CN211749284U

CN211749284U - Dust cup assembly, dust collector with same and cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN211749284U
Application number: CN202020230188.XU
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: 2020-10-27
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-28

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dirt cup subassembly and have its dust catcher and clean system, dirt cup subassembly includes that dirt cup and at least part are acceptd dirt gas separable set in the dirt cup, the dirt cup includes the cup body, locates the inlet opening of cup body and relative the bowl cover that the cup body is movable to be set up to the air current flow direction definition low reaches of normal during operation, inlet opening reaches the bowl cover is all located dirt gas separable set's upper reaches, wherein, the dirt cup is equipped with and is located the second opening in dirt gas separable set's the upper reaches with the cap that the second opening corresponds.

Description

Dust cup assembly, dust collector with same and cleaning system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a domestic clean field especially relates to a dirt cup subassembly of dust catcher and clean system thereof.

Background

The hand-held or upright cleaners currently on the market generally require the user to disassemble/open the dirt cup assembly after each cleaning operation to dump the dirt in the dirt cup after cleaning. Go to empty the dust through user oneself, not only can make user's operation become loaded down with trivial details, inevitably can produce moreover and raise grey phenomenon and make the dirt glue user on one's body, greatly reduced user's use experience. Therefore, there is a need to provide a new dirt removing solution for vacuum cleaner to solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a new dirt cup subassembly to above-mentioned problem to a better scrubbing solution of dust catcher is provided.

The utility model aims at realizing through the following technical scheme:

a dust cup assembly comprises a dust cup and a dust-air separation assembly at least partially contained in the dust cup, wherein the dust cup comprises a cup body, an air inlet opening and a cup cover, the air inlet opening is formed in the cup body, the cup cover is movably arranged relative to the cup body, the upstream and the downstream are defined according to the airflow direction in normal operation, the air inlet opening and the cup cover are arranged on the upstream of the dust-air separation assembly, and the dust cup is provided with a second opening and a cover portion, the second opening is located on the upstream of the dust-air separation assembly, and the cover portion corresponds to the second opening.

Furthermore, the second opening is arranged on the cup body, and the cover part is arranged on the second opening from the outer side cover of the dust cup.

Further, the dirt cup includes an up-down direction, the dirt-gas separation assembly is fittable into the dirt cup in a downward direction, the air inlet opening is opposite to an upper side of the dirt-gas separation assembly, and the second opening is opposite to a lower side of the dirt-gas separation assembly.

Furthermore, the dust and gas separation assembly comprises a first cyclone guide structure which is arranged on the outer side of the dust and gas separation assembly and matched with the cup body of the dust cup, the air inlet opening is over against the first cyclone guide structure, the dust cup is projected in the vertical direction, the orthographic projection of the dust cup assembly circumferentially comprises a cyclone guide section and an unguided section, and the second opening is arranged on the projection path of the unguided section.

Further, the dust-air separation assembly comprises a first cyclone guide structure which is arranged on the outer side of the dust-air separation assembly and matched with the cup body of the dust cup, and the air inlet opening is opposite to the first cyclone guide structure; the cup body including locate the cup body downside and with bowl cover complex second whirlwind guide structure, the second opening just right the second whirlwind guide structure, first whirlwind guide structure with the direction of guidance of second whirlwind guide structure is unanimous.

Furthermore, the second opening is arranged on the cup cover, and the cover part is arranged on the second opening from the outer side cover of the cup cover.

Furthermore, a first dust collecting area and a second dust collecting area which are mutually separated are formed between the dust cup and the dust-gas separation component, and the second opening is communicated with the first dust collecting area and the second dust collecting area.

Furthermore, the dust cup and the outer wall of the dust-gas separation component form the first dust collection area, the inner wall of the dust-gas separation component and the cup cover form the second dust collection area, and the opening area of the second opening relative to the first dust collection area is larger than the opening area of the second opening relative to the second dust collection area.

In order to solve the above problem, the utility model also provides a dust collector, the dust collector includes above-mentioned dirt cup subassembly, locates the dust inlet channel in dirt cup subassembly upper reaches and locating the negative pressure component in the low reaches of dirt cup subassembly, the air inlet opening of dirt cup subassembly with the dust inlet channel intercommunication.

In order to solve the problem, the utility model also provides a cleaning system, cleaning system includes as above the dust catcher and can accomodate the base of dust catcher, the base includes the dust and retrieves the subassembly, the dust is retrieved the subassembly and is included the suction inlet, under the operating condition that the dust was retrieved, the suction inlet with the second opening intercommunication, the dust is retrieved the subassembly and is passed through.

