CN102011529A - Latch arrangement - Google Patents
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- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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Abstract
The present invention provides a latch arrangement which is used for releasably keeping a lid on a container, wherein the latch arrangement comprises a latch component which is connected with one side of the lid, wherein, the latch component can move between a matching position and a releasing position. At the matching position, the latch component abuts against the container through the magnetic force, and therefore the lid is kept to the container. At the releasing position, the lid can be removed from the container.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to be used for the bolt lock structure of cap attachment to container.
Background technology
Bolt lock structure is commonly used to lid is fixed on the container.Sometimes wishing has a bolt lock structure, and it provides releasable cooperation between lid and container, makes lid to provide the permanent position closed and lid can remove and open between the released position of container and move to container at lid.
In some cases, because inside or external load act on container and/or the lid, container and/or lid change shape or distortion.This can appear in some vacuum cleaning device, and in described cleaning device, container is used as the shell that allows air pass through.Therefore, may form high suction force in container, it causes chamber wall and/or lid distortion.
When container and/or lid distortion, bolt lock structure can become and lid breaks away from, and thus, has opened container.On the other hand, the distortion of container and/or lid can cause very big power on bolt lock structure, therefore, produces stress at bolt lock structure and attached thereon parts.
Summary of the invention
According to the present invention, be provided for releasably lid being fixed to the bolt lock structure on the container, wherein, bolt lock structure comprises: be connected to the latch member on lid one side; Wherein, latch member can move between cooperation position and disengaged position, and in cooperation position, latch piece is held against on the container by magnetic force, and thus, lid is fixed on the container, and in disengaged position, lid can be removed from container.
In one form, at least one in bolt lock structure and the container comprises magnetic component, so that magnetic force to be provided latch member is held against on the container.
In one form, latch member is removable with respect to lid.
In one form, container comprises first depression, is used for admitting the flange of latch member.
In one form, magnetic component provides the flange that suction guides latch piece to cooperate with depression so that first connection to be provided.
In one form, bolt lock structure also comprises the pallet that is positioned on the lid opposite side, be used for be positioned at the container opposite side on second the depression cooperate.
In one form, when latch piece was in the position of disengaging, lid was around comprising that a side of pallet can pivot.
In one form, second depression is suitable for admitting the flange of pallet, and this flange cooperates with second depression and forms second connection.
In one form, lid centers on second and is connected between open position and the fastening position and can pivots, and thus, in fastening position, lid provides the covering to container.
In one form, latch piece is made of flexible material.
In one form, flexible material latch enable part meets the container deformation that produces in the container use, thus, allows the motion between lid and container.
In one form, flexible material is a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).
In one form, latch piece arrives lid first side by hinge-coupled.
In one form, the open pore of lid and container is oval, and thus, lid has to the optimal orientation of container along right hand orientation or left hand orientation and connects.
In one form, each side of container respectively comprises first depression and second depression, makes latch piece and pallet to connect along right hand orientation or directed formation first connection of left hand and second.
In one form, lid and container are the parts of vacuum cleaner assembly.
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With reference to accompanying drawing, by means of only describing the present invention for the limiting examples of example, in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is that bolt lock structure is in lid is fixed to front elevation drawing in the cooperation position of container;
Fig. 2 is the stereogram of container;
Fig. 3 is the lid lateral view;
Fig. 4 is the end-view of lid, and its inlet is shown;
Fig. 5 is the top perspective view of lid;
Fig. 6 is two stereograms of latch member.
The specific embodiment
With reference to Fig. 1, be used for releasably lid 2 being fixed to the bolt lock structure 1 of container 3 shown in the figure.Bolt lock structure 1 comprises the latch member 4 that is connected to lid one side 5.Latch member 4 shows the position that is in cooperation, and in this position, latch member 4 is held against on the container 3 by magnetic force, thus, lid 2 is fixed to container 3.Latch member 4 can move between cooperation position and disengaged position (not shown), and in disengaged position, lid 2 can be removed from container 3.
With reference to Fig. 2, the both sides of container comprise a series of retaining holes 19.Retaining hole 19 comprises the breach 20 that is positioned at rib 25 tops and separates by last rib 25 and upper recess 21.Upper recess 21 is positioned at following rib 22 tops and separates with undercut 23 by following rib 22.Upper recess 21 containing metal members 7, when it was connected on the magnetic component 6 of latch member 4, hardware 7 provided magnetive attraction.In this structure, retaining hole 19 can be admitted the latch member 4 that is connected to lid one side 5 or is positioned at latch piece 10 on the lid opposite side 11.In other words, lid 2 can be connected to container 3 along right hand orientation, and suction hose assembly 13 is positioned on the right side, or connects along left hand is directed, and suction hose assembly 13 is positioned on the left side.
