CN115135211A

CN115135211A - Cleaning device

Info

Publication number: CN115135211A
Application number: CN202080097093.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许淙旭; 玄起卓; 鱼秀汉; 李相哲; 黄仁揆
Original assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Current assignee: LG Electronics Inc
Priority date: 2020-02-25
Filing date: 2020-04-23
Publication date: 2022-09-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-23
Also published as: TW202131847A; KR20210131296A; KR20210108136A; WO2021172656A1; KR102585494B1; CN115135211B; EP4069049A1; TWI747248B; US20210259493A1

Abstract

The application relates to a cleaning device comprising: a hollow cylindrical shell; a housing wall dividing an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space; a wall through hole defined through the housing wall; an air inlet communicating the first space with an outside of the case; a vent part including a cover through hole and a vent hole defined through a top surface of the case; a fan fixed to the wall or the second space and positioned in the wall through hole, wherein the fan flows air in the first space to the exhaust hole; a separating member disposed in the first space to form a passage for guiding the air flowing into the air inlet into the fan, wherein the separating member separates the foreign substances from the air using a centrifugal force; and a display including a display panel exposed to an outside of the case through the cover through hole, a display case to which the display panel is fixed, and a case fastening portion for fixing the display case to a wall or an inner circumferential surface of the case.

Description

Cleaning device

Technical Field

The present application relates to a cleaning device.

Background

A cleaning apparatus is an apparatus for cleaning a room by sucking dust or foreign materials. Conventional cleaning devices generally include: a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet (exhaust); a fan for making the air flowing into the air inlet flow to the exhaust part; a separating member for separating foreign matters from the air flowing through the fan; a filter positioned between the separating member and the fan to filter foreign substances from air passing through the separating member; and a handle disposed on the housing.

The conventional cleaning apparatus has the following disadvantages: the flow path between the air passing through the fan and the exhaust is complex (flow path resistance is high) so that the output of the fan should be kept higher than desired. Further, although the conventional cleaning apparatus has an input unit for inputting a control command, it does not have a display for notifying a user of information associated with the operation of the cleaning apparatus.

Disclosure of Invention

Technical object

An object of the present application is to provide a cleaning device that can reduce flow path resistance of air flowing through a fan as much as possible.

Further, it is another object of the present application to provide a cleaning device comprising a display for communicating information to a user.

Furthermore, it is another object of the present application to provide a cleaning device in which the filter is easy to clean.

Technical scheme

The application provides a cleaning device, it includes: a hollow housing; a housing wall provided in the housing to divide an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space; a wall through hole provided in the housing wall; an air inlet through which the first space communicates with an outside of the housing; an exhaust part provided in the case through hole, the case through hole being provided in the case such that the second space communicates with an outside of the case through hole, the exhaust part including a case cover configured to be received in the case through hole, a cover through hole provided in the case cover, and an exhaust hole provided in the case cover, the second space communicating with the outside of the case through the exhaust hole; a fan including a housing, a housing intake hole, a housing exhaust hole, and an impeller, wherein the housing is configured to be coupled to at least one of a housing wall or a surface facing the second space such that the housing is positioned in the wall through hole; a housing air intake hole is provided in the housing, through which the first space communicates with the inside of the housing; the housing vent hole is provided in the housing; and the impeller generating an air flow entering the interior of the housing through the housing air intake and exiting the interior of the housing through the housing air exhaust; a separating member disposed in the first space to form a flow path for air from the air inlet to the housing air inlet hole, wherein the separating member separates a substance from an air flow using a centrifugal force; and a display including a display panel, a display housing coupled to the display panel, and at least one housing fastening extension configured to couple the display housing to at least one of a housing wall or a circumferential inner surface of the housing such that the display panel is positioned to be exposed to an outside of the housing through the cover through hole.

The cover through-hole may be defined at the center of the housing cover.

The cover through-hole may be defined in a space defined between a center of the housing cover and an edge of the housing cover, and have an annular shape or an arc shape.

The cleaning device may further comprise a filter comprising: a filter body positioned under the housing cover to filter air flowing to the exhaust hole; and a filter body through hole provided in the filter body and positioned to correspond to the cover through hole.

