CN1777385A

CN1777385A - Dust collection vessel and vacuum cleaner

Info

Publication number: CN1777385A
Application number: CNA2004800087423A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 横山広; 竹本律雄; 田中正俊; 森下笃至; 原田健司; 町田达男; 铃木仁; 小嵨健司; 田中爱; 饭泉聡子
Original assignee: Toshiba TEC Corp
Current assignee: Toshiba Lifestyle Products and Services Corp
Priority date: 2004-04-07
Filing date: 2004-12-28
Publication date: 2006-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2024-12-28
Also published as: KR20060058052A; JPWO2005099545A1; CN2794414Y; KR100788777B1; DE602004029614D1; CN1925777A; EP1733669A4; EP1733669A1; RU2006115703A; CN100502753C; RU2327412C2; EP1733669B1; CN100512740C; WO2005099545A1

Abstract

The present invention provides a dust collector, including a body having a dust-collecting chamber for storing dust, a gripping part provided outside the main body and gripped to carry the body, a compressing mechanism having a compressing member for compressing the dust stored in the dust-collecting chamber, and a lever for operating the compressing member by moving the lever toward the gripping part.

Description

Dust arrester and electric dust collector

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of the connection and separable dust arrester in the electric dust collector main body, and a kind of electric dust collector that comprises this dust arrester.

Background technology

Traditionally, the cyclone vacuum electric dust collector that is widely known by the people as shown in figure 10 (see also Japan Patent JP2001-104223A, the 38th and 45 section, Fig. 2).

This electric dust collector comprises that 1, one in the dirt cup of a upper opening is used for producing at this dirt cup 1 electric blower 2 of negative pressure, or the like.Be provided with suction inlet 3 on the sidewall 1A of dirt cup 1, this suction inlet 3 is communicated with the suction unit 4 that is used to suck dust by suction passage 5.

The suction inlet 3 that is passed suction passage 5 and dirt cup 1 by the dust that sucks unit 4 suctions is introduced into dirt cup 1.In dirt cup 1, produce eddy flow so that dust and air are separated, and have only air to suck electric blower 2 and be discharged to the outside subsequently from the top of the opening of dirt cup 1.

According to this electric dust collector, owing to dust is collected in the dirt cup 1, so do not need the paper bag filter.

But, in such electric dust collector, dust only is to separate by the eddy flow that produces in dirt cup 1 with air, so the dust that is collected in the dirt cup 1 does not almost obtain compression, thereby collect full dust in the dirt cup 1 rapidly, therefore can produce the in fact considerably less problem of dust of collecting in the dirt cup 1.

Therefore, propose a kind of electric dust collector, it has the compression set (please refer to Japanese patent application 2003-097017) that is used to be compressed in the dust of collecting at dust collection position.

But, in this technology, because the bulbous protrusion that is used to operate this compression set is arranged on the bottom of electric dust collector main body, be away from the portion that holds a writing brush or pen-write that is arranged at main body top for the main body that grips this electric dust collector, so when gripping this main body with a hand, must stir bulbous protrusion with an other hand and could operate this compression control device, thereby cause this compression set to be difficult to operation.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of dust arrester that can compress dust simple to operate, and the electric dust collector that can use this dust arrester.

To achieve the above object, dust arrester according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: the main body with the dust storage chamber that is used to store dust; It is outside and be used to hold so that the handle part of this main body of conveyance to be positioned at main body; Comprise and be used to compress the compressing mechanism that is stored in the compression assembly of dust in the dust storage chamber; And control stick, it operates compression assembly by partly moving this control stick to handle.

In one embodiment, this control stick is placed on the position that can operate when the handle part is held, and is provided with along handle part upper face.

This main body comprises: separator, and it is arranged at the dust storage chamber upstream side and is used for dust-separating and air; Dust outlet, it is arranged at the bottom of dust storage chamber; And bottom, it is used to open and close this outlet and discharges dust by compression assembly when opening this bottom.

This main body is arranged in the main body of electric dust collector, and the operating means that can operate the compression assembly in the dust arrester main body is arranged in the main body of electric dust collector.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to electric dust collector profile of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the partial sectional view of the main body of electric dust collector among Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the cutaway view of the part on the main body that dust arrester is installed of electric dust collector.

