CN214104306U - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a dust collector, which comprises a shell, a dust collecting box and a status indicator lamp. The shell is provided with an air inlet, an air inlet channel, an air exhaust channel and an air outlet; the dust collecting box is arranged on the shell and matched with the shell to form an openable dust collecting cavity, and the dust collecting cavity is respectively communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet through the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel. Also, the dust box includes a sidewall formed of a light transmitting material. The state indicating lamp emits indicating light when meeting the triggering condition, and the indicating light can be transmitted to the side wall of the dust collecting box. The status indicator light can be activated to emit an indicating light when conditions such as a clogged filter screen, a full dust collection chamber, etc. occur. The indicating light is transmitted to the side wall of the dust collection box, and the side wall of the dust collection box is formed by a light-transmitting material, so the indicating light can light the whole dust collection box. Therefore, the indicating effect of the dust collector is better.

Description

Vacuum cleaner

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cleaning supplies technical field, in particular to dust catcher.

Background

A vacuum cleaner is a common cleaning tool, and generally includes a housing, a suction head, a waste material box, a filter, and a motor. The motor can generate negative pressure when working, thereby sucking impurities such as dust, debris and the like into the shell through the suction head and entering the waste material box. The filter screen filters the waste material box, the debris is left in the waste material box, and the tail gas is discharged from the exhaust channel.

When the situations of filter screen blockage, waste material box full filling and the like occur, the dust collector needs to send an indication to remind a user to replace the filter screen or dump impurities. Currently, the common indication mode is through a buzzer or an indicator light. However, the noise of the dust collector is relatively high when the dust collector works, and the noise of the buzzer is easily covered; and weak light emitted by the indicator light is easy to ignore. Therefore, the existing dust collector has poor indicating effect on the working state.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a vacuum cleaner capable of improving the indication effect, in order to solve the problem of poor indication effect of the conventional vacuum cleaner.

A vacuum cleaner, comprising:

the shell is provided with an air inlet, an air inlet channel, an air exhaust channel and an air outlet;

the dust collecting box is arranged on the shell and matched with the shell to form an openable dust collecting cavity, the dust collecting cavity is respectively communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet through the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel, and the dust collecting box comprises a side wall formed by a light-transmitting material; and

and the state indicating lamp emits indicating light when the triggering condition is met, and the indicating light can be transmitted to the side wall of the dust collection box.

In one embodiment, the dust collecting box further comprises light guide soft glue, and the light guide soft glue is clamped between the light emergent surface of the state indicating lamp and the side wall of the dust collecting box.

In one embodiment, the status indicator lights are multiple and respectively emit the indicating light when corresponding trigger conditions are met, and the status indicator lights have indicating light with different colors.

In one embodiment, one of the status indicators emits the indicating light when the filter screen is blocked, and the other status indicator emits the indicating light when the dust box is fully loaded.

In one embodiment, the dust collection box further comprises a driving motor and a trigger switch, and when the dust collection cavity is in an opening state, the trigger switch enables the driving motor to be in a power-off state.

In one embodiment, the air exhaust device further comprises a filter screen and a spiral air guide member, the filter screen and the spiral air guide member are arranged in the air exhaust channel, the spiral air guide member is located on at least one of the air inlet side and the air outlet side of the filter screen, and the air flow flowing through the air exhaust channel forms rotary air flow under the flow guiding effect of the spiral air guide member.

In one embodiment, the spiral wind guide comprises an annular frame and a plurality of blades, each blade extends from the center of the frame to the edge, and the blades are arranged in a radial shape.

In one embodiment, the spiral air guide is arranged on both the air inlet side and the air outlet side of the filter screen.

In one embodiment, the spiral air guide piece positioned on the air inlet side of the filter screen and the spiral air guide piece positioned on the air outlet side are coaxially arranged, and the spiral air guide pieces on the two sides are staggered in the circumferential direction of the frame.

In one embodiment, the spiral wind guide further includes a ventilation ring located in the middle of the frame and disposed coaxially with the frame, and each of the vanes extends from an outer wall of the ventilation ring to an inner wall of the frame.