The display housing may include: a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the case exhaust hole and coupled to the second space by the case fastening extension; a support body communication hole provided in a bottom surface of the support body such that at least a portion of the air discharged from the case vent hole flows into the support body through the support body communication hole; and a filter communication hole provided in the support body to guide air flowing into the support body communication hole to the filter body.

The display housing may further include a panel mounting region defined in a face of the support body facing the cover through-hole and configured to provide a space in which the display panel is mounted.

The panel mounting region may further include at least one of a groove defined by concavely bending a face of the support body or a through hole in the support body connected to the support body communication hole.

The cleaning device may further include a display cover coupled to the support body, positioned above the display panel, and made of a transparent material.

The housing fastening extension may detachably secure the support body to the housing wall.

The cleaning device may further include: a case cover disposed in the second space to be positioned between the display panel and the case exhaust hole, and forming a rear surface of the case; and a filter first communication hole provided in the case cover to discharge air from the case exhaust hole to an outside of the case cover.

The display housing may include: a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the case cover and coupled to the second space by the case fastening extension; and a filter second communication hole provided in the display housing and positioned to guide the air discharged from the filter first communication hole to the filter body.

The housing cover may be fixed to the housing wall, and the support body may be fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the housing.

The cleaning device may further include: a mounting body disposed in the wall through-hole and having a mounting space defined therein; a mounting body through hole defined in the mounting body and positioned to communicate with the housing air intake hole; a communication hole provided in the mounting body and positioned to allow air to flow between the separator and the mounting space; and a second filter provided in the installation space to filter air flowing from the communication hole to the housing intake hole.

The application provides a cleaning device, it includes: a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end; a wall disposed in the housing, open to the interior space of the housing, into a first space disposed between the wall and the first end and a second space disposed between the wall and the second end, the wall including a wall through hole; an air inlet through which air is introduced into the first space; a housing cover configured to be received at the second end of the housing, the housing cover including a cover through-hole and an exhaust hole through which air from the second space flows out of the housing; one or more cyclones provided in the first space to receive air from the air inlet and output filtered air; a fan including a housing, a housing air intake hole, a housing air exhaust hole, and an impeller, wherein the housing is positioned in the wall through hole; a housing air intake is provided in the housing through which filtered air from the one or more cyclones is received inside the housing; a housing vent hole is provided in the housing; and an impeller disposed in the housing to generate an air flow from the housing air intake hole to the housing; and a display including a display panel and a display housing coupled to the display panel and configured to position the display panel to be visible through the cover through hole.

Contaminants filtered by the one or more cyclones may be received in a storage space that is opened and closed by a cover disposed at the first end of the housing.

The cover through-hole may be defined at the center of the housing cover, or in a space between the center of the housing cover and the edge of the housing cover, to have an annular shape or an arc shape.

The display housing may include: a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the case vent hole; a support body communication hole provided in a bottom surface of the support body such that at least a portion of the air discharged from the case discharge hole flows into the support body through the support body communication hole; and a filter communication hole provided in the support body to guide air flowing into the support body communication hole to the filter body.

The display housing may further include a panel mounting region defined in a face of the support body facing the cover through-hole thereof and configured to provide a space in which the display panel is mounted.

The panel mounting region may include at least one of a groove defined by concavely bending a face of the support body or a through hole in the support body connected to the support body communication hole.

Advantageous effects

The application has the following effects: provided is a cleaning device capable of reducing the flow path resistance of air flowing through a fan as much as possible.

In addition, the effect of this application is: a cleaning device is provided that includes a display for communicating information to a user.

In addition, the effect of this application is: a cleaning device is provided in which the filter is contained for cleaning.

Drawings

Fig. 1 and 2 show examples of the cleaning device.

Fig. 3 shows an example of a first filter.

Fig. 4 and 5 show examples of the separate member provided at the cleaning apparatus.

Fig. 6 shows an example of a second filter.

Fig. 7 shows an operation procedure of the cleaning apparatus.