Fig. 4 is the perspective view of dust arrester.

Fig. 5 is the perspective view that removes the dust arrester of clamshell.

Fig. 6 is the structure perspective view of a link gear.

Fig. 7 is the viewgraph of cross-section of dust arrester.

Fig. 8 is the perspective view of the part of link gear.

Fig. 9 is the key diagram of dust arrester major part in another embodiment.

Figure 10 is the key diagram of traditional electric dust collector structure.

The specific embodiment

The specific embodiment below in conjunction with the electric dust collector with the dust arrester that proposes according to the present invention shown in the subsequent figures is that example describes.

See also shown in Figure 1ly, electric dust collector 10 comprises: a main body 11; One dust collection hose 12, the one end is connected to main body 11, and the other end is connected to operation pipe 13 on hand; One extension 14, it is detachably connected to operation pipe 13; And one suck unit 15, and it is detachably connected to the front end of extension 14.One end of this dust collection hose 12 is detachably connected to the connector 10A that is arranged in the main body 11.

Operation pipe 13 comprises an operation part 13A, and it is provided with a plurality of console switch 13B that are used to operate electric dust collector 10.

Suck unit 15 and comprise a suction chamber (not shown), it is provided with one and is formed at the suction inlet (not shown) of the bottom surface that sucks the unit and sucks dust.

Main body 11 comprises a housing 20; One dust arrester 50, it is removably disposed in the dust arrester accommodating chamber 21 that is provided with in the housing 20; One lid 40, it has one and is connected to the rear portion of housing 20 by hinge, and a front portion that can open and close up and down, as shown in Figure 2.

See also Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5, dust arrester 50 comprises a main body 53, and it has the suction inlet 52 of the front portion (as the left side among Fig. 5) of the main body of being arranged on, and the filter mounting portion 58 that is arranged at back body.Filter mounting portion 58 has a rear aperture 51.Suction inlet 52 is communicated with the suction chamber that sucks unit 15 by connector 10A, dust collection hose 12 and extension 14.Filter mounting portion 58 forms a cylinder shape assembly, and its cross section is a rectangle, and for example, a pleated filter element P is removably disposed in the filter mounting portion 58.

Dust arrester accommodating chamber 21 is formed at the front portion of housing 20, and the upper opening 22 frequent tegmentums 40 of dust arrester accommodating chamber 21 are closed.Electric blower 23 is arranged at the rear portion of housing 20, and the suction inlet 24 of electric blower 23 is communicated with the rear aperture 51 of dust arrester 50 by connecting air duct G.

Housing 20 is provided with a plurality of steam vents 25, and also is provided with a plurality of steam vents 27 on the trailing wheel 26.The air that is sucked by electric blower 23 and discharge by outlet (not shown) by suction inlet 24 discharges from

steam vent

25 and 27.

Main body 53 comprises: a dust-separating appliance 60, and its air separation that contains dust that will suck by suction inlet 52 is air and dust; One dust storage chamber 55, it is arranged under the dust-separating appliance and holds dust-separating appliance 60 isolated dusts; One guiding air duct 56, it is used for dust-separating appliance 60 isolated dusts are imported dust storage chamber 55; And integral type is formed on negative pressure chamber 57 on the dust storage chamber 55 or the like.The bottom of dust storage chamber 55 is provided with an outlet 53D who is used to discharge dust, and is provided with a bottom 59 in this discharge portion, and this outlet can be opened and closed.

Dust-separating appliance 60 has a framework 61 that is provided with plurality of openings 61A, and each opening is provided with a gauze filter F1.A horn-like air duct 62 is formed at the framework inboard that gauze filter F1 is surrounded.This air duct 62 straight line on fore-and-aft direction extends.

Framework 61 has: an open front 61a, and it is directly over against suction inlet 52 and the diameter diameter greater than suction inlet 52; With an after-opening 61b, its diameter generally equals the diameter of suction inlet 52.

Guiding air duct 56 is communicated with the after-opening 61b of framework 62 and the guiding port 55d at the rear portion of the top board 55A that is arranged on dust storage chamber 55.

