JP2001212052A - Electric vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small and light electric vacuum cleaner which decreases frequency to exchange dust collector bags and collects dust efficiently. SOLUTION: A floor nozzle 15 which is attached at a vacuum cleaner body 10 lower part freely rosably and has an opening at the bottom, a motor storage 11a which contains a motor 11, a dust collector 12 which leads to the opening 30 above and collects dust and a battery storage 14 which contains charging battery 13 are equipped, and a handle is equipped on the top. A battery charging table 17 is equipped with an inhaling motor inhaling dust and a dust box 19 collecting dust, a dent 20 on which the floor nozzle 15 bottom in attached, a power charging terminal which charges the charging battery above and an inhalator 21 which leads to the dust box 19 above and attaches to the floor nozzle 15 opening 30 when the floor nozzle 15 bottom is set on the dent 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner provided with a charging stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a conventional vacuum cleaner is generally a vertical cleaner or a movable floor cleaner. In a vertical cleaner as shown in FIG. Although it can be cleaned immediately without assembling the floor nozzle, the floor nozzle 1 is too large to be easily cleaned in a Japanese home with a lot of furniture and the like, and the cleaner body 2 In this case, since the dust collecting chamber 3 that can collect dust for several months and the cord storage unit 5 that stores the power cord 4 are secured, the entire size is large.

[0003] In addition, the floor moving type vacuum cleaner as shown in FIG. 5 has a cleaner body 6 connected to a hose 7, an extension pipe 8 and a floor nozzle 9 for cleaning.

[0004]

However, in a conventional vertical vacuum cleaner as shown in FIG.
Although cleaning can be performed immediately, the main body of the vacuum cleaner 2 is large, and handling is troublesome when performing a small cleaning. In addition, there is a case where the dust collecting capacity is reduced and the size is reduced in order to reduce the size of the vacuum cleaner main body 2, but on the contrary, it is necessary to frequently change the dust collecting bag, and the effect is lost because the features are lost.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, a conventional floor-moving vacuum cleaner cannot perform cleaning without connecting a hose 7 or an extension pipe 8, so that it is necessary to clean a partly dirty room or clean only one room. It was troublesome to assemble when I wanted to.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to provide an easy-to-use vacuum cleaner which does not require assembling of a hose or an extension tube, is easy to handle, and requires less frequent replacement of dust collection bags. It is assumed that.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a vacuum cleaner having a floor nozzle rotatably provided at a lower portion and having an opening at a lower surface, and a motor having a built-in motor. A dust collection chamber communicating with the opening and collecting dust, a battery chamber for storing a storage battery, a handle at an upper portion, a charging stand, a suction motor for sucking dust, A dust box for collecting dust, a mounting portion on which the bottom surface of the floor nozzle is freely mounted, a charging terminal portion for charging the storage battery, and a bottom surface of the floor nozzle connected to the dust box and the bottom portion of the floor nozzle described above. It is provided with a suction port that fits with the opening of the floor nozzle when placed, and the cleaner body is stored on a charging stand so that it can be easily and easily cleaned at any time, and it is always in a charged completed state. Can keep After the cleaning is completed, the cleaner body is placed on the mounting portion of the charging stand, and the suction motor in the charging stand is operated, so that the dust collected in the dust collecting chamber of the cleaner body through the opening of the floor nozzle. Is sucked into the dust box in the charging stand. In addition, even if the dust collection filter that composes the dust collection chamber inside the vacuum cleaner body is clogged with dust, the dust can be removed by suction of the motor, so the performance of the dust collection filter that reduces the suction power every time it is charged You can recover. Furthermore, since the dust inside the vacuum cleaner body can be collected every day,
The vacuum cleaner main body does not need a dust collecting chamber having a large dust collecting capacity, and the vacuum cleaner main body can be reduced in size and weight.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a cleaner body and a charging stand, and the cleaner body is rotatably provided at a lower portion and has a floor having an opening at a lower surface. A nozzle, a motor chamber containing a motor, a dust collection chamber that communicates with the opening and collects dust, and a battery chamber that stores a storage battery, includes a handle at the top, and the charging stand includes: A suction motor for sucking dust, a dust box for collecting dust, a mounting portion on which a bottom surface of the floor nozzle is freely mounted, a charging terminal portion for charging the storage battery, and a floor communicating with the dust box and the floor. A suction port that fits with the opening of the floor nozzle when the bottom surface of the nozzle is placed on the placement section described above, and the cleaner body is stored on a charging stand so that it can be easily and easily cleaned at any time. It is always fully charged After the cleaning is completed, the cleaner body is placed on the mounting part of the charging stand, and the suction motor in the charging stand is operated, and the dust collecting chamber of the cleaner body is opened through the opening of the floor nozzle. The dust that has been trapped in the charging stand is sucked into the dust box in the charging stand. In addition, even if the dust collection filter that composes the dust collection chamber in the vacuum cleaner body is clogged with dust, the dust can be removed by suction of the motor, so the performance of the dust collection filter that reduces the suction power every time it is charged You can recover. Further, since the dust in the cleaner body can be collected every day, the cleaner body does not need a dust collecting chamber having a large dust collecting capacity, and the cleaner body can be reduced in size and weight.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the cleaner main body is mounted on the mounting portion, a switch which is pressed by the bottom surface of the floor nozzle and operates is provided, and suction is performed for a certain period of time by turning on the switch. While driving the motor,
It is designed to start charging the storage battery via the charging terminal part, and after cleaning is completed, simply put the vacuum cleaner body on the mounting part of the charging stand, the suction motor is operated for a certain time,
It is not necessary to turn on and off the switch each time, and charging of the storage battery is started, so that an extremely convenient vacuum cleaner can be provided.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a vacuum cleaner main body including a motor chamber 11, a dust chamber 12, and a battery chamber 14 containing a rechargeable storage battery 13.
At one end, a floor nozzle 15 is rotatably provided, and at the other end, a handle portion 16 is provided, constituting a rechargeable vertical cleaner (hereinafter referred to as a vertical cleaner).

