The specific embodiment
The structure of the 1st embodiment is described referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 5.
In Fig. 5, the so-called Horizontal electronic dust catcher of 11 expressions, this electric dust collector 11 has: main body of dust collector 12; Consist of the pipe section 13 of air channel organizator, be connected to this main body of dust collector 12 in mode removably.
Main body of dust collector 12 can be cleared away at quilt ground F(Fig. 2 of face) upper rotary and walking, possess: electric blower 18; Main body control section, these electric blower 18 actions of not shown control; And not shown dust collecting part, accommodate for the power supply unit of giving the power supplies such as these electric blowers 18 and main body control section etc., and be communicated with the suction side of electric blower 18.
And, being formed with main body suction inlet 19 in the open front of main body of dust collector 12, this main body suction inlet 19 is communicated with dust collecting part, and is connected with the base end side of pipe section 13.
Pipe section 13 possesses: hose body 21; Extension tube 22 can be loaded and unloaded with respect to this hose body 21; And as the floor cleaner brush 23 of section port body, can load and unload with respect to this extension tube 22.
Hose body 21 possesses: have flexible flexible pipe section 25; Tube connector section 26 is arranged on this flexible pipe section 25 base end sides (downstream), is connected with main body suction inlet 19; And operating portion 27 at one's side, be arranged on flexible pipe section 25 front (upstream side).
Operating portion 27 is connected with the base end side (downstream) of extension tube 22 in mode removably at one's side.And, this at one's side operating portion 27 be formed with the handle part 28 that the user controls to base end side is outstanding, dispose setting button 29 for the pattern of setting electric blower 18 in main body control section etc. at this handle part 28.
And to shown in Figure 5, floor cleaner brush 23 possesses such as Fig. 1: housing 31 forms in the long elongate in shape of left and right sides width, the shape of namely growing crosswise; Tube connector 32 is connected with this housing 31 in rotating mode, is connected with extension tube 22 front (upstream side) in mode removably; Rotating brush 34 has cleaning part 33 in periphery, consists of the rotary cleaning body that is rotatably mounted in housing 31; The motor 35 of driving mechanism, this rotating brush 34 of rotary actuation; The control part 36 of controlling organization possesses the control circuit of the driving of controlling this motor 35 etc.; Etc..
And, by such as road wheel 37 etc., so that this floor cleaner brush 23 can be walked at ground F.
Housing 31 for example with the mutually combination and constitute the long elongate in shape of the width shape of namely growing crosswise of a plurality of housing section, is formed with in internal separation: brush chamber 42, offer suction inlet 41 in the bottom, and form the rotary cleaning body chamber that rotating brush 34 rotatably is installed; Tank chamber 43 is positioned at the top of this brush chamber 42, becomes the cleaning fluid reservoir; Motor chamber 44 is accommodated motor 35, becomes the driving mechanism resettlement section; And control room 45, accommodate control part 36 etc.
In addition, in the following description, fore-and-aft direction is take the direction of travel of housing 31 as benchmark, when overlooking and the direction of this direction of travel quadrature as left and right directions (width), during with side-looking and the direction of this direction of travel quadrature as above-below direction.
The downside that suction inlet 41 is opened in housing 31 namely with the opposed position of ground F, for example the oblong-shaped for growing crosswise is communicated with brush chamber 42 with the outside of housing 31.
And brush chamber 42 arranges in the mode that forms recess at the lower surface 31a of housing 31, forms not shown open communication section at the rear portion, and this brush chamber 42 is communicated with tube connector 32 via this open communication section.That is, this brush chamber 42 is communicated with the suction side of electric blower 18 via tube connector 32, extension tube 22, hose body 21, main body suction inlet 19 and dust collecting part etc.
Therefore, this brush chamber 42 becomes the suction chamber that passes through from the air that comprises dust of suction inlet 41 suctions.And the switching lid 47,47 of a part that the both sides of this brush chamber 42 can be positioned at the both sides of suction inlet 41 and consist of the lower surface 31a of housing 31 opens and closes, and these is being opened and closed under the state that lids 47,47 open and can unload rotating brush 34 from brush chamber 42.