Negative pressure chamber 57 is communicated with rear aperture 51, and dust-separating appliance 60 is arranged in the negative pressure chamber 57 with guiding air duct 56.Air duct 62 in the dust-separating appliance 60 is communicated with negative pressure chamber 57 by each opening 61A on the framework 61.

Opening 55Ha is arranged on the rear wall 55H of dust storage chamber, and dust storage chamber 55 is communicated with negative pressure chamber 57 by opening 55Ha, and opening 55Ha is provided with filter F 2.

The handle part 54 that has the main body of being arranged on 53 tops on the dust arrester 50.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, handle part 54 comprises that one is fixed on the U font band component of main body 53 offsides.Can grasp handle part 54 and come conveyance main body 53.

Also be provided with by grasping handle part 54 and compress the compressing mechanism of the dust that is held in the dust storage chamber 55.

This compressing mechanism comprises: a control stick 85, and it is arranged on the position that can operate when holding handle part 54; And a compression assembly 100, it is arranged at and makes the dust that compresses in the dust storage chambers 55 by a link gear 70 in the dust storage chamber 55 when this control stick 65 of operation.This control stick 85 comprises that one is the band component of U font substantially, and it partly extends above handle part 54 and along this handle, and bridge joint is arranged at the offside of the main body 53 of dust arrester.

As shown in Figure 6, compression assembly 100 is arranged under the top board 55A of dust storage chamber 55, makes it to move up and down, and along guiding air duct 56 inboard vault guide wall portions that are provided with 101 and compression assembly 100 integral moldings.

And compression assembly 100 is formed with over against the opening 102 of the after-opening 61b of dust-separating appliance 60 with over against the opening 103 of the guiding port 55d of dust storage chamber 55.For the rear edge part of compression assembly 100, with blade 110 in the filter surfaces F2a of filter F 2 upstreams slip.

For example, link gear 70 comprises that one connects the geared system and a linkage that is connected with this geared system of control stick 85.

This linkage has the connecting

rod

104 and 104 that can extend up and down, and it removably is attached to the offside of compression assembly 100.As shown in Figure 7, connecting

rod

104 and 104 inserts hole 55f and the 55f in the opposite end of the top board 55A be arranged on dust storage chamber 55, makes connecting rod to move up and down.

Geared system comprises tooth bar 72 on the leg 86 that is arranged on control stick 85, with the sector gear 73 of tooth bar 72 interlocks, be arranged on the sector gear 75 on the axle 74 of this gear 73, and be arranged on connecting

rod

104 and 104 upper ends as shown in Figure 8 and be used for the

tooth bar assembly

105 and 105 that extends up and down with sector gear 75 interlocks.

Outstanding downwards

axle

87 and 87 is arranged on the leg 86 of

control stick

85 and 86 bottom, and the top of

axle

87 and 87 is formed with

flange

87F and 87F.

As shown in Figure 5, have spring S1 and S1, top interlock flange 87F and the 87F of spring S1 and S1, the upper surface of the top board 55A of the bottom interlock dust storage chamber 55 of spring S1 and S1 on the axle 87 and 87.Control stick 85 is subjected to suppressing of spring S1 and S1 elastic force pressure, and be arranged at the ridge 85A at relative two ends of control stick 85 and the lower surface that 85A is adjacent to

cover box

71 and 71, to such an extent as to and control stick 85 be restricted control stick 85 and can not move in the scope that exceeds predetermined amount.

Each sector gear 73 is rotatably installed on each cover box 71, and the diameter of each sector gear 75 is greater than the diameter of each sector gear 73.

When control stick 85 overcomes the elastic force effect of spring S1 and S1 and when moving down,

gear

73 and 73 rotates counterclockwise (see figure 8),

gear

75 and 75 rotates counterclockwise with

gear

73 and 73 one simultaneously.Gear 75 and 75 rotate counterclockwise and cause

tooth bar

106 and 106 to move down with connecting

rod

104 and 104.

Because the diameter of each gear 75 is greater than the diameter of each gear 73, so the amount that the amount that connecting

rod

104 and 104 moves down moves down greater than control stick 85.

Connecting

rod

104 and 104 move down and cause compression assembly 100 also to move downward.

Like this, when control stick 85 moved down, compression assembly 100 moved down by link gear 70.

