CN102006811B

CN102006811B - Nozzle

Info

Publication number: CN102006811B
Application number: CN200980113151.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 安德烈亚斯·珀尔; 亨里克·尼格伦; 布·皮尔斯摩
Original assignee: Electrolux AB
Current assignee: Electrolux AB
Priority date: 2008-04-15
Filing date: 2009-04-14
Publication date: 2013-07-17
Anticipated expiration: 2029-04-14
Also published as: SE532296C2; EP2268182A4; SE0800858L; WO2009128762A1; WO2009128762A8; CN102006811A; EP2268182B1; EP2268182A1

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a vacuum cleaner nozzle (1) comprising a housing having a cleaning surface, configured to face a surface to be cleaned. One or more main brushes (17, 19) can be manoeuvred between a first and a second position by means of a pedal on the nozzle. In the first position, the main brushes project downwardly from the cleaning surface and in the second position the main brushes are retracted. The nozzle further comprises at least one auxiliary brush (21, 23) which is arranged to move corresponding to the main brushes and which projects, in the first position, towards the surface to be cleaned in an inclined manner and extends beyond the edges of the cleaning surface, such that the auxiliary brush is visible from above the nozzle.

Description

Suction nozzle

Technical field

The present invention relates to comprise the vacuum cleaner nozzle of the shell with cleaning face, described cleaning face is arranged to the surface in the face of being cleaned.Suction nozzle further comprises at least one the main brush that relies on switch to move between first and second positions, wherein, in primary importance, described at least one main brush faces down from cleaning and stretches out, and, in the second place, main brush withdrawal.

Background technology

For example GB1468006 discloses such suction nozzle.The described removable brush in there make the suction nozzle optimization be used for or level and smooth ground (primary importance) again or the cleaning of carpet (second place), the switch by user's control pedal form simply.The problem of following such suction nozzle is how to provide feedback about the present position of brush to the user.Therefore, the suction nozzle of GB1468006 provides window at shell.By this window, cam face can see, and it is changed between first and second positions along with suction nozzle and rotates.Have the cam face of symbol in its part, by window, become and to see in first and second positions respectively.Therefore, the user can determine the position at brush place.

Yet because the structure of window in the shell, that technical scheme is quite complicated.In addition, may be in some cases, be difficult to see symbol for the user of standing upright, for example under the situation of not good illumination.

Summary of the invention

Provide that all or part of to avoid the sort of suction nozzle of the initial description of the problems referred to above are targets of the present invention.

The suction nozzle that the claim 1 that relies on as add limits reaches this purpose.In more detail, the initial the sort of suction nozzle of describing comprises at least one secondary brush in addition, and it is arranged to move corresponding to (correspondingly to) described at least one main brush.In primary importance, secondary brush stretches out to the surface that will be cleaned in the mode that tilts, and extends to outside the border of shell, and so, secondary brush is than seeing above suction nozzle in that second place place is easier.

This offers user one and directly feeds back, not even with using symbol etc.In addition, secondary brush can improve the cleaning efficiency at the primary importance place.

The shell direction of motion of suction nozzle expection relatively is laterally extending.Suction nozzle can comprise, the first secondary brush that extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the right cleaning face edge, and the second secondary brush that extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the left cleaning face edge.This feature provides good dust accumulation performance, especially when at cleaning floor-metope angle the time.

Secondary brush can be connected to the brush clamp tool at the link position place, and this brush clamp tool is arranged to be moved downward by switch-actuated.Further, bearing can be set, near the direction at cleaning face edge from the link position deviation distance, so, the outside warpage of secondary brush, when the brush clamp tool reduces, the zone bending between this bearing and this link position.This provides simply, more reliable, the function that is used for the secondary brush motion of control.

This switch can comprise the pedal on the suction nozzle.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of vacuum cleaner nozzle.

Fig. 2 A, 2B, 2C and 4 illustrate the vacuum cleaner nozzle (second place) of the brush that has withdrawal.

Fig. 3 A, 3B, 3C and 5 illustrate the vacuum cleaner nozzle (primary importance) that has the brush that stretches out.

Fig. 6 is the side view of the pedal of vacuum cleaner nozzle.

Fig. 7 is the part enlarged drawing of the cross section among Fig. 2 B.

Fig. 8 is the part enlarged drawing of the cross section among Fig. 3 B.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of vacuum cleaner nozzle 1.Suction nozzle 1 comprises, allows suction nozzle to be connected to the tube connector 3 of vacuum cleaner.Suction nozzle further comprises, the relative laterally extending shell 5 of the direction of motion that is generally expected that by the suction nozzle of arrow 7 expressions among Fig. 1.The base of shell defines cleaning face or planing surface, faces the ground that is cleaned.In illustrative example, the cleaning face is rectangle substantially, demonstrates long forward and backward limit and short left and right limit.The back is meaning, and when being connected to tube connector 3, vacuum cleaner is to that limit of the direction of vacuum source extension.