Tank chamber 43 for can storage of water or liquid wax etc. have the part of the cleaning fluid 51 of cleaning function, divide the inside that is formed on housing 31.And, in this tank chamber 43, be positioned at brush upside ground, 42 rear portion, chamber and be provided with a plurality of spray nozzle parts 52 to brush chamber 42 pleurapophysis, be separately installed with valve body 53 on these spray nozzle parts 52.
And, be respectively arranged with on the top of the tank chamber 43 of housing 31: inject peristome 54, be used for injecting (replenishing) in this tank chamber 43 from the outside with cleaning fluid 51; With inlet hole 55, for the pressure of adjusting to these tank chamber 43 interior air amounts in the tank chamber 43.
The bottom of this tank chamber 43 become and brush chamber 42 between, be used for the wall part 56 of cleaning fluid 51 to spray nozzle part 52 guiding.This wall part 56 is the side direction rear side in the past, namely towards spray nozzle part 52 sides, tilts downwards gradually, with cleaning fluid 51 each spray nozzle part 52 of guiding.At this, details will be narrated in the back, be provided with supply unit 73, and this supply unit 73 is supplied with to the cleaning part 33 of rotating brush 34 from the peristome 59 that is arranged at spray nozzle part 52 for the cleaning fluid 51 that will be stored in 43 inside, tank chamber.
And each spray nozzle part 52 forms respectively for example square tube shape as shown in figures 1 and 3, along housing 31(floor cleaner brush 23) left and right sides width separate mutually roughly equally spaced configuration.In the inside of this spray nozzle part 52, be equipped with the support 58 as flank for supporting valve body 53 in forward distolateral position with the wall shape, be formed with for example peristome 59 of quadrangle shape (square hole shape) at the central portion of this support 58.
And the ratio support 58 forward distolateral parts of each spray nozzle part 52 inside become the chimeric fitting portion 60 of valve body 53.
Support 58 intersects the direction of (quadrature) along the central shaft with spray nozzle part 52 and forms plane.
And, according to Fig. 1, Fig. 2 as can be known, peristome 59 is opposite with the cleaning part 33 on the periphery top of the rotating brush 34 that is positioned at brush chamber 42, with in the tank chamber 43 with brush 42 interior connections of chamber, can will be stored in cleaning part 33 supplies of cleaning fluids 51 in the tank chamber 43 42 interior rotating brushes 34 to the brush chamber.
And valve body 53 is mounted to can be along move axially (slip) of each spray nozzle part 52.These valve bodies 53 at one end side have the tabular opening/closing portion 61 of for example quadrangle that peristome 59 is opened and closed, distolaterally have a tabular sliding contacting part 62 of for example quadrangle that is positioned at tank chamber 43 sides at another, these opening/closing portions 61 and sliding contacting part 62 constitute such as being linked by the linking part 63 of the strips such as prism-shaped.
And, these valve bodies 53 and the support 58 of spray nozzle part 52 inside between be supported with the state of helical spring 65 application of forces that are known as force application mechanism, accordingly peristome 59 is opened and closed with the negative pressure of brush chamber 42.
Opening/closing portion 61 is for by valve body 53(opening/closing portion 61) closed the part that is fitted under the state of peristome 59 in the fitting portion 60, the large and profile less than the interior shape of fitting portion 60 of interior shape with ratio open section 59, thus and produce gap 67 between the inner edge of fitting portion 60.
And this opening/closing portion 61 constitutes, rear side be sliding contacting part 62 sides with the planar support 58 that is crimped on, thereby peristome 59 is closed.
And sliding contacting part 62 is to form by the inner surface sliding-contact of outer edge and spray nozzle part 52 with respect to the guide portion of spray nozzle part 52 guiding valve bodies 53.And this sliding contacting part 62 is formed with incised notch opening 69,69 at the limit section incised notch opposite one another of outer edge.Therefore, by these incised notch openings 69,69, with tank chamber 43 and peristome 59 internal communication via spray nozzle part 52.