Figure 8 shows a different embodiment of the cleaning device.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the cleaning device will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configuration or method for controlling the apparatus described below is only for describing the embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Further, like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Fig. 1 shows an example of a cleaning device 100. The cleaning apparatus 100 may include: a housing 1 formed in the form of: a cylinder having a hollow defined therein, an air inlet 11 formed on the housing 1, an air discharge part 15 defined in the housing 1; a fan 5 provided inside the casing 1 to flow air from the air inlet 11 to the air discharge portion 15; a separator 4 guiding the air flowing into the air inlet 11 to the fan 5 and separating foreign substances from the air using centrifugal force; and a display 3 for displaying information associated with the cleaning device.

A handle 6 is provided on the housing 1. In the space provided by the circumferential surface of the housing 1, the handle 6 may be positioned at a point symmetrical (180 degrees apart) to the point where the air intake 11 is located.

As shown in fig. 2, a housing wall 19 is provided inside the housing 1 for dividing an inner space of the housing into a lower space (first space, S1) and an upper space (second space, S2) of the housing. Further, the housing wall 19 includes a wall through hole S3 for communicating the first space S1 and the second space S2 defined therein with each other.

The intake port 11 is provided on the circumferential surface of the case 1 to flow the outside air into the first space S1. The air inlet 11 may include an air inlet hole 113 defined to penetrate a circumferential surface of the housing 1, and an air inlet pipe 111 extending from the air inlet hole 113 in a direction away from a center of the housing 1 (a direction away from the handle, a Y-axis direction). Although not shown in the drawings, the cleaning apparatus of the present disclosure may further include an extension pipe detachably provided on the air inlet pipe 111, and a nozzle provided at a free end of the extension pipe to allow foreign substances to flow into the extension pipe.

As shown in fig. 1, a case outlet 17 for discharging the foreign substances stored in the case 1 to the outside is further defined in a bottom surface of the case 1 (a surface of the case opposite to a surface thereof in which the exhaust portion is defined). The housing outlet 17 is opened and closed by a lower cover 18. The lower cover 18 may be pivotally fixed to the housing 1.

The air discharge part 15 may include a case through-hole 151 defined to penetrate through the top surface of the case 1 to communicate the inside of the second space S2 with the outside of the case 1, a case cover 152 for closing the case through-hole, a cover through-hole 155 defined to penetrate through the case cover 152, and an air discharge hole 153 defined to penetrate through the case cover 152 to discharge air into the second space S2 therethrough.

The housing cover 152 may be formed in any shape as long as the housing through-hole 151 can be closed. The figures show examples of disc-shaped housing covers for closing a cylindrical housing.

As shown in fig. 3, a cover through hole 155 may be defined at the center of the housing cover 152 (the center of the top surface of the housing), and the vent hole 153 may be defined as a plurality of holes surrounding the cover through hole 155. Unlike the drawings, the cover through-hole 155 may be defined in a ring or arc shape in a space defined between the center of the housing cover 152 and the edge of the housing cover 152.

A first filter 7 for filtering air flowing from the fan 5 to the discharge hole 153 may be disposed in the second space S2. The first filter 7 may include a first filter frame 73 detachably fixed to the second space S2, and a first filter body 71 positioned below the case cover 152 by being supported by the first filter frame.

The first filter body 71 and the first filter frame 73 may be formed in a ring shape. That is, a filter body through hole 711 communicating with the cover through hole 155 may be defined at the center of the first filter body 71, and a body first through hole 731 communicating with the filter body through hole 711 may be provided at the center of the first filter frame 73. Further, a body second through hole 733 for supplying the air in the second space S2 to the first filter body 71 may be defined in the first filter frame 73. The body second through hole 733 may include a plurality of through holes arranged to form a ring to surround the body first through hole 731.

Accordingly, the air inside the second chamber S2 may be discharged to the outside of the case 1 through the body second through hole 733 and the discharge hole 153. In this process, the air may be filtered by the first filter body 71.

As shown in fig. 2, the mounting portion 2 may be disposed inside the wall through hole S3. The mounting portion 2 serves to provide a mounting space 211 in which the second filter 8 is mounted. The mounting portion 2 may be provided as a mounting body 21 detachably fixed to the housing wall 19 and positioned inside the wall through hole S3. The mounting body 21 may be provided in a cylindrical or multi-sided cylindrical shape having a hollow defined therein.