With reference to Fig. 3 and 4, lid 2 also comprises transparent lens 30, and it extends up to lid opposite side 11 from lid one side 5, and 12 gap is provided for entering the mouth on opposite side 11.Inlet also comprises transparent inlet elbow 31, and it provides passage to transmit air, and the air water level land 12 enters by entering the mouth, and discharges vertically downward by outlet 32.Because comprise inlet elbow 31, air is guided through lid 2 rather than enters lid 2, with the resistance that air is flowed that reduces to cause by lid 2.In addition, because inlet elbow 31 guiding air are away from transparent lens 30, any material of carrying secretly in the air, for example, and sand, the transparent lens 30 of can not clashing into and wear and tear, this can cause transparent lens to become unintelligible and be difficult to see clearly.
In addition, camera lens 30 and inlet elbow 31 are transparent, and whether the user can be observed material and transmit and pass inlet elbow 31.This can advantageously identify the obstruction in the relevant vacuum cleaner assembly.Lid 2 also comprises button 33, and the releasable holding device (not shown) of this press-button actuated makes suction hose assembly 13 can remain in this device.Releasable holding device (not shown) comprises the lug (not shown), and it is projected in the passage (not shown) of suction hose assembly 13 ends in the holding position time, thus, allows hose 13 to turn over 360 degree.Therefore, releasable holding device (not shown) provides the advantage that allows the user take out hose 13 from lid 2 and check obstruction.In addition, because hose 13 is rotatable, hose 13 has a bigger flexibility usually and reduces the possibility that hose 13 becomes and tangles.
Latch member 4 is connected to the end 5 of lid 2 by hinge 34.Latch member 4 also comprises flange 35, and when it was in as shown in Figure 1 the cooperation position, flange 35 was projected in the undercut 23.Magnetic component 6 keeps latch member 4 to be resisted against on the hardware 7 of container (being shown among Fig. 2), makes ribs 22 location, inner surface 36 next-door neighbour bottom of flange 35.In this structure, flange 35 is used for keeping latch member 4, stops its motion vertically, forms first thus and connects.
For uncap 2,, the latch member 4 on lid one side 5 is thrown off with container by centering on hinge 34 away from vessel side pivotal latch member 4.This has thrown off first and has connected and magnetic component 6 and corresponding hardware 7, makes magnetive attraction reduce.
It is less relatively that this kind thrown off required power, and it allows to implement to throw off with hand.First combination that connects that this ascribes magnetic force to and keeps latch member 4, rather than single holding device, in case throw off, the user can upwards promote a side 5 of lid 2, center on the pallet 10 pivot lids 2 on lid 2 opposite sides 11, open the lid 2 of container 3 thus.
On the contrary, for close cap, the flange 37 of pallet 10 inserts in the upper recess 21 and cooperates with top rib 25, has formed second and has connected.The user can second connect the pivot lid around this then, is seated on the top surface 18 of container 3 up to the basal surface 40 of lid 3 as illustrated in fig. 2.For latch member 4 is matched with container 3 sides, latch member 4 pivots downwards around pivot 34.When magnetic component 6 during near hardware 7, magnetic force increase and with flange 35 pullings of latch member 4 to undercut 23 in, this has formed first and has connected, thus, maintenance latch member 4 and lid 2 is fixed on the container 3.
Fig. 5 illustrates the vertical view of transparent lens 30, and the visuality of inlet elbow 31 is shown.It also shows filter bag 41, when lid 2 was used for the vacuum cleaner application, filter bag was attachable to outlet 32.
Fig. 6 also illustrates latch member 4.Latch member 4 is made of the flexible thermoplastic elastomer material, and latch enable member 4 meets the container 3 that may occur between the operating period at container and/or the distortion of lid 2.