The beneficial effects of the utility model are that, through the second opening outside configuration and normal bowl cover on the dirt cup to provide the possibility of a new blowdown for the dust catcher through the second opening, through the base that matches with it, can realize the automatically cleaning to dirt cup subassembly, avoid needing to clean repeatedly to dirt cup, convenience of customers uses for a long time, and through setting up various relevant structures, strengthen the clean effect of dirt cup under the automatically cleaning mode.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a general schematic view of an embodiment of a main body portion of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the overall construction of the dirt cup assembly of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the cup body of the dirt cup assembly of FIG. 1 being made transparent;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the overall structure of another embodiment of the main body portion of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a general schematic view of another embodiment of the main body portion of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the overall construction of the dirt cup assembly of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the cup body of the dirt cup assembly of FIG. 5 being made transparent;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the overall structure of another embodiment of the main body portion of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 7.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention is further explained by the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not limiting thereof.

The utility model discloses a solve the inside clean inconvenient problem of dust storage of dust catcher, provide a dust catcher that adopts novel dirt cup subassembly, this dust catcher includes host computer 100 and can dismantle the surface cleaning subassembly (not shown) of butt joint with host computer 100, and this surface cleaning subassembly can be scrubbing brush subassembly, long flat inhaling, flexible flat inhaling or remove mite subassembly etc.. The main unit 100 includes a dust cup assembly, a dust inlet passage (not numbered) disposed upstream of the dust cup assembly, and a negative pressure assembly 10 disposed downstream of the dust cup assembly, with the upstream and downstream being defined by the normal operating airflow direction of the cleaner. In a normal working mode of the dust collector, dirty air enters the dust cup assembly through the dust inlet channel, and after dust and air are separated through the dust cup assembly, clean air is discharged out of the dust collector through the negative pressure assembly 10.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, the dust cup assembly includes a dust cup 12 and a dust-air separating assembly 30 at least partially accommodated in the dust cup 12, and the dust cup 12 includes a cup body 120, an air inlet 122 disposed on the 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 above two cleaning methods from causing secondary pollution or to reduce the frequency of the two cleaning methods as much as possible, referring to fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the dust cup 12 further includes a second opening 124 and a cover 125 corresponding to the second opening 124, and the cover 125 can open the second opening 124 under the action of an external force to provide an additional cleaning passage for the dust collector.

Corresponding to above-mentioned extra clean passageway of dirt cup, the dust catcher can also cooperate with external device to form the automatically cleaning system of storing up dirt in the automatically cleaned dirt cup. The external device can be a storage support with negative pressure and a garbage can with negative pressure of the dust collector, and can also be other air suction devices capable of providing negative pressure. The mode in which the self-cleaning system is utilized is not defined as a self-cleaning mode. In the self-cleaning mode, the cover 125 can open the second opening 124 under the action of external negative pressure to draw the stored dust in the dust cup 12 away from the dust cup 12, and at this time, clean air mainly flows into the dust cup 12 from the air inlet 122, and after the dirt in the dust cup 12 is mixed, the dirt is carried and discharged out of the cleaner through the second opening, so as to achieve the purpose of self-cleaning the dust cup assembly of the cleaner. In other solutions, the clean air may be added to the dirt cup downstream from the dirt-gas separation assembly 30, which may reduce the cleaning effect of the dirt cup at the expense of a certain air flow, but may improve the cleaning effect of the dirt-gas separation assembly.

Preferably, the size of the second opening 124 is not smaller than 1/2, the size of the air inlet opening 122 is not larger than 3/2, and more preferably, the size of the second opening 124 is equal to the size of the air inlet opening 122. In the self-cleaning mode, the size of the second opening 124 and the proximity of the air inlet opening 122 can make the flow rates of the air flows at the two positions similar, so that the air flow can generate more cyclone in the upstream dust cup of the dust-air separating assembly, and the cleaning effect of the dust cup is improved.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in particular, the second opening 124 is disposed on the cup body 120, and the cover 125 is disposed on the second opening 124 from the outer side of the dust cup 12. In the normal mode of operation, the cover 125 will abut against the second opening 124 under the negative pressure inside the dirt cup 12. Preferably, a sealing gasket 126 is provided between the cover 125 and the second opening 124 to enhance the sealing between the cover 125 and the second opening 124 during normal operation.