As shown in fig. 4, a mounting body through hole 213 for communicating the mounting space 211 and the second space S2 with each other may be defined in the top surface of the mounting body 21, and a plurality of communication holes 25 for communicating the mounting space 211 with the first space S1 may be defined in the bottom surface 23 of the mounting body 21.

The mounting body 21 may be detachably coupled to the housing wall 19 by a body fastening portion 27. As shown in fig. 2, the body fastening portion 27 may include a protrusion 271 provided on an outer circumferential surface of the mounting body 21 and a protrusion fastening groove 237 defined in the case wall 19 to provide a space in which the protrusion 271 is received. The protrusion fastening groove 237 may be defined as a groove in which a face of the housing wall defining the wall through hole S3 is concavely curved.

The separate piece 4 is fixed to the mounting body 21. As shown in fig. 5, when the user opens the housing outlet 17 with the lower cover 18 and pulls the separating member 4 to the housing outlet 17, the mounting body 21 and the second filter 8 can be withdrawn from the housing 1 together with the separating member 4. When the mounting body 21 and the second filter 8 are withdrawn from the housing 1, the user can detach the second filter 8 from the mounting body 21. Therefore, the cleaning device having the above-described structure has an effect of facilitating separation and cleaning of the second filter 8.

As shown in fig. 2, the fan 5 is disposed in the second space S2 to flow the air in the first space S1 to the discharge hole 153 through the communication hole 25. Further, the separator 4 is a flow path formed in the first space S1 to guide the air flowing into the intake port 11 to the communication hole 25. Foreign substances (such as dust) contained in the air are separated from the air by centrifugal force while flowing to the fan 5 along the flow path provided by the separating member 4, and the specific structure of the separating member 4 is as follows.

The separating member 4 includes a chamber forming portion 41 for dividing the first space S1 into a first separating chamber 41a and a second separating chamber 41b, and a cyclone forming portion 42 for supplying air in the second separating chamber 41b to the fan 5. The cyclone forming part 42 serves to provide a centrifugal force to foreign matters contained in the air by the air rotating to the fan 5.

The chamber forming portion 41 is formed in a hollow cylindrical shape. One end of the chamber forming part 41 may be fixed to the bottom surface 23 of the mounting body, and the other end of the chamber forming part 41 may include: a chamber body 411 separated from contact with the lower cover 18; and a separation chamber wall 417 for separating the second separation chamber 41b formed in the separation chamber body into the separation space 418 and the storage space 419.

The separation chamber body 411 includes a plurality of through holes 413 that communicate the first separation chamber 41a and the separation space 418 with each other. Accordingly, the air flowing into the first separation chamber 41a through the air inlet 11 may be supplied to the separation space 418 through the through hole 413.

An outlet 415 is defined in a bottom surface of the separation chamber body 411 that contacts the lower cover 18. Accordingly, when the lower cover 18 opens the housing outlet 17, the foreign substances stored in the storage space 419 may be discharged to the outside of the housing 1 through the outlet 415.

As shown in fig. 4, each cyclone forming part 42 may have one end fixed to the bottom surface 23 of the mounting body and the other end including the flow path body 421 penetrating the separation chamber wall 417 and communicating with the storage space 419, each discharge pipe 424 has one end connected to the mounting space 211 and the other end located inside the flow path body 421, each inlet 423 is defined as penetrating the circumferential surface of the flow path body 421, and each airflow forming part 425 forms a spiral flow path between the outer circumferential surface of the discharge pipe 424 and the inner circumferential surface of the flow path body. Each discharge tube 424 may be provided as a tube fixed to each communication hole 25. Each flow path body 421 may be provided as a tube fixed to the bottom surface 23 of the mounting body to surround each communication hole.