When the dust collector is started to work, the air flow carrying impurities enters the dust collecting cavity through the air inlet and the air inlet channel, the impurities in the air flow are remained in the dust collecting cavity, and the residual tail gas is discharged from the air outlet through the air exhaust channel. The status indicator light can be activated to emit an indicating light when conditions such as a clogged filter screen, a full dust collection chamber, etc. occur. The indicating light is transmitted to the side wall of the dust collection box, and the side wall of the dust collection box is formed by a light-transmitting material, so the indicating light can light the whole dust collection box. Therefore, the indicating effect of the dust collector is better.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a vacuum cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1;

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

fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the spiral wind guide in the vacuum cleaner shown in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, as those skilled in the art will be able to make similar modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a vacuum cleaner 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a housing 110, a filter 120, a dust collecting box 140, and a status indicator 160.

The housing 110 is generally formed of plastic, resin, or the like, and has a grip (not shown) formed thereon for gripping. The housing 110 is provided with an air inlet 111, an air inlet passage 112, an air outlet passage (not shown) and an air outlet 113. The dust collecting box 140 is disposed on the housing 110 and cooperates with the housing 110 to form an openable dust collecting chamber (not shown), and the dust collecting chamber is respectively communicated with the air inlet 111 and the air outlet 113 through the air inlet channel 112 and the air outlet channel, and is respectively communicated with the air inlet 111 and the air outlet 113 through the air inlet channel 112 and the air outlet channel.

The filter screen 120 is disposed in the exhaust passage. The filter screen 120 can be mounted on the inner wall of the exhaust channel through structures such as buckles, and the mounting and dismounting are convenient. The screen 120 may be a disposable paper screen that is directly replaceable in the event of a blockage or contamination. The screen 120 may also be a plastic screen that may be cleaned in the event of a blockage or contamination. The screen 120 allows gas to pass through, but prevents larger particles from passing through.

Obviously, to perform the dust suction, the vacuum cleaner 100 further includes a driving motor (not shown) for generating the suction force, and the driving motor is received and fixed in the housing 110. When the driving motor is started, negative pressure is formed in the air inlet channel 112, the air flow carrying impurities enters the dust collecting cavity through the air inlet 111 and the air inlet channel 112, the impurities in the air flow are blocked by the filter screen 120 and are left in the dust collecting cavity, and the residual tail gas is discharged from the air outlet 113 through the air exhaust channel.

The dust collecting chamber can be opened, and when the impurities collected in the integration chamber reach the maximum allowable capacity (namely, the dust collecting chamber is fully loaded), the dust collecting chamber can be opened and the impurities collected in the dust collecting chamber can be cleaned. The material of the dust collecting case 140 may be the same as that of the housing 110, or may be a square or circular hollow structure. The dust box 140 may be fixed to the housing 110, or may be detachably connected to the housing 110.

Typically, the dust box 140 is detachably mounted to the housing 110 by a snap fit. When the dust collecting chamber is fully loaded, the dust collecting box 140 can be taken down for impurity cleaning. Meanwhile, after the dust collecting box 140 is removed, the integrated cavity is opened, the exhaust channel and the filter screen 120 are exposed, so that the filter screen 120 can be conveniently removed or cleaned.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the dust box 140 is provided with an openable cover plate 141. The cover plate 141 can be connected with the dust box 140 through a rotating shaft and a hinge. When the impurities in the dust collecting box 140 need to be cleaned, the dust collecting chamber can be opened by opening the cover plate 141 without detaching the dust collecting box 140 from the housing 110, so that the operation is more convenient.

In addition, when avoiding the integrated chamber to open, because of the mistake touches and will drive motor accidental start to bring the potential safety hazard. In this embodiment, the vacuum cleaner 100 further includes a trigger switch 150 electrically connected to the driving motor, and when the dust collecting chamber is in an open state, the trigger switch 150 causes the driving motor to be in a power-off state.

The trigger switch 150 may be disposed between the dust box 140 and the housing 110, or may be disposed on the cover plate 141. When the dust box 140 is fully loaded and needs to be cleaned of foreign substances, the dust box 140 may be detached from the housing 110 or the cover plate 141 may be opened. At this point, the trigger switch 150 will cause the drive motor to be in a de-energized state. Therefore, even if the erroneous touch occurs, the driving motor is not started, thereby improving the safety of the cleaner 100.