The dirt cup assembly 30 is mountable into the dirt cup 12 in a downward direction with the top and bottom of the dirt cup assembly defining an up-down orientation, the air inlet opening 122 being located on an upper side of the dirt cup 12 opposite the upper side of the dirt cup assembly 30, and the second opening 124 being located on a lower side of the dirt cup 12 opposite the bottom of the dirt cup 12. To facilitate dust deposition during normal operation and dust cleaning during self-cleaning, respectively. It should be noted that, especially the position relationship of the upper air inlet and the lower air outlet can 'wash' the whole upstream surface of the dust-air separating assembly by means of the air flow, so that the self-cleaning effect of the dust cup is better.

Specifically, the dust-air separating assembly 30 includes a first cyclone guiding structure 123 disposed outside the dust-air separating assembly 30 and engaged with the cup body 120 of the dust cup 12, and the air inlet opening 122 faces the first cyclone guiding structure 123, so as to guide the airflow flowing in through the air inlet opening 122 to rotate centrifugally in the dust cup 12 in the normal operation mode of the vacuum cleaner, thereby enhancing the dust-air separating effect. The dust cup assembly comprises a cyclone guiding section and an unguided section, and the second opening is arranged on a projection path of the unguided section. So that in the self-cleaning mode of the cleaner, the airflow is more easily directed to rotate after entering the dirt cup to "scrub" the upstream face of the dirt-air separation assembly.

Referring to fig. 4, in another embodiment of the present invention, the cup body 120 includes a second cyclone guiding structure 128 disposed at a lower side of the cup body 120 and engaged with the cup cover 121, the second opening 124 faces the second cyclone guiding structure 128, and the first cyclone guiding structure 123 and the second cyclone guiding structure 128 have the same guiding direction, so that in a normal operation mode of the vacuum cleaner, on one hand, dust can be compressed by the second cyclone guiding structure 128 to increase a dust storage capacity of the dust cup; on the other hand, in the self-cleaning mode of the cleaner, the airflow can be more easily directed to rotate within the dirt cup by the cyclonic guide structure 128, enhancing cleaning of the dirt cup or the upstream face of the dirt-air separation assembly.

The present invention can also be realized by another embodiment, please refer to fig. 5 to 8 in combination, the main unit 100 of the vacuum cleaner includes a dust cup assembly, a dust inlet channel (not numbered) disposed at the upstream of the dust cup assembly, and a negative pressure assembly 10 disposed at the downstream of the dust cup assembly. The dirt cup assembly includes a dirt cup 82 and a dirt-air separating assembly 30 at least partially received in the dirt cup 82, the dirt cup 82 includes a cup body 820, an air inlet 122 disposed in the cup body 820, and a cup cover 821 movably disposed relative to the cup body 820. The user can open the lid 821 to clean the dirt in the dirt 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.

Unlike the first embodiment, the second opening 824 of the dirt cup assembly is disposed on the cup cover 821, a cover portion 826 is disposed corresponding to the second opening 824, and the cover portion 826 is disposed on the second opening 824 from the outer side of the cup cover. Correspondingly, in other alternative embodiments, the second opening is disposed in the bottom wall of the dirt cup. Likewise, in the self-cleaning mode, the dust cup can be cleaned of the stored dust through the second opening 824.

As in the first embodiment, the second opening 824 and the cover 826 may also be provided with a sealing gasket 826 to enhance the sealing between the two; the size and position relationship between the second opening 824 and the air inlet opening 122 may also be consistent with the first embodiment to enhance the cleaning effect of the dust cup; also in this embodiment, the second cyclone guiding structure 828 of the first embodiment can be used to enhance the cyclone effect of the airflow in the dirt cup, and thus enhance the cleaning effect of the dirt cup.

In contrast, in some specific embodiments, the dust-gas separating assembly 30 may further include a primary separating unit and a secondary separating unit (not shown), the primary separating unit and the secondary separating unit of the dust-gas separating assembly 30 form a first dust collecting area and a second dust collecting area (not shown) separated from each other with the dust cup, respectively, and preferably, the second opening (not shown) may communicate with the first dust collecting area and the second dust collecting area, respectively. In the self-cleaning mode of the dust collector, the external device can effectively clean the dust in the first dust collecting area and the second dust collecting area. Further, in order to obtain a better cleaning effect, the opening area of the second opening with respect to the first dust collecting area is larger than the opening area of the second opening with respect to the second dust collecting area.