In one example, each foreign matter outlet 422 is defined at a free end (a bottom surface of the flow path body) of each flow path body 421 located in the storage space 419. Accordingly, each flow path body 421 communicates with the storage space 419 through each foreign matter outlet 422. Each flow path body 421 may be provided to decrease in diameter toward a free end thereof. This is to strongly maintain the strength of the airflow formed therein. Each inlet 423 is located at a higher position than each airflow forming part 425. Therefore, when the fan 5 is operated, the air flowing into the flow path body 421 through the inlet 423 flows toward the discharge duct 424 via the airflow forming part 425. In this process, the air flows (e.g., a cyclonic flow) while rotating inside the flow path body 421.

When the swirling flow is generated in the flow path body 421, foreign substances contained in the air flow toward the edge of the flow path (circumferential surface of the flow path body) due to centrifugal force, and are then discharged to the storage space 419 by gravity.

As shown in fig. 2, the fan 5 is provided in the second space S2 of the case to flow the air flowing into the communication hole 25 to the air discharge hole 153. The fan 5 may include: a housing 51 disposed in the wall through hole S3; an impeller 57 rotatably disposed inside the housing; and a motor 54 fixed to the housing to rotate the impeller 57. The housing 51 may be provided in the shape of a hollow cylinder. Further, a case intake hole 511 and a case exhaust hole 513 are defined in the case 51. The case intake holes 511 may be defined to guide air flowing through the communication holes 25 of the mounting portion into the case 51, and the case discharge holes 513 may be defined to discharge air in the case 51 to the second space S2.

When the mounting body 21 is disposed in the wall through hole S3, the housing 51 may be fixed to the second space S2 (the inside of the mounting body, the wall, or the second space) such that the housing intake holes 511 are defined inside the mounting space 211. The motor 54 may be fixed to a support 515 fixed inside the housing 51. In this case, the case exhaust hole 513 may be defined as a support through hole passing through the support 515.

The impeller 57 is disposed between the case intake hole 511 and the case exhaust hole 513, and the rotation shaft 541 of the motor penetrates the support 515 and is connected to the impeller 57.

The motor 54 may be arranged to receive power from a power source provided in the room, or may be arranged to receive power from a battery 65 which is detachable from the housing 1. When the handle 6 is provided to include a handle body 61 protruding in a direction away from the air inlet on the back surface (the surface opposite to the surface on which the air inlet is located) of the housing 1, the handle body 61 may include a battery case 63 in which the battery 65 is detachably accommodated.

In one example, a second filter 8 is provided in the mounting body 21 for filtering foreign matter not removed by the separating member 4. As shown in fig. 6, the second filter 8 may include a second filter frame 81 detachably fixed to the mounting body 21, and a second filter body 83 fixed to the second filter frame 81 and inserted into the mounting space 211.

The first and

second filters

7 and 8 may be arranged to filter the same size of foreign matter, or may be arranged to filter different sizes of foreign matter. When the first filter 7 and the second filter 8 are arranged to filter foreign substances of different sizes, it is preferable that the second filter 8 is provided to filter a size of the foreign substances smaller than that of the foreign substances filtered by the first filter 7. This is to reduce the amount of fine dust discharged to the indoor space as much as possible.

As shown in fig. 2, the display 3 may include a display panel 37 exposed to the outside of the case 1 through the cover through hole 155, a display case 31 to which the display panel 37 is fixed, and a case fastening portion (or a case fastening extension) 35 for fixing the display case 31 to the wall 19 or the inside of the second chamber S2 (the inner circumferential surface of the case, etc.).

The display panel 37 is used to display information associated with the operation of the cleaning apparatus 100, and an LCD panel may be an example of the display panel 37. The information associated with the operation of the cleaning device may include, for example, a control command selectable by a user, information on whether the

filters

7 and 8 need to be cleaned, information on whether the motor 54 provided in the fan is abnormal, information on whether the battery needs to be charged, and the like.

Whether the

filters

7 and 8 need to be cleaned and whether the motor 54 is abnormal may be determined using a pressure sensor for sensing the internal pressure of the second chamber. That is, by comparing the internal pressure of the second chamber transmitted by the pressure sensor with a preset reference value by the controller after power is supplied to the motor 54, it is possible to determine whether the

filters

7 and 8 need to be cleaned and whether the motor 54 is abnormal. The controller may be configured to determine that the motor is damaged when the internal pressure of the second chamber is equal to or less than a preset first reference value, determine that the filter needs to be cleaned when the internal pressure of the second chamber is greater than the first reference value and less than a second reference value, and determine that the filter and the motor are in a normal state when the internal pressure of the second chamber is equal to or greater than the second reference value. In one example, the display panel 37 may be provided as a touch panel capable of displaying not only information but also control commands.