Further, the dust box 140 includes a sidewall formed of a light transmitting material. The dust collecting box 140 can be integrally formed by a light-transmitting material, and one or more side walls can be replaced by light-transmitting plates, so that the side walls of the dust collecting box 140 can transmit light. On the one hand, the inside of the dust collecting chamber can be observed in real time through the side wall which can transmit light, so that whether the dust collecting box 140 is fully loaded and whether the filter screen 120 is blocked can be judged and found. On the other hand, the light-transmitting side wall can also guide light.

The status indicator lamp 160 emits an indication light when the trigger condition is satisfied, and the indication light can be transmitted to the sidewall of the dust box 140. The trigger condition refers to a specific operating state of the vacuum cleaner 100, and when the vacuum cleaner 100 is in the specific operating state, the trigger condition is satisfied. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the vacuum cleaner 100 further includes a light guide soft gel (not shown), and the light guide soft gel is clamped between the light emitting surface of the status indicator 160 and the sidewall of the dust collecting box 140. The light guide soft rubber can play a good transition role between the state indicator lamp 160 and the dust collection box 140, so that light emitted by the state indicator lamp 160 can be incident into the side wall of the dust collection box 140 as much as possible, and light scattering is avoided.

The status indicator 160 may be an LED light bulb electrically connected to the circuit board of the vacuum cleaner 100. Upon satisfaction of the trigger condition, the status indicator light 160 is illuminated. Therefore, the status indicator light 160 is used to indicate the operation status of the vacuum cleaner 100, and when the status indicator light 160 is turned on, it indicates that the vacuum cleaner 100 is in a specific status. Such as a clogged filter 120, a fully loaded dust bin 140, etc.

Also, when the status indicator lamp 160 is lighted, the emitted indicating light is transmitted to the sidewall of the dust box 140. Since the sidewall of the dust collecting case 140 is formed of a light-transmitting material, the indicating light can illuminate the dust collecting case 140 as a whole, and the indicating effect of the vacuum cleaner 100 is better.

Further, in the present embodiment, the status indicator lights 160 are multiple, and respectively emit the indicating light when the corresponding triggering condition is met, and the status indicator lights 160 have indicating light with different colors.

When the vacuum cleaner 100 is in different working states due to different conditions, different trigger conditions are met, so that different status indicators 160 are lighted. That is, when the operating state of the cleaner 100 is different, the color of the dust box 140 to be lighted is different. Thus, the user can know the state of the cleaner 100 only by the color of the dust box 140, thereby making the use of the cleaner 100 more convenient.

Further, in the present embodiment, one of the status indicators 160 emits an indication light when the filter 120 is clogged, and the other status indicator 160 emits an indication light when the dust box 140 is fully loaded.

The circuit board of the cleaner 100 may monitor the states of the filter screen 120 and the dust box 140 through sensors, so as to instruct and light the corresponding state indicating lamps 160 when the filter screen 120 is clogged and the dust box 140 is fully loaded. As described above, the status indicator lamps 160 for indicating the status of the filter net 120 and the dust box 140 emit light of different colors. For example, when the bin 140 is fully loaded, the corresponding status indicator 160 may emit a red light; and when the filter screen 120 is clogged, the corresponding status indicator 160 may emit a blue light.

In this embodiment, the vacuum cleaner 100 further includes a spiral wind guiding member 130 disposed in the air discharging channel, the spiral wind guiding member 130 is disposed on at least one of the air inlet side and the air outlet side of the filter screen 120, and the airflow flowing through the air discharging channel forms a rotating airflow under the guiding action of the spiral wind guiding member 130.

The spiral wind guide 130 is provided with a guide structure capable of changing the flow direction of the gas in a predetermined direction. When the air flows through the spiral air guide 130, the direction of the air flow is changed by guiding the air, so that a rotating air flow is formed. When the vacuum cleaner 100 is in operation, the airflow carrying the impurities will flow from the air inlet channel 112 and the dust collecting chamber to the filter screen 120. After being guided by the spiral air guide 130, the air flow passing through the air exhaust channel does not directly blow to the filter screen 120, but rotates.