Linking part 63 is inserted and is led in the peristome 59 and set along the central shaft along spray nozzle part 52.And this linking part 63 has the little profile of interior shape of ratio open section 59, thereby and produces gap 71 between the inner edge of this peristome 59.
Helical spring 65 between support 58 and sliding contacting part 62, to the direction of closing peristome 59 liquid-tightly, with valve body 53 with respect to spray nozzle part 52(support 58) pushing.That is, utilize this helical spring 65, so that opening/closing portion 61 is crimped on support 58 and closes peristome 59 liquid-tightly.
And, this helical spring 65 shrinks this helical spring 65 with the pressure differential by brush chamber 42 sides and tank chamber 43 sides, particularly thereby this helical spring 65 shrinks the mode of opening peristome 59 by valve body 53 when making brush chamber 42 sides become negative pressure to drive at electric blower 18, sets coefficient of elasticity.
The supply unit 73 that is constructed as follows by tank chamber 43, spray nozzle part 52, valve body 53 and peristome 59 etc., this supply unit 73 moves by the negative pressure that the driving by electric blower 18 produces, peristome 59 is opened the cleaning fluid 51 that supply will be stored in 43 inside, the tank chamber cleaning fluid 51 that 34 cleaning part 33 is supplied with from peristome 59 to rotating brush.
In other words, this supply unit 73 moves by brush chamber 42 sides that produce based on the action of electric blower 18 and the pressure differential of tank chamber 43 sides, peristome 59 is opened the cleaning fluid 51 that supply will be stored in 43 inside, the tank chamber cleaning fluid 51 that 34 cleaning part 33 is supplied with from peristome 59 to rotating brush.
The injection peristome 54 that arranges on housing 31 tops is used for tank chamber 43 is communicated with atmosphere, for example in a side of tank chamber 43, can open and close by 75 pairs of these injection peristomes 54 of lid.
Inlet hole 55 is used for for example being arranged on the top of housing 31 in a side of tank chamber 43 with being communicated with atmosphere in the tank chamber 43.The i.e. top of the housing 31 corresponding with inlet hole 55 on the top of this inlet hole 55 is provided with the end difference 77 of concavity.
And, in the mode of removable (slip) open-close lid 78 for the switching of switching inlet hole 55 being installed at this end difference 77, this open-close lid 78 is by end difference 77 moving-limiting scopes.
And this open-close lid 78 is front side shifting by an end, the present embodiment to end difference 77, and inlet hole 55 is closed, and is rear side shifting by the other end to end difference 77, and inlet hole 55 is opened.
That is, by for example user open-close lid 78 is moved, and the switching that can switch inlet hole 55.
Consist of switching mechanism 79 by these inlet holes 55 and open-close lid 78, the having or not of supply of the cleaning fluid 51 of 79 pairs of this switching mechanisms, 34 the cleaning part 33 from tank chamber 43 to rotating brush switches.Namely, switching mechanism 79 constitutes, be communicated with atmosphere by open-close lid 78 being moved inlet hole 55 being opened to make in the tank chamber 43, make supply unit 73(valve body 53) can move, make the supply of cleaning fluid 51 become possibility, and, make tank chamber 43 airtight by open-close lid 78 being moved inlet hole 55 closed, make supply unit 73(valve body 53) can not move, the supply of cleaning fluid 51 is stopped.
In addition, this switching mechanism also can be made of the lid 75 that injects peristome 54 and will inject peristome 54 switchings.
In addition, form separately respectively in the present embodiment and inject peristome 54 and inlet hole 55, but also can for example possess the peristome of injection and inlet hole function separately by a peristome.
Motor chamber 44 and control room 45 are positioned at the left and right sides of the front of the rear of brush chamber 42 and tank chamber 43 and tube connector 32.
Tube connector 32 is with removably mode and the part that the front (upstream side) of extension tube 22 is connected, and forms cylindric.And this tube connector 32 is projected into the rear portion of housing 31, for example is mounted to rotate around direction of principal axis and along left and right directions with respect to this housing 31.