Reference numeral 17 denotes a charging stand for charging the vertical cleaner, and a dust cover 18 which can be opened and closed is provided at an upper portion so as to cover a dust box 19. The top surface of the dust lid 18 is substantially the same as the bottom shape of the floor nozzle 15 of the above-mentioned vertical cleaner, and the recess 20 in which the floor nozzle 15 can be placed
And a suction port 21 is formed at the center thereof. Reference numeral 22 denotes a charging terminal for supplying power to the storage battery 13, which is connected to a contact on the side of the vertical cleaner when the vertical cleaner is placed on the charging stand 17.

Reference numeral 23 denotes a switch provided so as to protrude above the bottom of the recess 20. The switch 23 is set so as to be pushed when the floor nozzle 15 is fitted into the recess 20.

Next, A- of the charging stand 17 of FIG. 2 shown in FIG.
The internal configuration will be described with reference to a sectional view taken along the line A. That is, in the drawing, reference numeral 24 denotes a suction motor for sucking dust, which is installed in a motor chamber 26 via a partition 25 and has a dust chamber 28 in which a dust collection bag 27 is mounted on the other side via the partition 25. The dust collecting bag 27 is provided and is in pressure contact with the suction port 21 through the mouth frame 29 of the dust collecting bag 27.

Here, when the switch 23 is pressed by the floor nozzle 15, the aforementioned suction motor 24 is operated at the maximum output for a specified time, and then automatically turned off.

The floor nozzle 1 of the vertical cleaner shown in FIG.
The floor nozzle pipe 31 that communicates with the opening 30 provided on the bottom surface of the vacuum cleaner 5 is rotatably fitted with a connection pipe 32 provided in the dust collection chamber 12 in the cleaner body 10 in an arc shape. In the cleaner body 10, a dust filter 33 is provided at the end face of the dust chamber 12 in front of the motor 11, and
Prevents dust from entering the system. Here, the suction port 21 of the charging stand 17 and the dust collection chamber 12 in the cleaner main body 10 of the vertical cleaner are fitted and communicate with each other via a floor nozzle pipe 31 and a connection pipe 32.