Suction nozzle has the pedal 9 that can be handled control by the user between first and second positions.In primary importance, delegation or multirow brush from the cleaning of suction nozzle towards will clean Surface stretching out.These brushes are used for keeping minimum range between the bottom surface of suction nozzle shell and ground, are scratched for fear of ground, and, apply appropriateness, uniform power to the space between suction nozzle cleaning face and the ground.In addition, the hair of brush is used for impelling dust particle to enter air-flow under the suction nozzle in efficient mode.Yet when cleaning carpet, these brushes are of no use.On the contrary, it is very big that the friction between suction nozzle and the carpet may become, and so, may be difficult to efficient mode mobile suction nozzle on carpet.Therefore, the user can handle control pedal and enter the second place, brush withdrawal thus, and so, they do not participate in cleaning course to a greater degree, and do not hinder the movement of suction nozzle on carpet.

Thereby in this example, the switch of operation brush is pedal.By pedal, in this context, mean pin or hand by the user, between first and second positions, can be handled any mechanism or mechanism's set of control by the user.For example, except the pedal 9 among Fig. 1, can consider lever or two buttons.

In addition, the suction nozzle among Fig. 1 has wheel 11, will clean Surface move in order further to help suction nozzle.

Downwards or at the vertically extending brush of extended position, be called as main brush hereinafter.As mentioning at first, suction nozzle of the present disclosure comprises one or more secondary brushes, and it stretches out to the surface that will be cleaned in the mode that tilts, and extend to outside the border of cleaning face at extended position, and so, secondary brush can be seen above suction nozzle.Because this feature, the user can Direct Recognition go out brush at extended position, not be used in and sees under the suction nozzle or see nearby at pedal.Example with reference to the accompanying drawings discusses the function of this feature now in more detail.

Fig. 2 A, 2B, 2C and 4 illustrate the vacuum cleaner nozzle (second place) of the brush that has withdrawal.Fig. 2 A illustrates the plane of the suction nozzle that exposes the cleaning face.Fig. 2 B illustrates the A-A cross section and Fig. 2 C that pass suction nozzle among Fig. 2 A the B-B cross section that passes suction nozzle among Fig. 2 A is shown.Fig. 4 illustrates the stereogram of the mechanism of exposure, just removes casing cover.Fig. 3 A, 3B, 3C and 5 illustrate the corresponding views (primary importance) of the vacuum cleaner nozzle that has the brush that stretches out.Fig. 6 illustrates the pedal of vacuum cleaner nozzle.

Begin with Fig. 2 A, the cleaning face 13 of suction nozzle is shown.Gas port 15 in the middle of the cleaning face is connected to tube connector 3 (Fig. 1), and transmits the air-flow of the dust particle that absorbs cleaning face 13 belows.At the forward and backward edge of cleaning face 13, the one 17 and the 2 19 main brush is set.The the one 21 and the 2 23 secondary brush is separately positioned on the right side, left rear corner (as the right and left side of the position at the frequent place of user when using suction nozzle) of cleaning face.As seeing, the first secondary brush 21 extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the right cleaning face edge.The second secondary brush extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the left cleaning face edge.

With reference to figure 6, rely on and prolong the trunnion of wearing first hole 27 in the pedal, pedal is set is connected to shell.Therefore, pedal can rotate around the pivotal line that conforms to first hole.Second hole 29 is set holds a hoop, and (vertical as what see from the ground) biasing in the vertical direction of relative first hole.

At the pedal 9 of hoop 25 operation suction nozzles, these are optimal visibility in Figure 4 and 5.When user's operating pedal 9, hoop is displaced sideways shown in arrow among Fig. 5 31.Hoop 25 is U-shapeds, has long stage casing and two short latter ends.Pedal 9 keeps a latter end, and another latter end is by 33 clampings of hoop anchor clamps, and hoop anchor clamps 33 are pivotally connected to shell, and as pedal 9, so, two latter ends of hoop 25 will be finished in fact same motion.

By the roller bearing 37 that is connected the hoop latter end, hoop 25 is abideed by 35 actions of brush clamp tool successively.Brush clamp tool 35 comprises that the one 39 and the 2 41 is domatic, is arranged on by pedal to cause between the terminal position of hoop latter end of its motion.