Rotating brush 34 forms rectangular axle shape.And these rotating brush 34 two ends rotatably are configured in the both sides etc. of brush chamber 42 via not shown bearing portion, via the power of the not shown transmission mechanism transmission such as conveyer belt or gear from motor 35.
Cleaning part 33 on the rotating brush 34 for example with stride and the two ends of a plurality of rotating brush 34 between mode dispose with helical form respectively.These cleaning parts 33 under the state that floor cleaner brush 23 is positioned in ground F at least front end can contact with ground F.
Motor 35 is set ON and the OFF of rotation by the operation of user's setting button 29.That is, the user can enough setting buttons 29 carry out electric blower 18 and rotating brush 34 separately rotation and stop the operation of (respectively or simultaneously).In addition, rotating brush 34 constitutes, and is not driven under the state that electric blower 18 does not drive.
Control part 36 constitutes the having or not and direction of rotation etc. of rotation of controlling accordingly rotating brush 34 with the setting operation of user's setting button 29.
The action of above-mentioned the 1st embodiment then is described.
When cleaning, the tube connector section 26 of hose body 21 is connected to the main body suction inlet 19 of main body of dust collector 12, extension tube 22 is connected to the operating portion at one's side 27 of this hose body 21, the tube connector 32 of floor cleaner brush 23 is connected to this extension tube 22.As a result, floor cleaner brush 23 is connected with the suction side of electric blower 18 via extension tube 22, hose body 21, main body suction inlet 19 and dust collecting part.
Then, the user moves open-close lid 78 and inlet hole 55 is made as closed condition.Under this state, even the negative pressure of effect electric blower 18 in brush chamber 42 and make the air pressure of brush in the chamber 42 force down than atmosphere also can be with tank chamber 43 in and atmospheric pressure isolate, therefore, cleaning fluid 51 can not move from tank chamber 43, supply unit 73(valve body 53) be failure to actuate, peristome 59 can not opened.
That is, make cleaning fluid 51 from supply unit 73(tank chamber 43 by switching mechanism 79) become impossible state to the supply of cleaning part 33.
After becoming the state that can power from power supply unit, the user controls handle part 28, operates required setting button 29, makes electric blower 18 with required pattern starting via main body control section thus.By the driving of this electric blower 18, negative pressure is successively to dust collecting part, main body suction inlet 19, hose body 21, extension tube 22 and floor cleaner brush 23 effects.
And the user is by upper with road wheel 37, the walking of 37 front and back to ground F with floor cleaner brush 23 mounting, from suction inlet 41 with dust in air suction brush chamber 42.
Suck to dust collecting part via tube connector 32, extension tube 22, hose body 21 and main body suction inlet 19 with the dust that air sucks from suction inlet 41, in the separated capture of dust collecting part.And the air that has captured dust is sucked to electric blower 18, becomes the exhaust wind that is discharged from after the cooling in this electric blower 18, discharges to the outside of main body of dust collector 12.
The kind of the ground F of user and cleaning is used rotating brush 34 accordingly.At this, when the ground F that cleaning such as carpet etc. does not need to use cleaning fluid 51 to carry out the water wiping, operating and setting button 29 and via control part 36 CD-ROM drive motors 35, make rotating brush 34 rotations only.
As a result, the cleaning part 33 of rotating brush 34 contacts with ground F, scraping dust etc.
On the other hand, when cleaning such as requirement such as floor uses cleaning fluid 51 carries out the ground F of water wiping, open-close lid 78 is moved and inlet hole 55 is opened.At this moment, the suction function of electric blower 18 is in brush chamber 42, thereby the air pressure in the brush chamber 42 forces down than atmosphere, and valve body 53 overcomes the application of force of helical spring 65 to brush chamber 42 side shiftings, and peristome 59 is opened.
That is, by switching mechanism 79, becoming can be from supply unit 73(tank chamber 43) supply with the state of cleaning fluid 51.Therefore, via the gap 71 of incised notch opening 69 and peristome 59, cleaning fluid 51 is supplied with by the cleaning part 33 of the rotating brush 34 in brush chamber 42.
