CN113317716A

CN113317716A - Vacuum cleaner docking device

Info

Publication number: CN113317716A
Application number: CN202010132816.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 叶妙君
Original assignee: Wuxi Qingyi Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Wuxi Qingyi Intelligent Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-29
Filing date: 2020-02-29
Publication date: 2021-08-31

Abstract

The invention discloses a device for docking a dust collector, which can be used for docking the dust collector and comprises: the docking station comprises a yielding space for bearing the dust collector; a strut connected to the docking station; the base is supported on the ground and connected with the support; the docking station at least comprises an opening, the strut comprises an airflow channel extending from the docking station to the base, a negative pressure component and a dust collecting component arranged on the upstream of the negative pressure component are arranged in the base, and the airflow channel can be communicated with the opening and the dust collecting component. The device for docking the dust collector is convenient to hang and mount, and can charge and clean the dust collector while the dust collector is stored.

Description

Vacuum cleaner docking device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of dust collector accessories, in particular to a dust collector docking device.

Background

A vacuum cleaner is an apparatus that performs cleaning by sucking or wiping dust or foreign substances in a cleaning target area. Such cleaners can be distinguished as: a manual cleaner in which a user directly moves the cleaner and performs cleaning, and an automatic cleaner which operates by itself and performs cleaning. The manual vacuum cleaner can be classified into: cylinder cleaners, upright cleaners, hand-held cleaners, stick-cleaners and the like. The vacuum cleaner may be configured to include a rechargeable battery that can supply power for operation of the vacuum cleaner only when the rechargeable battery is recharged at any time. For these main users, it is also becoming one of the needs of users to reduce the cleaning times of these vacuum cleaners.

Therefore, the best option to solve the above-mentioned need is to charge and clean the rechargeable battery while the vacuum cleaner is at rest.

The existing vacuum cleaner rest stand includes a bracket for resting a vacuum cleaner head and a support stand provided with a charging plug for charging the vacuum cleaner, so as to rest the vacuum cleaner while charging the vacuum cleaner. In addition, there are some conventional bases for automatic vacuum cleaners equipped with a dust collection function, but in the case of a vacuum cleaner with an upper center of gravity, dust collection, charging, and the like of a rest stand should be provided on the upper side in the case of rest, and therefore, the vacuum cleaner rest stand/base of the prior art document cannot solve the present resting requirement.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a docking device for a vacuum cleaner, which can improve user convenience.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

a vacuum cleaner docking apparatus for docking a vacuum cleaner, comprising: the docking station comprises a yielding space for bearing the dust collector; a strut connected to the docking station; the base is supported on the ground and connected with the support; the docking station at least comprises an opening, the strut comprises an airflow channel extending from the docking station to the base, a negative pressure component and a dust collecting component arranged on the upstream of the negative pressure component are arranged in the base, and the airflow channel can be communicated with the opening and the dust collecting component.

Further, the base comprises an upper wall portion, a lower wall portion and a neck portion extending from the upper wall portion in the up-down direction, the upper wall portion wraps a portion of the support column, and the neck portion wraps a portion of the support column.

Furthermore, a connecting channel is arranged between the neck and the dust collecting component and is communicated with the airflow channel of the support.

Further, the base is disposed lengthwise, and the neck is disposed between 2/3 and 1/3 positions of the base in a lengthwise direction of the base.

Further, the base includes negative pressure room and power house, the negative pressure subassembly is located the power house, the collection dirt subassembly is located the negative pressure room, on the upper and lower direction, the bottom of negative pressure room is not less than the bottom of power house.

Further, the docking station is provided with a charging terminal for charging a battery of the cleaner.

Further, the vacuum cleaner includes a dirt cup including an outer cup wall exposing an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, and the docking station body includes a surrounding wall at least partially enclosing the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner.

Furthermore, the opening is arranged on the surrounding wall, the dust cup of the dust collector is provided with a dust exhaust opening and a cover part corresponding to the dust exhaust opening, and the size of the opening is larger than that of the dust exhaust opening.

Further, the docking station includes at least a lower holding member configured to hold the vacuum cleaner; the lower holding member includes a guide portion configured to guide the dust discharge opening of the cleaner to move toward the opening of the docking station.

Further, a sealing gasket is arranged on the surrounding wall outside the opening.