Therefore, the impurities in the air flow do not collide perpendicularly to the screen 120 but have a lateral velocity, so that the impact of the impurities on the screen 120 is reduced and the impurities are not easily attached to the screen 120. Further, the whirling airflow may also form a disturbance, thereby rolling up the foreign substances that have been adsorbed to the surface of the screen 120, and thus preventing the foreign substances from being accumulated on the surface of the screen 120 all the time. Therefore, although pressure difference exists between two sides of the filter screen 120 when the dust collector 100 works, impurities are still not easy to deposit on the surface of the filter screen 120, so that the filter screen 120 can be effectively prevented from being blocked, and the efficiency of the dust collector 100 is ensured.

In this embodiment, the air intake channel 112 and the air exhaust channel are communicated with the same side of the dust collecting chamber, and are matched with the dust collecting chamber to form a U-shaped cavity structure.

The air intake channel 112 and the air exhaust channel may be strip-shaped channels, which are arranged in parallel and have the same opening direction communicated with the dust collecting chamber. That is, the opening of the air intake passage 112 is not disposed opposite to the opening of the air discharge passage. When the airflow carrying the impurities enters the dust collecting chamber through the air inlet channel 112, it will first hit the bottom of the dust collecting chamber. Then, the reversed air flow flows to the air exhaust channel. That is, the air flow from the air inlet channel 112 does not directly blow to the air exhaust channel, but is buffered before entering the air exhaust channel. Therefore, an impact force when the foreign substances collide against the screen 120 is significantly reduced, so that the foreign substances can be further prevented from adhering to the surface of the screen 120.

The spiral air guide 130 can be located on the air inlet side of the filter screen 120, and can also be located on the air outlet side of the filter screen 120. As shown in fig. 3, in the present embodiment, spiral air guiding elements 130 are disposed on both the air inlet side and the air outlet side of the filter screen 120. The spiral wind guides 130 on both sides of the screen 120 may have the same structure. The air flow passes through the spiral wind-guiding member 130 twice when passing through the filter screen 120, so that the flow direction thereof is twisted twice. In this way, the rotating speed of the formed rotating airflow is faster, so that greater disturbance can be formed on the surface of the filter screen 120, and the effect of rolling up the impurities is more obvious.

The specific structure of the spiral wind guide 130 may be varied as long as the spiral wind guide can pass through the air flow directly blowing to the air exhaust channel to form a rotating air flow.

Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the spiral wind guiding element 130 includes an annular frame 131 and a plurality of blades 132, each blade 132 extends from the center of the frame 131 to the edge, and the plurality of blades 132 are radially arranged.

The outline of the frame 131 matches with the inner outline of the air exhaust channel, and can be in a circular or rectangular ring structure. The frame 131 plays a supporting role, and can be fixed on the exhaust channel in a clamping manner through the buckle. The surface of each blade 132 has a certain slope, so that the gas can be guided and deflected.

The air flow can pass through the helical wind guide 130 from the gap between two adjacent blades 132, the plurality of blades 132 divide the air flow into a plurality of small air flows, and each air flow can form a rotating air flow under the action of the blade 132. Therefore, after the air flow passes through the spiral air guide 130, a plurality of rotating air flow interaction conditions are formed, which are more obvious in disturbance on the surface of the filter screen 120, so that the cleaning effect on impurities deposited on the surface of the filter screen 120 is better, and the probability of blockage of the filter screen 120 is further reduced.

Obviously, in other embodiments, the spiral wind guide 130 may have other structures. For example, in another embodiment, the spiral air guide 130 includes a spiral air guide plate (not shown) disposed on the inner wall of the exhaust duct and spirally extending around the axis of the exhaust duct.

The spiral air guide sheet can enable the air flow flowing through the air exhaust channel to flow along a spiral path, so that the rotating air flow is formed. At this time, the airflow integrally rotates, and multiple rotating airflows are not formed. The spiral wind-guiding plate can extend to both sides of the filter screen 120, or can be distributed on only one side of the filter screen 20.

Further, in this embodiment, the spiral wind guiding member 130 located on the wind inlet side of the filter screen 120 and the spiral wind guiding member 130 located on the wind outlet side are coaxially disposed, and the spiral wind guiding members 130 on both sides are offset in the circumferential direction of the frame 131.