Therefore, if user's operating and setting button 29 and via control part 36 CD-ROM drive motors 35 makes rotating brush 34 rotations, the cleaning part 33 that then has been supplied to cleaning fluid 51 contacts with ground F, usefulness cleaning fluid 51 this ground of water wiping F.
If cleaning finishes, then user's operating and setting button 29 stops electric blower 18 via main body control section.At this moment, even the state of inlet hole 55 having been opened at open-close lid 78 for example and become under the state that can supply with cleaning fluid 51 by switching mechanism 79, because electric blower 18 stops, negative pressure does not act in the brush chamber 42 yet.
Therefore, by the application of force of helical spring 65, so that the opening/closing portion 61 of valve body 53 is fitted to fitting portion 60 and support 58 crimping, thereby peristome 59 is closed, cleaning fluid 51 can not be supplied to the cleaning part 33 of the rotating brush 34 of brush chamber 42.
Want with cleaning beginning in rotating brush 34 rotations are come in the situation of water wiping ground F also can be, in advance inlet hole 55 is opened with regard to controlled opening/closing lid 78 before the cleaning that does not act on brush chamber 42 from negative pressure begins.
As mentioned above, according to the 1st embodiment, inject peristome 54 or inlet hole 55 by in tank chamber 43, arranging, and can should inject peristome 54 or inlet hole 55 switchings by lid 75 or open-close lid 78, thereby can realize using the floor cleaning of cleaning fluid 51.
In addition, not only can make water as cleaning fluid 51, but also can use such as the material arbitrarily such as the liquid wax of except the water wiping function, also giving auxiliary cleaning function such as protection glazing etc., can more improve cleaning.
Then, with reference to Fig. 6 the 2nd embodiment is described.To giving identical mark with same structure and the effect of the 1st embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.
In the 2nd embodiment, form at the wall part 56 of the 1st embodiment and will brush in the chamber 42 and the tank chamber 43 interior open communication that are communicated with 81, in the mode of this open communication 81 of obturation thermoelectric element 82(Peltier's element is installed).
This Peltier's element 82 so that as the radiating surface 82a side of an interarea be positioned at brush chamber 42 sides, the mode that is positioned at tank chamber 43 sides as the heat-absorbent surface 82b side of another interarea is supported on wall part 56, for example by control part 36 control actions.
That is, this Peltier's element 82 constitutes, and radiating surface 82a side is divided at least a portion of the upside that forms brush chamber 42, and heat-absorbent surface 82b side is divided at least a portion of the downside that forms tank chamber 43.
And, this Peltier's element 82 constitutes, mobile to radiating surface 82a side (brush chamber 42 sides) by the heat that makes heat-absorbent surface 82b side (tank chamber 43 sides), and make the condensate moisture that comprises as in the air in the tank chamber 43 of heat-absorbent surface 82b side, be trapped in the tank chamber 43 as cleaning fluid 51.
In addition, the radiating surface 82a side of this Peltier's element 82 and heat-absorbent surface 82b side both can have been carried out with suitable heat transfer component thermally coupled, also can cover with insulating elements such as insulation sheet materials.And for damp proof, preferably this Peltier's element 82 is sealed.
And this Peltier's element 82 is as long as begin (end) action for example to begin (end) identical timing with the action of electric blower 18.
In addition, at more cleaning fluid 51(moisture) be trapped in the situation in the tank chamber 43, also can be, when electric dust collector 11 has been set as spendable state (become can to the state of the power supplies such as electric blower 18 time) or when being connected to power line on the commercial ac power source in the situation of using power line as power supply unit when (during insertion) etc., this Peltier's element 82 begins action.
And, according to above-mentioned the 2nd embodiment, be the Peltier's element 82 of moisture with utilizing air in the tank chamber 43 to cool off to generate the cleaning fluids 51 that are stored in the tank chamber 43, can economize thus whereabouts tank chamber 43 and replenish maintenance as the moisture of cleaning fluid 51 etc., although namely be non-maintaining, also can use cleaning fluid 51 to clear away.