The invention has the advantages that the dust recovery device is integrated into the existing dust collector docking device, on one hand, the original dust collector docking mode is not changed, on the other hand, the functions of charging and cleaning the dust collector can be provided while the dust collector is accommodated, and the convenience of use of a user is enhanced.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of one embodiment of a docking device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the docking device of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1 in cooperation with a vacuum cleaner;

FIG. 3 is a partial schematic view of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic view of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the mating arrangement of FIG. 2;

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of the circled portion of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein are illustrative only and are not limiting upon the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in an embodiment of the invention, the docking station 200 comprises a docking station 210, the docking station 210 comprising a relief space for carrying a cleaner, the docking station 210 being configured for releasably locking the cleaner on a wall in an upright, docked position when not in use. Specifically, the vacuum cleaner docking device 200 further includes a support post 230 and a base 260. The support post 230 is connected to the docking station 210, and the base 260 is supported on the ground and connected to the support post 230. A dust recovery assembly is provided in the base 260 and communicates with the docked cleaner via the post 230 and docking station 210, so that the base 260 can clean the dirt storage unit of the cleaner when the cleaner is in the upright, docked position. It should be noted that the cleaner docking device 200 is further provided with a power supply terminal 213 on the docking station 210 corresponding to the charging terminal 13 of the cleaner to allow the cleaner to be charged at the same time when the cleaner is in the upright, docked position.

Upstream and downstream are defined in the airflow direction that would normally operate with the dust recovery assembly of the base 260. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the docking station 210 includes at least one opening 214, the support 230 includes an airflow channel extending from the docking station 210 to the base 260, a negative pressure component 265 and a dust collecting component 261 disposed upstream of the negative pressure component 265 are disposed in the base 260, and the airflow channel can communicate the opening 214 and the dust collecting component 261. The base 260 generates negative pressure through the negative pressure assembly 265 and performs dirt recovery of the docked cleaner through the opening 214 to recover dirt into the dirt collection assembly 261.

Generally, the dirt collection assembly 261 is a dirt bag assembly or a dirt box assembly having a cyclonic separation component, and the dirt collection assembly 261 is removably disposed with respect to the base 260. Meanwhile, the volume of the dust collection assembly 261 is much larger than that of a dust cup assembly of the dust collector, and in a preferable mode, a compression structure can be further arranged in the dust collection assembly 261 and can compress the dirt stored in the dust collection assembly to recover more dirt.

Specifically, the base 260 includes an upper wall portion (not numbered), a lower wall portion (not numbered), and a neck portion 263 extending in an up-down direction from the upper wall portion. The upper wall portion wraps around a portion of the strut 230 while the neck portion 263 wraps around a portion of the strut 230 to enhance securement to the strut 230. It should be noted that the illustrated example is the case where the neck portion 263 is disposed on the upper side of the upper wall portion, but in a more preferred embodiment, the neck portion 263 is disposed to extend downward from the upper wall portion (extending inward into the base), which can effectively increase the strength of the neck portion 263 and reduce the volume of the base 260. In addition, a connecting passage is provided between the neck portion 263 and the dust collection assembly 261, and the connecting passage communicates with the airflow passage of the support.

In the present embodiment of the present invention, the base 260 is provided in a longitudinal direction. Preferably, the neck 263 is disposed between 2/3 and 1/3 of the upper wall of the base 260 in the longitudinal direction of the base 260, so that the vertical projection of the docking system is within the base even when the cleaner is in the docked position, reducing the space occupied by the docking system. Also for aesthetic purposes, in the preferred embodiment, the neck 263 is provided at 1/2 or at the golden section of the upper wall portion of the base 260 to enhance the overall aesthetic appearance of the docking device.

Specifically, the base includes a negative pressure chamber (not numbered) in which the negative pressure assembly 265 is disposed and a power chamber (not shown) in which the dust collection assembly 261 is disposed. In order to ensure the stability of the base, the bottom of the negative pressure chamber is not lower than the bottom of the power chamber in the up-down direction.

Referring further to fig. 3 and 4, the docking vacuum cleaner 100 includes a main body 10 and a surface cleaning assembly 15 detachably docking with the main body 10, wherein the surface cleaning assembly 15 may be a floor brush assembly, a long flat suction assembly, a telescopic flat suction assembly, or a mite removing assembly. The main body 10 includes a dirt cup assembly (not numbered), and a negative pressure assembly (not numbered) connected to the dirt cup assembly. In the normal operation mode of the vacuum cleaner, dirty air enters the dust cup assembly through the surface cleaning assembly 15, and after dust and air are separated through the dust cup assembly, clean air is discharged out of the vacuum cleaner through the negative pressure assembly.

Specifically, the dirt cup assembly includes a dirt cup 12 and a dirt-air separating assembly (not shown) at least partially housed in the dirt cup 12, and the dirt cup 12 includes a cup body 120 and a cup cover 121 movably disposed relative to the cup body 120. The user can open the cap 121 to clean the dust in the dust cup 12. It should be noted that in alternative embodiments (not shown), the dirt cup may be provided without the lid, and the user may clean the dirt cup by removing the dirt-air separation assembly and removing the opening from the dirt-air separation assembly when the dirt cup needs to be cleaned. In order to avoid the secondary pollution caused by the two cleaning methods, or to minimize the frequency of the two cleaning methods, the dust cup 12 further includes a dust discharge opening 124 and a cover 125 corresponding to the dust discharge opening 124, and the cover 125 can open the dust discharge opening 124 under the action of external force to provide an additional cleaning passage for the dust cup. Preferably, a sealing gasket 126 is provided between the cover 125 and the dust exhaust opening 124 to enhance the sealing between the cover 125 and the dust exhaust opening 124 in the normal operation mode.