In addition to the above two embodiments, the present invention further provides a vacuum cleaner, which adopts the above dust cup assembly, and in detail, the vacuum cleaner includes a surface cleaning assembly, a dust inlet channel arranged on the downstream of the surface cleaning assembly and a negative pressure assembly arranged on the downstream of the dust cup assembly, the air inlet opening 122 of the dust cup assembly is communicated with the dust inlet channel, and the downstream of the dust-air separation assembly of the dust cup assembly is communicated with the negative pressure assembly to form a complete air flow path.

Additionally, the utility model provides a clean system, clean system includes as above the dust catcher and can with the external device of above-mentioned dust catcher butt joint, this external device is preferred to be accomodate the base of dust catcher, the base includes the dust recovery subassembly, the dust recovery subassembly includes the suction inlet, under the automatically cleaning mode, under the operating condition that the dust was retrieved promptly, the suction inlet with the second opening intercommunication to discharge dirty (the storage dirt) in the dirt cup.

The above embodiments have been merely illustrative of the basic principles and features of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments, and does not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A dust cup assembly comprises a dust cup and a dust-air separation assembly at least partially accommodated in the dust cup, the dust cup comprises a cup body, an air inlet opening and a cup cover, the air inlet opening is formed in the cup body, the cup cover is movably arranged relative to the cup body, the upstream and the downstream are defined according to the airflow direction in normal operation, the air inlet opening and the cup cover are both arranged on the upstream of the dust-air separation assembly, and the dust cup is characterized in that the dust cup is provided with a second opening and a cover portion, the second opening is located on the upstream of the dust-air separation assembly, and the cover portion corresponds to the second opening.

2. The dirt cup assembly of claim 1, wherein said second opening is defined in said cup body, and said cover portion is positioned over said second opening from an outer side of said dirt cup; the size of the second opening is not less than 1/2, and the size of the second opening is not greater than 3/2.

3. The dirt cup assembly of claim 2, wherein the dirt cup assembly is mountable in a downward direction into the dirt cup with the inlet opening opposite the upper side of the dirt cup assembly and the second opening on the lower side of the dirt cup opposite the bottom of the dirt cup, with the top-to-bottom direction of the dirt cup defining an up-to-down direction.

4. The dirt cup assembly of claim 3, wherein the dirt and air separation assembly includes a first cyclone guide structure disposed outside the dirt and air separation assembly and engaged with a body of the dirt cup, the air inlet opening faces the first cyclone guide structure to form an orthographic projection of the dirt cup in a vertical projection thereof, the orthographic projection of the dirt cup assembly includes a cyclone guide section and an unguided section in a circumferential direction of the orthographic projection of the dirt cup assembly, and the second opening is disposed in a projection path of the unguided section.

5. The dirt cup assembly of claim 3, wherein the dirt gas separation assembly includes a first cyclone guide structure disposed outside the dirt gas separation assembly and engaged with the cup body of the dirt cup, the air inlet opening facing the first cyclone guide structure; the cup body including locate the cup body downside and with bowl cover complex second whirlwind guide structure, the second opening just right the second whirlwind guide structure, first whirlwind guide structure with the direction of guidance of second whirlwind guide structure is unanimous.

6. The dirt cup assembly of claim 1, wherein the second opening is defined in the cup cover, and the lid portion covers the second opening from an outer side of the cup cover; the size of the second opening is not less than 1/2, and the size of the second opening is not greater than 3/2.

7. The dirt cup assembly of claim 6, wherein the dirt cup and the dirt-gas separation assembly define first and second spaced-apart dirt collection areas therebetween, and the second opening communicates the first and second dirt collection areas.

8. The dirt cup assembly of claim 7, wherein the dirt cup and an outer wall of the dirt-gas separation assembly form the first dirt collection area, wherein an inner wall of the dirt-gas separation assembly and the lid form the second dirt collection area, and wherein an open area of the second opening relative to the first dirt collection area is greater than an open area of the second opening relative to the second dirt collection area.

9. A vacuum cleaner, comprising a dirt cup assembly as described in any of claims 1-8, a dust inlet channel disposed upstream of the dirt cup assembly, and a suction assembly disposed downstream of the dirt cup assembly, wherein the air inlet opening of the dirt cup assembly is in communication with the dust inlet channel.

10. A cleaning system comprising a vacuum cleaner according to claim 9 and a base for receiving the vacuum cleaner, the base comprising a dust recovery assembly including a suction opening, the suction opening being in communication with the second opening in a dust recovery mode of operation.