response to the cover being closed, the second position being lower than the first position and higher than a lower end of the magnet, wherein the dust collection bin, when detached from the cleaning apparatus, is configured to be detachably couplable on a top of a docking station and to discharge the dust or foreign material through a center of the first opening, and wherein the dust collection bin is detachably coupled to the cleaning apparatus below a filter of the cleaning apparatus and receives the dust or foreign material through a center of the second opening, and the cover is exposed to an outside of the cleaning apparatus and openable while the dust collection bin is coupled below the filter of the cleaning apparatus.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
Dust collection bin and cleaning apparatus comprising same
Patent number
US12745883B2
Application number
18155469
Filed
Jan 17, 2023
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Inventors
10
Claims
17

Classified under

A47L 9/1683 Human necessitiesA47L 9/106 Human necessitiesA47L 9/1691 Human necessitiesA47L 9/2873 Human necessitiesA47L 9/322 Human necessities
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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