Since the display panel 37 is exposed to the outside of the case through the cover through hole 155, the display panel 37 may have the same shape as the cover through hole 155.

The display housing 31 is fixed to the second chamber S2 by the housing fastening part 35 to provide a space in which the display panel 37 is installed. The display housing 31 may be formed in a cylindrical shape inserted into the filter body through hole 711 and the cover through hole 155.

The bottom surface of the display housing 31 may be positioned above the housing exhaust hole 513. In this case, a support body communication hole for allowing at least a portion of the air discharged from the case discharge hole 513 to flow into the support body 313 is defined in the bottom surface of the display case 31. Further, a filter communication hole 33 for guiding the air flowing into the support body communication hole to the first filter body 71 is defined in a circumferential surface of the support body 313.

The display housing 31 may include panel mounting portions (or panel mounting areas) 317 respectively defined in faces facing the cover through-holes 151 of the space provided by the support body 313 to provide a space in which the display panel 317 is mounted. The panel mounting portion 317 may be defined as a groove in which one face (a face exposed to the outside of the case through the cover through hole) of the support body 313 is concavely bent, or as a through hole penetrating the support body 313 to be connected to the support body communication hole.

The cleaning device 100 may further include a display cover 319 fixed to the support body 313 and positioned above the display panel 37 for protecting the display panel 37. The display cover 319 is preferably made of a transparent material.

The housing fastening portion 35 is a member for detachably fixing the support body 313 to the wall 19 or the inner circumferential surface of the second space S2, and fig. 2 shows a case where the housing fastening portion 35 fixes the support body 313 to the wall 19. The case fastening part 35 may include a boss 351 provided on the wall 19, a flange 353 provided on the support body 313, and a bolt for fixing the flange to the boss. The operation procedure of the cleaning apparatus 100 having the above-described structure is as follows. As shown in fig. 7, when power is supplied to the motor 54 and the impeller 57 is rotated, air flows into the first separation chamber 41a through the intake pipe 111 and the intake hole 113. The intake duct 111 includes a case guide 115 for allowing air discharged from the intake hole 113 to flow into a circumferential surface of the first separation chamber 41a in a tangential direction. Therefore, the air flowing into the first separation chamber 41a will rotate along the circumferential surface of the first separation chamber 41 a.

When the air rotates inside the first separation chamber 41a, foreign substances in the air will flow toward the circumferential surface of the first separation chamber 41a by centrifugal force, and then toward the lower cover 18 provided on the bottom surface of the housing by gravity, and the air will flow toward the second separation chamber 41b through the through-holes 413.

The air flowing to the second separation chamber 41b will flow to the flow path body 421 through the inlet 423, and the air flowing into the flow path body 421 will flow cyclonically while passing through the airflow-forming part 425. When the swirling flow is generated in the flow path body 421, foreign substances contained in the air flow toward the circumferential surface of the flow path body 421 by a centrifugal force and are then discharged to the storage space 419 by gravity. Further, the air is discharged out of the case 1 through the discharge pipe 424, the communication hole 25, the case intake hole 511, the case discharge hole 513, the filter communication hole 33, the body second through hole 733, and the discharge hole 153.

As described above, the discharge flow path is formed in the cleaning device 100 by the discharge pipe 424, the communication hole 25, the case intake hole 511, the case discharge hole 513, the filter communication hole 33, the body second through hole 733, and the discharge hole 153. Since the discharge flow path is in a state of minimizing the bending, the cleaning apparatus 100 can reduce the flow path resistance of the air flowing via the fan 5 as much as possible.