As shown in Figure 5, also be provided with a switching mechanism 90 that is used to open and close bottom 59, switching mechanism 90 comprises that one is arranged near the link gear 70 91, one on arm moving up and down according to moving up and down of arm 91 and around coupling assembling 93 of axle 92 rotations or the like.

As shown in Figure 4, arm 91 is supported in the cover box 71 and can moves up and down, and the operation part 91A on arm 91 tops protrudes upward by the hole 71B that cover box 71 is provided with.Operation part 91A forms an operation part that is used to open and close bottom 59.Arm 91 is upwards suppressed by a spring (not shown).

As shown in Figure 5, coupling assembling 93 is coupling in the axle 92 that is arranged on the sidewall 55S.As shown in Figure 5, hook 94 is arranged on the bottom of coupling assembling 93, and hook 94 is snapped at the engaging member (not shown) that is arranged on the bottom 59 so that bottom 59 is not opened.

When the operation part 91A by pressure arm 91 moved down arm 91 so that overcome the elastic force of spring, this coupling assembling 93 clockwise rotated, and the hook 94 of coupling assembling 93 unclamps the bite of bottom 59 so that open bottom 59.

As shown in Figure 4, can open bottom 59 along the direction of arrow P 1 around the rotation of the axis J1 shown in the left side.Like this, when pressing the operation part 91A of pressure arm 91, open bottom 59 by switching mechanism 90.

Simultaneously, protected their cover box 71 (see figure 4) that covers of this link gear 70 and switching mechanism 90.

The main body 11 of electric dust collector is provided with the operating means of the handle part 54 that is provided with on the main body 53 that may operate in dust arrester.For example, this operating means has one and is arranged on the hole 41 of covering 40 li and inserts the button 42 that is arranged in the hole 41.This button 42 is upwards suppressed by a spring (not shown), and is generally used for covering hole 41.

The guide cylinder 43 of Yan Shening is arranged on and covers under 40 the hole 41 up and down, and the axle 44 that is arranged on the lower surface of button 41 can insert among the pilot hole 43A of guide cylinder 43 up or down, so that button 42 can move up and down.

In addition, flange 45 is formed at the lower surface of button 42, and flange 45 is adjacent to control stick 85 (see figure 2)s of after this describing.

When button 42 moved down, this control stick 85 also moved down.

[operation]

Next, the method for operating of the electric dust collector of structure as mentioned above is described.

At first, as shown in Figure 2, be provided with dust arrester 50 in the dust arrester accommodating chamber 21 of the main body 11 of electric dust collector; As shown in Figure 1, dust collection hose 12 is connected to the connector 10A of main body 11, and sucks unit 15 by extension 14 attended operation pipes 13.

When the console switch 13B of the operation part 13A on the operating operation pipe 13, drive electric blower 23.Drive electric blower 23 air is inhaled into from the suction inlet 24 of electric blower 23,, therefore,, in the negative pressure chamber 57 of dust arrester 50, produce negative pressure by pleated filter element P by connecting the rear aperture 51 that air duct G acts on dust arrester 50.

Negative pressure is by filter F 2, the inside of dust storage chamber 55 and the web filter F1 in the dust-separating appliance 60 of dust storage chamber 55, act in the air duct 62 of dust-separating appliance 60, negative pressure is by the suction inlet 52 of dust arrester 50 then, act on dust collection hose 12, extension 14 and suck unit 15 generation negative pressure, make to suck air and dust by sucking unit 15.

By extension 14 and dust collection hose 12, inhaled air and dust are introduced in the suction inlet 52 of dust arrester 50.Suck the dust of suction inlet 52 and the air duct 62 that air is inhaled into dust-separating appliance 60.

Be drawn into the portion of air of air duct 62, be inhaled into by the gauze filter F1 in the dust-separating appliance 60 in the negative pressure chamber 57 of dust arrester 50, further, the pleated filter element P of the rear aperture 51 by dust storage chamber 50 be connected air duct G, enter into the suction inlet 24 of electric blower 23.

On the other hand, because the quality of dust much larger than the quality of air, so the dust in the air duct 62 of suction dust-separating appliance 60, is compressed guide wall portion 101 guiding of assembly 100 directly by air duct 62, and is introduced in the dust storage chamber 55.That is to say that come to isolate dust by dust-separating appliance 60 from air, isolated dust is collected in the dust storage chamber 55.

