EP0602007A2 - Staubsauger mit Gebläserad und Diffusor - Google Patents

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EP0602007A2
EP0602007A2 EP94101775A EP94101775A EP0602007A2 EP 0602007 A2 EP0602007 A2 EP 0602007A2 EP 94101775 A EP94101775 A EP 94101775A EP 94101775 A EP94101775 A EP 94101775A EP 0602007 A2 EP0602007 A2 EP 0602007A2
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Yukiji Iwase
Shigenori Sato
Masao Sunagawa
Hisanori Toyoshima
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/02—Nozzles
    • A47L9/08—Nozzles with means adapted for blowing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L5/00—Structural features of suction cleaners
    • A47L5/12—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum
    • A47L5/22—Structural features of suction cleaners with power-driven air-pumps or air-compressors, e.g. driven by motor vehicle engine vacuum with rotary fans

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  • This invention relates to vacuum cleaners and particularly to impellers and diffusers in vacuum cleaners.
  • the specific speed of the electric blower for use in the vacuum cleaner is low (a small flow rate is provided in spite of a high pressure with respect to a relative rotational speed) and generally, the outlet width of the impeller is designed to be small; therefore, since the friction loss within the impeller becomes large as the outlet width of the impeller is decreased, the width and outlet angle of the vanes are made comparatively large. Accordingly, in the electric blower for use in a household vacuum cleaner, the outlet absolute flow angle of the impeller is designed to be about 6°, and the inlet angle of the diffuser is set to as large as 5° in practice.
  • the object of the present invention is at least partly to avoid the disadvantages described above, and to improve the air flow efficiency through the blower of a vacuum cleaner.
  • the present invention is set out in claim 1.
  • Embodiments of impellers and vacuum cleaner blowers of the invention will now be described. They may be fitted in conventional vacuum cleaners. Examples of vacuum cleaners in which they may be mounted are shown in European Patent Applications 91303152.2 and 91303496.3.
  • the electric vacuum cleaner blower shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is composed of a blower portion 80 and a motor portion 81. Disposed inside a housing 81a of the motor portion 81 are a rotor 83 secured to a rotating shaft 82 and a stator 85 including coils 84a and 84b.
  • the housing 81a has a bearing-retaining portion 81b formed at the centre of its end wall, and a bearing 86a for rotatably supporting one end of the rotating shaft 82 is disposed in the bearing-retaining portion 81b.
  • the housing 81a also has exhaust ports 81c in its peripheral surface.
  • the housing 81a has an end bracket 87 at the opposite end, and this end bracket 87 connects the blower portion 80 and the motor 81 together.
  • the end bracket 87 has a bearing retaining portion 87a at its centre and a flat portion 87b around its circumference.
  • the flat portion 87b is formed with suction ports 88 through which the air from the blower 80 is sent into the motor 81 to cool it.
  • Disposed in the bearing-retaining portion 87a is a bearing 86b for rotatably supporting the other end of the rotating shaft 82.
  • the end bracket 87 carries a diffuser 89, and on the upstream side of the diffuser, a centrifugal impeller 90 is secured to the rotating shaft 82 by means of a nut 91.
  • the centrifugal impeller 90 and the diffuser 89 are covered by a blower casing 92 pressure-fitted to the circumference of the end bracket 87.
  • the blower casing 92 has a suction port 93 formed in its central portion to provide an inlet to the central inlet region of the impeller.
  • the diffuser 89 is composed of a plurality of diffuser vanes 94 arranged radially outside the circumference of the centrifugal impeller 90.
  • a plurality of return guide vanes 95 are arranged on the back of a wall 89a lying adjacent the impeller 90 and supporting the diffuser vanes 94.
  • the wall 89a has a rounded outer peripheral edge to smooth the air flow from the diffuser vanes 94 to the return guide vanes 95, and in conjunction with the wall 89a and the end bracket 87, the return guide vanes 95 define a return guide passage through which the air flow is guided to the suction ports 88.
  • Fig. 2 shows the configuration of the centrifugal impeller 90 and the diffuser region in more detail.
  • the impeller 90 is composed of a plurality of vanes 96, a shroud plate 97 and hub plate 98.
  • Each vane 96 has on each edge three protrusions which are fitted in holes formed in the shroud plate 97 and the hub plate 98 and then caulked or upset, so that these components are rigidly and tightly secured together at these connection points.
  • the vanes 96 are curved as they extend outwardly, but for convenience this is not indicated in Fig. 2.
  • the shroud plate 97 is straight in its outer diameter portion, as viewed in the axial plane, and has a rounded portion 97a inwardly from the innermost point of connection 99, as in Fig. 2.