The misalignment means that the spiral wind guide 130 on one side is rotated by a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction of the frame 131 with respect to the spiral wind guide 130 on the other side. Therefore, the blades 132 of the spiral wind guides 130 on both sides are not completely aligned. With such an arrangement, when the air flow passes through the spiral air guide members 130 on both sides, the rotating speed of the formed rotating air flow is larger, so that the disturbing effect is better, and the cleaning effect on the filter screen 120 can be further enhanced.

Further, in this embodiment, the spiral wind guide 130 further includes a ventilation ring 133 located in the middle of the frame 131 and coaxially disposed with the frame 131, and each of the blades 132 extends from the outer wall of the ventilation ring 133 to the inner wall of the frame 131.

The ventilation ring 133 may have a circular ring structure and is made of the same material as the frame 131. When the air flow passes through the spiral air guide 130, a part of the air flow directly passes through the ventilation ring 133 to form a central air flow, and the other part of the air flow passes through the gaps between the vanes 132 to form a peripheral air flow. The flow velocity of the edge flow will be less than the flow velocity of the center flow due to the obstruction of the vanes 132. According to the bernoulli principle, the greater the flow rate, the lower the pressure. Thus, the edge flow will have a tendency to draw closer to the center flow. In this manner, the airflow may be turned more significantly, thereby further enhancing the disturbance of the rotating airflow on the surface of the screen 120.

When the vacuum cleaner 100 is started, the airflow carrying the impurities enters the dust collecting chamber through the air inlet 111 and the air inlet channel 112, the impurities in the airflow remain in the dust collecting chamber, and the residual tail gas is exhausted from the exhaust outlet 113 through the exhaust channel. The status indicator lights 160 may be activated to emit an indicator light when a filter screen 120 is clogged, the dust chamber is full, or the like. The indication light is transmitted to the sidewall of the dust box 140, and since the sidewall of the dust box 140 is formed of a light-transmitting material, the indication light can light the entire dust box 140. Therefore, the indicating effect of the vacuum cleaner 100 is better.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only represent some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is specific and detailed, but not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the present invention, several variations and modifications can be made, which are within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:

the shell is provided with an air inlet, an air inlet channel, an air exhaust channel and an air outlet;

the dust collecting box is arranged on the shell and matched with the shell to form an openable dust collecting cavity, the dust collecting cavity is respectively communicated with the air inlet and the air outlet through the air inlet channel and the air outlet channel, and the dust collecting box comprises a side wall formed by a light-transmitting material; and

and the state indicating lamp emits indicating light when the triggering condition is met, and the indicating light can be transmitted to the side wall of the dust collection box.

2. The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a light guide soft gel, wherein the light guide soft gel is clamped between the light-emitting surface of the status indicator light and the side wall of the dust collecting box.

3. The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the status indicator lights are plural and emit the indication light when corresponding trigger conditions are met, and the status indicator lights have indication lights with different colors.

4. The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the status indicators emits the indication light when the filter is clogged, and the other status indicator emits the indication light when the dust box is fully loaded.

5. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, further comprising a drive motor and a trigger switch, wherein the trigger switch causes the drive motor to be in a de-energized state when the dirt collection chamber is in an open state.

6. The vacuum cleaner of claim 1, further comprising a filter screen and a spiral air guide disposed in the air exhaust channel, wherein the spiral air guide is disposed on at least one of an air inlet side and an air outlet side of the filter screen, and an air flow passing through the air exhaust channel forms a rotational air flow under the guiding action of the spiral air guide.

7. The vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the spiral wind guide comprises an annular frame and a plurality of blades, each blade extends from the center of the frame to the edge, and the plurality of blades are arranged in a radial shape.

8. The vacuum cleaner of claim 7, wherein the spiral air guide is disposed on both the air inlet side and the air outlet side of the filter screen.

9. The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 8, wherein the spiral wind guide member on the air inlet side of the filter screen is coaxial with the spiral wind guide member on the air outlet side of the filter screen, and the spiral wind guide members on both sides are offset in the circumferential direction of the frame.

10. The vacuum cleaner of claim 7, wherein said spiral air guide further comprises a ventilation ring positioned in a central portion of said rim and coaxially disposed with said rim, each of said vanes extending from an outer wall of said ventilation ring to an inner wall of said rim.

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