In addition, the air that directly enters in the air duct 62 passes through guide wall portion 101 guiding of compression assembly 100, and is introduced in the dust storage chamber 55.Air in the introducing dust storage chamber 55 is by the filter F 2 on the rear wall 55H of dust storage chamber 55, be inhaled in the negative pressure chamber 57 of dust arrester 50, further by the pleated filter element P on the rear aperture 51 of dust arrester 50 be connected air duct G, be inhaled in the suction inlet 24 of electric blower 23.

When cleaning finishes, push the console switch 13B that is arranged on the operation part 13A electric blower 23 is stopped.Then, press the button 42 that is located on the main body 11.When button 42 was pressed, control stick 85 overcame the elastic force of spring S1 and S1 and is pressed.

When control stick 85 was pressed, compression assembly 100 was moved down by link gear 70.

When compression assembly 100 was pushed downwards, the blade 110 of compression assembly 100 slipped over the surperficial F2a of filter F 2, removed the dust that sticks on the filter surfaces F2a.In addition, by moving down compression assembly 100, the dust that is stored in the dust storage chamber 55 is compressed.Therefore, can in dust storage chamber 55, store a large amount of dusts.

When button is loosed one's grip, the spring return of control stick 85 by spring S1 and S1 is to initial position, and compression assembly 100 and button 42 return to initial position as shown in Figure 2, are connected with control stick 85.

Next, it is as described below to topple over the example that is stored in the dust in the dust storage chamber 55:

At first, open and cover 40, from main body 11, take out dust arrester 50.When as shown in Figure 4 operation part 91A is depressed, by switching mechanism 90 make bottom 59 along the direction of arrow P 1 around axis J1 rotating opening.

Then, when holding control stick 85 and handle part 54 simultaneously, control stick 85 is pressed downward to handle part 54, by pushing control stick 85 downwards, is forced into the position of enough discharge dusts by link gear 70 these compression assemblies 100.Therefore, the dust in the dust storage chamber 55 is discharged by the end mouth from dust arrester 50, thereby topples over dust easily.

And then, because compression assembly 100 can pull down from connecting

rod

104 and 104, so can be from dust out and analog on the compression assembly 100.

Shown in Figure 9 is a part of the dust arrester 150 among another embodiment.Dispose this dust arrester 150 to rotate position shown in the dotted line in the compression assembly 200 to figure around axle 201 by link gear 70.This filter F 2 is an arc, and when rotating compression assembly 200, blade slips over the surperficial F2a and the dust in the dust storage chamber 55 of filter F 2 and discharges by compression assembly 200.Simultaneously, in Fig. 9, reference symbol 202, its expression be an opening.

Utilizability on the industry

Although above described wherein and will be used for according to dust arrester of the present invention the enforcement of electric dust collector Example, but the structure of described dust arrester can be applicable to any miscellaneous equipment or dress outside the electric dust collector Put.

Claims

1. dust arrester, it comprises:

Main body, it has the dust storage chamber that is used to store dust;

The handle part, it is arranged at, and main body is outside also can be held so that the described main body of conveyance;

Compressing mechanism, it comprises the compression assembly of the dust that is used for compressing described dust storage chamber; And

Control stick is operated described compression assembly by this control stick is partly moved to described handle.

2. dust arrester according to claim 1, wherein said control stick are arranged on the position that can also operate when holding this handle part, and are the upper surface settings along this handle part.

3. dust arrester according to claim 1, wherein said main body comprises:

Be arranged on the separator of described dust storage chamber upstream side, it is used for dust-separating and air;

Be arranged on the dust outlet of described dust storage chamber bottom; And

Be used to open and close the bottom of described outlet, it is set to discharge dust by described compression assembly when opening this bottom.

4. dust arrester according to claim 1, wherein said main body is arranged in the main body of electric dust collector, and operating means that can the compression assembly of operation setting in described dust arrester main body is set on the main body of described electric dust collector.

5. dust arrester according to claim 4, wherein said operating means comprise on the outer surface of the main body that is arranged on described electric dust collector and are positioned at locational button in the face of described control stick.

6. electric dust collector, it comprises dust arrester according to claim 1.