When the lower cover 18 opens the housing outlet 17, the foreign substances stored in the storage space 419 and the first separation chamber 41a are discharged to the outside of the housing 1. The first filter 7 can be detached from the housing 1 by opening the housing cover 152, and the second filter 8 can be detached from the housing 1 by withdrawing the separating member 4 from the housing 1. Figure 8 shows a different embodiment of the cleaning device. The structure of the cleaning apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment may be the same as that of the cleaning apparatus of fig. 1 to 7 except for the fan 5 and the display 3.

The fan 5 in the present embodiment may include a case 51 in which case intake holes 511 and case exhaust holes 513 are defined, an impeller 57 rotatably disposed inside the case and between the case intake holes 511 and the case exhaust holes 513, a motor 54 for rotating the impeller, and a case cover 59 disposed to form a rear surface of the case. Since the housing 51, the impeller 57, and the motor 54 have been described in the embodiment of fig. 1 to 7, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted. The case cover 59 may be fixed to the case 51 or may be fixed to the wall 19, and may be fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the case 1 to be located in the second space S2. The case cover 59 is provided to form a back surface of the fan 5.

The housing 51 and the housing cover 59 may be coupled to each other to form one chamber. That is, the housing 51 may be provided as a cylinder having an open top surface, and the housing cover 59 may be provided as a cylinder having an open bottom surface.

The housing cover 59 may be fixed to the housing 51, the wall 19, or the inner circumferential surface of the housing by a cover support 591. FIG. 8 illustrates an example in which a cover support 591 is provided to secure the housing cover 59 to the wall 19. In this case, the cover support 591 may be provided as a boss 595 provided on the wall 19, a flange 597 provided on the housing cover 59, and bolts for interconnecting the boss and the

flanges

595 and 597. The case cover 59 may include a filter first communication hole 593 defined therein so that air discharged through the case discharge hole 513 may be discharged to the outside of the case cover 59.

In one example, the display 3 in the present embodiment includes the display housing 31 inserted into the filter body through hole 711 and the cover through hole 155 and positioned above the housing cover 59, and the housing fastening portion 35 for fixing the display housing 31 to the second space S2. The display housing 31 may include a support body 313 in the form of a hollow cylinder. The display panel 37 provided on the display is fixed to the support body 313. The case fastening part 35 may include a flange 353 protruding from a circumferential surface of the support body 313 and bolts for fixing the flange 353 to an inner circumferential surface of the case 1.

A filter second communication hole 355 for guiding the air discharged from the filter first communication hole 593 of the housing cover to the filter body 71 should be defined in the display housing 31. The filter second communication hole 355 may be defined as a hole passing through the flanges 353, or may be defined as a space defined between the plurality of flanges 353 (see fig. 1). The support body 313 is preferably configured not to be supported on the top surface of the housing cover 59. This is to reduce transmission of vibration generated during operation of the fan 5 to the display panel 37 as much as possible.

The present application may be embodied in various forms, and thus, the scope of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments.

Claims

1. A cleaning device, comprising:

a hollow housing;

a housing wall provided in the housing to divide an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space;

a wall through hole provided in the housing wall;

an air inlet port through which the first space communicates with an outside of the housing;

a discharge portion provided in a housing through-hole provided in the housing such that the second space communicates with an outside of the housing through-hole, the discharge portion including:

a housing cover configured to be received in the housing through hole;

a cover through hole provided in the housing cover; and

an exhaust hole provided in the case cover, the second space communicating with the outside of the case through the exhaust hole;

a fan, comprising:

a housing configured to be coupled to at least one of the housing wall or a surface facing the second space such that the housing is positioned in the wall through-hole;

a housing intake hole provided in the housing, the first space communicating with an inside of the housing through the housing intake hole;

a housing vent hole provided in the housing; and

an impeller to generate an air flow flowing into the interior of the case through the case intake hole and flowing out of the interior of the case through the case exhaust hole;

a separating member provided in the first space to form a flow path for air from the air inlet to the housing air inlet hole, wherein the separating member separates a substance from an air flow using a centrifugal force; and

a display, comprising:

a display panel;

a display housing coupled to the display panel; and

at least one housing securing extension configured to couple the display housing to at least one of the housing wall or a circumferential inner surface of the housing such that the display panel is positioned to be exposed to an exterior of the housing through the cover through hole.