  • the shroud plate 97 in this case is provided with a cylindrical portion 97b extending axially from the end of the rounded portion 97a.
  • the blower casing 101 has an inwardly bent flange 101a at its inner diameter region, so that the gap 100 is left between the flange 101a and the cylindrical portion 97b of the impeller 90. Since the length of the gap 100 is much larger than the thickness of the shroud plate 97, the friction loss of the leak flow can be made very large, the leak flow can be reduced remarkably, and the efficiency of the electric blower can be improved.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show the diffuser 89 of Figs. 1 and 2 with its vanes 94, as viewed from the suction port 93 of the electric blower.
  • the inlet angle ⁇ 3 of the diffuser vane 94 as shown in Fig. 5 is 3°.
  • the inlet angle ⁇ 3 is the angle between the inner face of the vane at its leading edge and the tangential line at this point.
  • the throat width ws is 2.2 mm, and its ratio to the inner diameter of the diffuser is 0.02.
  • the radius of the rounded leading edge of the vane 94 is 0.5 mm.
  • the air flow coming out of the impeller 90 is decelerated in a semi-vaneless space of the vaned diffuser 89 and further decelerated in each passage defined between two vanes 94.
  • the air discharge velocity of the blower can be made large, particularly about 0.8 times the peripheral speed of the impeller. Accordingly, the size of the impeller can be reduced.
  • Fig. 6 shows the relative efficiency of an electric blower including the impeller according to the embodiment of Figs. 3 to 5, relative to a varying diffuser inlet angle ⁇ 3.
  • the efficiency under the condition that the diffuser inlet angle ⁇ 3 is 5° was taken as a reference. Where the diffuser inlet angle ⁇ 3 is smaller than 2°, the length of the semi-vaneless space is longer, the friction loss increases, and the efficiency decreases. Where the diffuser inlet angle ⁇ 3 is larger than 3°, it tends to come out of the flow angle from the impeller; thus, the performance degrades.
  • the efficiency is about 2% greater than that in the prior art based on an angle of 5°, and even where the diffuser inlet angle is within the range of 1 to 2° or within the range of 3 to 4°, the efficiency is 1% greater.
  • Fig. 7 shows the efficiency of the same electric blower relative to a varying throat width ws.
  • the ratio of the throat width ws to the diffuser inner diameter is smaller than 0.017, the deceleration is insufficient in the semi-open portion but increases in the passages defined between two vanes 94; thus, the flow breaks away in such a passage, thereby decreasing the efficiency.
  • the ratio of the throat width ws to the diffuser inner diameter is larger than 0.025, the deceleration becomes too significant in the semi-open portion; thus, the flow deviates remarkably as it flows into each passage defined between two vanes, thereby decreasing the efficiency.
  • the ratio of the throat width ws to the diffuser inner diameter is 0.02, the efficiency is high.
  • the inlet diameter of the diffuser can be reduced as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the energy loss compared with a diffuser with no vanes can be reduced. Further, since the relative velocity at the outlet of the impeller can be decreased, noise can be reduced.
  • Fig. 8 shows the relative efficiency of this electric blower obtained when varying the ratio given by
  • Fig. 9 shows the diffuser 89 in another embodiment of the present invention.
  • Each passage of the diffuser is defined by the vane portions overlapped.
  • the outer end of each vane 94 is rounded while the inner end is tapered, and by this tapering, the throat width ws can be kept within an optimum range.
  • the air discharged from the impeller 90 flows along the vane 94 at about the set flow rate, but the air flow at a small flow rate breaks away in the semi-vaneless space, as indicated by the arrows in the drawing, on the suction pressure side of the diffuser vane; therefore, the direction of the air stream is forcibly changed by the taper portion on the pressure side of the adjacent vane, thereby alleviating the broken air stream, so that the zone of surge generation is shifted more to the side of a small flow rate.
  • Fig. 10 shows the result of experiments on the relationship between the flow rate and pressure (static pressure) of the electric blower, in which the solid curve corresponds to the case including a diffuser based on the embodiment of Fig. 9.
  • the broken curve corresponds to the case for comparison including a diffuser whose inlet angle is 5°.
  • the comparison case shows the surge generation zone in the vicinity of a design point
  • the embodiment with a diffuser inlet angle of 3° can shift the surge generation zone to a small flow rate range.
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JP2190540A JP2852106B2 (ja) 1990-07-20 1990-07-20 電気掃除機及び電動送風機
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EP0602007A3 (de) 1994-12-28
DE69105845D1 (de) 1995-01-26
EP0602007B1 (de) 1997-10-01
DE69127832D1 (de) 1997-11-06
KR0180742B1 (ko) 1999-02-01
JPH0481600A (ja) 1992-03-16
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