And, the radiating surface 82a side of Peltier's element 82 is positioned at because of flow brush chamber 42 sides of the air that comprises dust of electric blower 18 action, therefore in electric blower 18 course of action, cooled off by the air that comprises dust through this brush chamber 42 always, can improve the cooling effect of heat-absorbent surface 82b side, can be more effectively 43 interior condensations become the moisture of cleaning fluid 51 in the tank chamber.
At least one embodiment according to above explanation, in floor cleaner brush 23, possesses supply unit 73, this supply unit 73 will open and close with the peristome 59 of the tank chamber 43 that arranges with the cleaning part 33 opposed modes that are configured in the rotating brush 34 in the brush chamber 42 by valve body 53 accordingly by constituting with the negative pressure of brushing in the chamber 42, thereby the cleaning fluid 51 that is stored in 43 inside, tank chamber can be supplied to cleaning part 33, therefore can use cleaning fluid 51, the cleaning part 33 by rotating brush 34 comes ground F is carried out the water wiping.
And, only however make electric dust collector 11(electric blower 18) action is in brush chamber 42 interior generation negative pressure, be stored in so cleaning fluids 51 in the tank chamber 43 and just can be from peristome 59 to cleaning part 33 supply with.
Therefore, the user does not need the tank chamber is loaded and unloaded with respect to housing, makes electric dust collector 11(electric blower 18) the starting fixed time cleaning liquid 51 that begins to clear away automatically is supplied to cleaning part 33, so ease of use is good.
And, in floor cleaner brush 23, possesses switching mechanism 79, supply with from the tank chamber 79 pairs of supply units 73 of this switching mechanism have or not and switch by 43 interior cleaning fluids 51 to cleaning part 33, thus, switching by switching mechanism 79, can tackle the situation of using rotating brush 34 and 51 couples of ground F of cleaning fluid to carry out the water wiping and use rotating brush 34 but do not use cleaning fluid 51 to carry out any situation in the situation of water wiping, ease of use is better.
And, being arranged at the injection peristome 54 of housing 31 or the structure that inlet hole 55 opens and closes by switching mechanism 79 being constituted with lid 75 or 78 pairs of open-close lids, can cheap and easily consist of.In other words, switching mechanism 79 injects peristome 54 by inlet hole 55() and open-close lid 78(lid 75) consist of.
And, by using above-mentioned floor cleaner brush 23, water wiping and the good electric dust collector 11 of ease of use of ground F that can be by can having used cleaning fluid 51.
In addition, in the respective embodiments described above, valve body 53 is such as can being following structure etc. also: form and keep out the wind tabularly, use torsionspring etc. as force application mechanism, along the direction application of force with peristome 59 obturations.
And, switching mechanism 79 for example also can be, by control part 36 etc., with the accordingly automated movement that has or not of rotating brush 34 rotations, i.e. mode automated movement in the situation of inlet hole 55 being opened, do not made rotating brush 34 rotations in the situation that makes rotating brush 34 rotations, inlet hole 55 is closed.
In this case, electric blower 18 being driven and not making in the situation such as rotating brush 34 rotations, can prevent more reliably that cleaning fluid 51 is supplied to rotating brush 34 with not needing.
As the switching mechanism 79 that switches that has or not to cleaning fluid 51 33 supplies from tank chamber 43 to cleaning part, inlet hole 55 and open-close lid 78 have been used, but for example also can be that mechanically the lockable mechanism of the action of locking valve body 53 etc. is as switching mechanism 79.
Electric dust collector 11 is not limited to horizontal, also can tackle use such as the upright vacuum cleaner of the bottom of the main body of dust collector 12 that floor cleaner brush 23 is connected to the long shape of above-below direction etc.
Several embodiment of the present invention more than has been described, but the just as an example demonstration of these embodiments, and be not intended to limit scope of invention.These new embodiments can be implemented in other various modes, can carry out various omissions, replacement and change in the scope that does not break away from the invention aim.These embodiments and distortion thereof not only are included in scope of invention and the aim, be also contained in the invention of claims records and the scope that is equal in.