2. The cleaning apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein the cover through-hole is defined at a center of the housing cover.

3. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover through hole is defined in a space defined between a center of the housing cover and an edge of the housing cover, and has an annular shape or an arc shape.

4. The cleaning device of claim 1, further comprising:

a filter, comprising:

a filter body positioned under the housing cover to filter air flowing to the air discharge hole; and

a filter body through hole provided in the filter body and positioned to correspond to the cover through hole.

5. The cleaning device of claim 4, wherein the display housing comprises:

a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the case vent hole and coupled to the second space by the case fastening extension;

a support body communication hole provided in a bottom surface of the support body such that at least a portion of the air discharged from the case discharge hole flows into the support body through the support body communication hole; and

a filter communication hole provided in the support body to guide air flowing into the support body communication hole toward the filter body.

6. The cleaning device of claim 5, wherein the display housing further comprises:

a panel mounting region defined in a face of the support body facing the cover through-hole and configured to provide a space in which the display panel is mounted.

7. The cleaning device according to claim 6, wherein the panel mounting region includes at least one of a groove defined by concavely bending a face of the support body or a through hole in the support body connected to the support body communication hole.

8. The cleaning device of claim 6, further comprising:

a display cover coupled to the support body, positioned above the display panel, and made of a transparent material.

9. The cleaning apparatus as recited in claim 5, wherein the housing securing extension can detachably secure the support body to the housing wall.

10. The cleaning device of claim 4, further comprising:

a case cover disposed in the second space to be positioned between the display panel and the case exhaust hole and forming a rear surface of the case; and

a filter first communication hole provided in the case cover to discharge air from the case exhaust hole to an outside of the case cover.

11. The cleaning device of claim 10, wherein the display housing comprises:

a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the housing cover and coupled to the second space by the housing fastening extension; and

a filter second communication hole provided in the display housing and positioned to guide the air discharged from the filter first communication hole to the filter body.

12. The cleaning apparatus defined in claim 11, wherein the housing cover is secured to the housing wall, and

wherein the support body is fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the housing.

13. The cleaning device of claim 4, further comprising:

a mounting body disposed in the wall through hole and having a mounting space defined therein;

a mounting body through hole defined in the mounting body and positioned to communicate with the housing intake hole;

a communication hole provided in the mounting body and positioned to allow air to flow between the separator and the mounting space; and

a second filter provided in the installation space to filter air flowing from the communication hole to the housing intake hole.

14. A cleaning device, comprising:

a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end;

a wall disposed in the housing, open to the interior space of the housing, entering a first space disposed between the wall and a first end and a second space disposed between the wall and a second end, the wall including a wall through hole;

an air inlet through which air is introduced into the first space;

a housing cover configured to be received at the second end of the housing, the housing cover including a cover through-hole and an exhaust hole through which air from the second space flows out of the housing;

one or more cyclones provided in the first space to receive air from the air inlet and output filtered air;

a fan, comprising:

a housing positioned in the wall through hole;

a housing inlet aperture disposed in the housing through which filtered air from the one or more cyclones is received in an interior of the housing;

a housing vent hole provided in the housing; and

an impeller provided in the housing to generate an air flow flowing from the housing air intake hole to the housing air discharge hole; and

a display, comprising:

a display panel; and

a display housing coupled to the display panel and configured to position the display panel to be visible through the cover through-hole.

15. The cleaning device of claim 14, wherein the contaminants filtered by the one or more cyclones are received in a storage space that is opened and closed by a cover disposed at the first end of the housing.

16. The cleaning apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cover through-hole is defined at a center of the housing cover or in a space between the center of the housing cover and an edge of the housing cover to have an annular shape or an arc shape.

17. The cleaning device of claim 14, further comprising:

a filter, comprising:

18. The cleaning device of claim 17, wherein the display housing comprises:

a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through hole and the cover through hole such that the support body is positioned above the case discharge hole; and

19. The cleaning device of claim 18, wherein the display housing further comprises:

20. The cleaning device of claim 19, wherein the panel mounting area includes at least one of a groove defined by concavely bending a face of the support body or a through hole in the support body connected to the support body communication hole.