The operation of the above-described configuration of the vertical cleaner and the charging stand 17 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, when performing normal cleaning, the floor surface can be easily cleaned by removing the vertical cleaner placed on the charging stand 17. After the cleaning is completed, the collected dust is accumulated in the dust collecting chamber 12 in the cleaner main body 10. After the cleaning is completed, when the vertical cleaner is put on a predetermined position of the charging stand 17, the dust is collected. The switch 23 provided in the concave portion 20 of the cover 18 is pressed, the suction motor 24 in the charging stand 17 is operated for a certain period of time, and the dust accumulated in the dust collection chamber 12 is stored in the dust collection bag 27 in the dust chamber 28. It will be sucked. Further, after dust suction, fine dust adhering to the dust collection filter 33 provided on the end face of the dust collection chamber 12 can be removed, so that the same suction force as the previous time can be always maintained at the next use. Furthermore, after the suction motor 24 has been operated for a certain period of time, the suction motor 24 automatically stops, and then the charging terminal 22
, Charging of the storage battery 13 for next cleaning is started.

[0018]

As described above, the present invention provides a cleaner body and a charging stand for charging a storage battery built therein, and sucks dust from the cleaner body into the charging stand. Has the following effects.

(1) After using the main body of the cleaner, the cleaner is placed on the mounting part provided on the charging stand and the suction motor is operated, so that the dust box in the charging stand is always removed from the dust collecting chamber in the main body of the cleaner. Since the dust is sucked and accumulated in the vacuum cleaner, it is sufficient that the dust collecting chamber on the side of the cleaner main body has a capacity capable of accommodating dust for one day, so that the cleaner main body can be reduced in size and weight.

(2) Since dust can be removed from the dust collecting filter provided in the dust collecting chamber on the cleaner body side, clogging of the dust collecting filter can be eliminated each time, and a constant suction force can be always maintained. is there.

(3) After the cleaning is completed, the suction motor is operated for a fixed time only by placing the cleaner body on the mounting portion of the charging stand, so that it is not necessary to turn on and off the switch one by one, and the storage battery can be charged. Since it is started, a vacuum cleaner that is very easy to use can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a vacuum cleaner according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the vacuum cleaner taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional vertical vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional floor-moving vacuum cleaner.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vacuum cleaner main body 11 Motor 12 Dust collection room 13 Storage battery 14 Battery room 15 Floor nozzle 16 Handle part 17 Charging stand 18 Dust lid 19 Dust box 20 Depression (mounting part) 21 Suction port 22 Charging terminal 23 Switch 24 Suction motor 27 Dust collection Bag 29 Mouth frame 30 Opening 31 Floor nozzle pipe

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vacuum cleaner comprising: a cleaner main body; and a charging stand, wherein the cleaner main body is rotatably provided at a lower portion and has a floor nozzle having an opening at a lower surface, a motor chamber containing a motor, and the opening. A dust collection chamber that communicates with the unit and collects dust, and a battery chamber that stores a storage battery, includes a handle at the top, and the charging stand includes a suction motor for sucking dust, and collects dust. The bottom surface of the floor nozzle is connected to the dust box, the mounting portion on which the bottom surface of the floor nozzle is freely mounted, the charging terminal portion for charging the storage battery, and the bottom surface of the floor nozzle is communicated with the dust box. A vacuum cleaner provided with a suction port sometimes fitted with the opening of the floor nozzle. 2. When the main body of the vacuum cleaner is mounted on the mounting portion,
2. A switch which is operated by being pressed on the bottom surface of said floor nozzle, wherein the suction motor is operated for a certain period of time by turning on the switch, and charging of the storage battery is started via a charging terminal portion. Vacuum cleaner.