For example, when lid 2 was used as vacuum cleaner assembly a part of, the suction force in the container changed the shape of container, causes lid 2 and container 3 to relatively move, and this can make latch member 4 and pallet 10 that strains take place.Especially, when container 3 was ellipse, suction force caused container 3 cross section ovalitys to increase, and the main shaft of oval cross section is elongated.Therefore, when the ovality of container 3 increased, the flexible thermoplastic elastomer thing material of latch member 4 allowed lid to be pulled away from container and/or provides flexible, increases with the ovality that allows container 3, and like this, air duct is formed between lid 2 and the container 3.Except can be by 12 air that enter that enter the mouth, this air duct also allows outside air to enter in the container 3, and the outside air of this cooling provides cooling effect to relevant suction motor.In addition, this air duct forms air bypass, and under the situation of stopping up or transshipping, this bypass is worked, and thus, provides the air of bypass to motor.In addition, when the vacuum cleaner assembly is that the vacuum cleaner of a Backpack type is when being worn, especially when the bending of vacuum cleaner assembly came to make its profile/weight to keep more approaching wearer's health, the ellipse of lid 2 and container 3 just provided better balance to the user/operator of vacuum cleaner assembly.
Owing to latch member 4 can be crooked and extend and adapts to motion between lid 2 and the container 3, so the thermoplastic elastic material of latch member 4 allows the relatively little magnetic force of use that latch member 4 is remained in the retaining hole 19.In addition, the flexibility of latch member 4 helps to reduce the load on hinge 34, flange 35 and the corresponding top rib 22, and this load is because the motion between lid 2 and the container 3 and also causing owing to the use of every day.
Replace flexible latch member 4, can make a replacement scheme, make magnetive attraction strong or strengthen first cooperation that connects.Yet, in this structure, will reduce to make the light degree of latch member 4 disengagements, and also can increase the strain on the bolt lock structure 1.
Therefore, the flexible thermoplastic elastomer material of latch member 4 has the advantage that keeps low tearaway load between latch member of making 4 and the container, is convenient to hand uncap 2 of above-mentioned usefulness thus and keeps low strain in bolt lock structure 1.The flexible thermoplastic elastomer material of latch member 4 also has the advantage that motion between lid 2 and the container 3 is provided, and thus, allows to form air duct or otherwise adapt to this motion.In addition, thermoplastic elastic material has the high strength of materials and durability, makes latch member 4 can bear loaded cycle many times.
The present invention is described by means of limiting examples, can make many modifications and variations for these examples, and not break away from described the spirit and scope of the present invention.
In this manual with reference to publication (or the information that therefrom draws) in any prior art, or any known theme, but be not and should not be regarded as any type of suggestion of in the related field of this manual, admitting or approve publication in the prior art (or the information that therefrom draws), or the known theme form part of general common approval.
Claims (16)
1. one kind releasably is fixed to the bolt lock structure of container with lid, and wherein said bolt lock structure comprises:
Latch member, described latch member are connected to a side of lid;
Wherein, described latch member is removable between cooperation position and disengaged position, in described cooperation position, described latch piece is held against container by magnetic force, thus, described lid is fixed to container, and at described disengaged position, described lid can be removed from described container.
2. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, at least one in described bolt lock structure and the described container comprises that magnetic component is held against described container so that described magnetic force to be provided with described latch member.
3. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that described latch member is removable with respect to described lid.
4. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described container comprises first depression, and described first depression is used for admitting the flange of described latch member.
5. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, the described flange that described magnetic component provides suction to guide described latch piece cooperates with described depression to provide first to connect.
6. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises the pallet on the opposite side that is positioned at described lid, described pallet be used for be positioned at described container opposite side on second the depression cooperate.
7. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, when described latch piece was in the position of disengaging, described lid was around comprising that a side of described pallet can pivot.
8. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, described second depression is suitable for admitting the flange of described pallet, and described flange cooperates with described second depression and forms second connection.
9. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described lid centers on described second and is connected between open position and the fastening position and can pivots, and thus, in described fastening position, described lid provides the covering to described container.
10. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described latch piece is made of flexible material.
11. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described flexible material allows described latch piece to meet the described distortion of vessel that produces in the described container use, thus, allows the motion between described lid and the described container.
12. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described flexible material is a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE).
13. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, described latch piece is hinged to first side of described lid.
14. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the open pore of described lid and described container is oval, and thus, described lid has to the optimal orientation of container along right hand orientation or left hand orientation and connects.
15. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 14, it is characterized in that, each side of described container respectively comprises described first depression and described second depression, makes described latch piece and described pallet to connect along right hand orientation or directed formation first connection of left hand and second.
16. bolt lock structure as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, described lid and described container are the parts of vacuum cleaner assembly.
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