Referring further to FIG. 5, in response to the additional dirt cup cleaning path described above, the base 260 of the vacuum cleaner docking device 200 of the present invention may be actively or passively placed in a self-cleaning mode for dirt recovery when the vacuum cleaner 100 is mounted to the docking station 210 and in an upright, docked position. In the self-cleaning mode, the cover 125 is capable of opening the dust discharge opening 124 under the action of the negative pressure provided by the negative pressure assembly 265 to draw the stored dirt in the dust cup 12 away from the dust cup 12, and at this time, the clean air mainly flows into the dust cup 12 from the surface treatment assembly 15, and after mixing the dirt in the dust cup 12, the dirt is carried along and discharged out of the vacuum cleaner through the dust discharge opening 124, so as to achieve the purpose of self-cleaning the dust cup assembly of the vacuum cleaner. In other, inferior solutions, the clean air may also be added to the dirt cup downstream of the dirt-air separation assembly (where downstream is defined by the direction of flow of the normal working airflow of the cleaner), although this solution may sacrifice some air flow to reduce the cleaning effectiveness of the dirt cup, but may enhance the cleaning effectiveness of the dirt-air separation assembly.

Specifically, the dirt cup 12 of the vacuum cleaner 100 includes an outer cup wall that exposes an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, while the docking station 210 includes a surrounding wall that at least partially envelopes the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner. An opening 214 is provided in the surrounding wall, the size of the opening 214 being larger than the size of the dust discharge opening 124. Further, the opening 214 provides a space for the cover 125 of the dust discharge opening 124 to move. Further, the surrounding wall is provided with a sealing gasket (not shown) at the outside of the opening 214 to integrally surround both the dust exhaust opening 124 and the cover 125, so that the sealing between the opening 214 and the dust exhaust opening 124 is not affected by the movement of the cover 125 to enhance the sealing between the opening 214 and the dust exhaust opening 124.

In detail, docking station 210 includes at least a lower retaining member 212, the lower retaining member 212 configured to hold the cleaner 100. The lower retaining member 212 includes a guide (not numbered) configured to guide the cleaner 100 to move to the correct storage position of the docking station 210, that is, the guide is configured to guide the dust discharge opening 124 of the cleaner to move to the opening 214 of the docking station.

Referring to fig. 6, the guide may include a guide rib 2121/a guide slope (not shown) provided on the receiving inner wall of the lower holding member 212 to guide the cleaner 100 to move to the correct receiving position of the docking station 210; the guide member may further include an abdicating groove 2122 formed in the lower holding member 212, wherein the abdicating groove 2122 corresponds to a dust inlet pipe of the vacuum cleaner, so as to guide a user to correctly mount the vacuum cleaner, and enhance the stability of the vacuum cleaner.

The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and features of this invention, which is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but rather is susceptible to various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner docking apparatus for docking a vacuum cleaner, comprising: the docking station comprises a yielding space for bearing the dust collector;

a strut connected to the docking station;

the base is supported on the ground and connected with the support;

the docking station is characterized in that the docking station at least comprises an opening, the strut comprises an airflow channel extending from the docking station to the base, a negative pressure component and a dust collecting component arranged on the upper stream of the negative pressure component are arranged in the base, and the airflow channel can be communicated with the opening and the dust collecting component.

2. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the base includes an upper wall portion, a lower wall portion, and a neck portion extending in an up-down direction from the upper wall portion, the upper wall portion wrapping around a portion of the post, the neck portion wrapping around a portion of the post.

3. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 2, wherein a connection passage is provided between the neck and the dirt collection assembly, the connection passage communicating with the airflow passage of the stanchion.

4. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 2, wherein the base is longitudinally disposed, and the neck is disposed between 2/3 and 1/3 positions of the base in a longitudinal direction of the base.

5. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the base includes a negative pressure chamber and a power chamber, the negative pressure assembly is disposed in the power chamber, the dust collection assembly is disposed in the negative pressure chamber, and a bottom of the negative pressure chamber is not lower than a bottom of the power chamber in an up-down direction.

6. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the docking station is provided with a charging terminal for charging a battery of the vacuum cleaner.

7. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the vacuum cleaner includes a dirt cup including an outer cup wall that exposes an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, the docking station body including a surrounding wall that at least partially surrounds the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner.

8. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 7, wherein the opening is defined in the surrounding wall, and wherein the dirt cup of the vacuum cleaner is defined by a dirt discharge opening and a cover portion corresponding to the dirt discharge opening, the opening being sized larger than the dirt discharge opening.

9. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 8, wherein the docking station includes at least a lower retaining member configured to hold the vacuum cleaner; the lower holding member includes a guide portion configured to guide the dust discharge opening of the cleaner to move toward the opening of the docking station.

10. A vacuum cleaner docking apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the surrounding wall is provided with a sealing gasket on the outside of the opening.