Therefore, as optimal visibility in Fig. 2 C and 3C, when pedal 9 is transformed into extended position (primary importance from retracted position (second place is suitable for the carpet cleaning), be suitable for hard floor surface cleaner) time, pedal impels hoop 25 to the position on the right side of looking among Fig. 2 C, shown in Fig. 3 C.Therefore, roller bearing 37 is raised on domatic 39,41, so, impels brush clamp tool 35 downward.Brush clamp tool 35 loading springs, so, when the user impelled pedal 9 to get back to original position, roller bearing 37 moved following time domatic 39,41, impels the brush clamp tool upwards to move back.As shown, the brush clamp tool can have recess at the terminal position of roller bearing, so, possesses snap action.

Therefore, by the user pedal 9 is transformed into another from a position, can makes main brush 17,19 move and move down expediently.

With reference to figure 7 and 8, the motion of

secondary brush

21,23 is described now in more detail, the pair that Fig. 7 and 8 illustrates respectively among Fig. 2 B and the 3C is brushed the amplification cross section of 21 zones (contrasting Fig. 2 A).

At first, with reference to figure 7, secondary brush 21 locates to be connected to the brush clamp tool at link position 43 (shown in the example line shown in the cross section).The bearing 45 that is connected to the suction nozzle shell further is provided.When reducing, secondary brush is close to this bearing.Near the direction at cleaning face edge, bearing 45 is from link position deviation distance d.When the brush clamp tool reduced, when the conversion pedal, secondary brush 21 interacted with bearing 45, and so, in image, pair is brushed warpage to the right, and the zone between bearing and link position is crooked.

Therefore, the free end of secondary brush outwards moves, and as visual in Fig. 8, extends to outside the cleaning face of shell.As visual in Fig. 3 A, pair is brushed 21 free end even is further extended to the zone that is lower than cross section shown in Fig. 7 and 8 slightly.Because the pair of extending brush, the user can investigate brush simply and stretch out, and stretches out as sightless main brush.

The invention is not restricted to described embodiment, and can change in a different manner within the scope of the appended claims and change.For example, can use many other mechanisms but not hoop described above-brush clamp tool, for example, have the secondary wheel of brushing bar along its periphery, by rotating this wheel, feasible brush bar stretches out or withdraws.As further change, can use electric drive to move each brush.

In addition, can place secondary brush in any position of cleaning face periphery, edge, not only at the corner shown in Fig. 2 A.

Pedal in the illustrated embodiment can be changed into for example electric switch on another part of vacuum cleaner.Even can provide the full-automatic switch function, the existence of the carpet under its perception cleaning face or do not exist and correspondingly withdraw or stretch out brush.Can control such function by the pressure under the cleaning face.In that case, the user simply controls brush from carpet to level and smooth ground by mobile suction nozzle.Yet secondary brush still provides feedback information to the user, and so, the user can investigate suction nozzle and correctly move.

Claims

1. a vacuum cleaner nozzle (1), comprise the shell (5) with cleaning face (13), described cleaning face is arranged to the surface in the face of being cleaned, suction nozzle further comprises at least one the main brush (17 that relies on switch (9) to move between first and second positions, 19), wherein, in primary importance, described at least one main brush faces down from cleaning and stretches out, and, in the second place, main brush withdrawal is characterized in that, suction nozzle also comprises at least one secondary brush (21,23), described secondary brush is arranged to move corresponding to described at least one main brush, and when described at least one main brush is in described primary importance, stretches out to the surface that will be cleaned in the mode that tilts, and extend to outside the shell, thereby secondary brush is than seeing above suction nozzle in that second place place is easier.

2. according to the vacuum cleaner nozzle of claim 1, wherein, the direction of motion (7) of the relative suction nozzle expection of shell (5) is laterally extending, described suction nozzle comprises: the first secondary brush (21) that extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the right cleaning face edge, and the second secondary brush (23) that extends around the corner between cleaning face edge, back and the left cleaning face edge.

3. according to the vacuum cleaner nozzle of claim 1 or 2, wherein, secondary brush (21) locates to be connected to brush clamp tool (35) at link position (43), brush clamp tool (35) is set to be moved downward by switch (9) excitation, and bearing (45) is set, near the direction at cleaning face edge from link position deviation distance (d), thereby the outside warpage of secondary brush, when the brush clamp tool reduced, the zone between bearing and link position was crooked.

4. according to the vacuum cleaner nozzle of claim 1 or 2, wherein, switch is included in the pedal (9) on the suction nozzle.

5. according to the vacuum cleaner nozzle of claim 3, wherein, switch is included in the pedal (9) on the suction nozzle.