EP1360921B1 - Filtre à mailles fines situé en sortie du flux d'air d'un aspirateur, et aspirateur correspondant - Google Patents

Filtre à mailles fines situé en sortie du flux d'air d'un aspirateur, et aspirateur correspondant Download PDF

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EP1360921B1
EP1360921B1 EP03008045A EP03008045A EP1360921B1 EP 1360921 B1 EP1360921 B1 EP 1360921B1 EP 03008045 A EP03008045 A EP 03008045A EP 03008045 A EP03008045 A EP 03008045A EP 1360921 B1 EP1360921 B1 EP 1360921B1
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Thomas Dr. Rodemann
Hans Peter Arnold
Rolf Strohmeyer
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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
    • A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
    • A47L9/12—Dry filters
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  • the invention relates firstly to a device provided for the arrangement in the exhaust air flow of a vacuum cleaner superfine filter according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such, to be arranged in the exhaust air flow of a vacuum cleaner are known. These are used to filter smallest, still present in the exhaust air flow dust particles, and further example.
  • the filtering of carbon particles of the upstream suction fan Since the recorded in the plastic housing of the ultrafine filter paper is added over time with particles, it is also known to interchangeable absorb the particulate filter in the vacuum cleaner.
  • the filter-plastic housing is provided with a soft-plastic sealing lip corresponding to the blow-out channel edge.
  • a micro-filter with such a soft plastic sealing lip is, for example, from the DE 43 22 222 A1 known.
  • the invention is concerned with the task of specifying an advantageous micro-filter for a vacuum cleaner.
  • the sealing lip a freestanding height corresponding to one fifth to one twentieth of the narrow side dimension of the rectangular cross section that at an outlet edge edge in the outlet direction over the peripheral edge projecting control sections are provided and that the control sections are formed at the two longitudinal edge edges, wherein at a longitudinal edge edge associated with a Corner, a short cam is formed and diametrically opposite a long-cam.
  • an improved sealing contact of the ultrafine filter is ensured at the associated end portion of the Ausblaskanales. Manufacturing tolerances are thereby easily absorbed.
  • the sealing lip at a narrow side length of the rectangular cross section of 70 mm to a free-standing height of 7 mm.
  • the control sections form an input or execution aid for the micro-filter. They can be used to relocate the particulate filter to or from its operating position. About the short cam the Feinstfilter can be moved in the course of insertion into the vacuum cleaner recording in its operating position, ie in the sealing position.
  • the diametrically opposed long-cam can here serve the return control of the ultrafine filter from the operating position when pulling out of the vacuum cleaner recording.
  • the soft-plastic sealing lip is directly formed on the plastic housing in the two-component injection molding process.
  • the fine filter for better handling in the course of replacing the same on the plastic housing on an integrally molded grip tab is in particular in the transverse direction in itself rigid, but flexible, in particular hinged to the plastic housing integrally connected.
  • the grip tab associated with the outlet edge is formed, which is opposite to the provided with the sealing lip inlet edge.
  • the connection the gripping tab on the plastic housing can, for example, via a film hinge or the like.
  • the length of the grip tab preferably corresponds approximately to the distance between the outlet edge and the inlet edge of the plastic housing.
  • the Lang horrin can also have a dual function, for which it forms a subordinate overlapping to the housing side surface rail, the same when inserting the Feinstfilters in the vacuum cleaner recording a linear guide thereof to a example. Pivoting the Feinstfilters on the Kurz horrnocken in the sealing operating position causes.
  • a further rail is formed on the opposite side of the housing, associated with the sealing lip.
  • the control sections i. H. both the short-circuit cam and the rails or the long-stroke cam material integrally formed on the plastic housing.
  • the invention further relates to a vacuum cleaner according to the features of the preamble of claim 6 with an electric motor having a suction side and a blast side, wherein on the blast side a receiving chamber for a superfine filter with a cassette-like plastic housing rectangular plan is provided, which superfine on two opposite Flat sides has a lattice-like structure, wherein folded filter paper is received in the interior of the plastic housing and at one surrounding a lattice-like structure edge of a soft plastic sealing lip, with recordings for rail sections of the ultrafine filter, extending in the insertion direction of the ultrafine filter in the receiving chamber are formed , To a full-surface, sealing system of Feinstfilter sealing lip on the corresponding edge of the Ausblas Kunststoffkanals ensure, it is proposed according to the invention that the rail receptacles are opened in an end portion to the outlet side of the engine.
  • a rail-guided linear displacement in which the sealing lip is displaced at least over most of the insertion path with distance to the exhaust duct end face and only in a final fifth of the insertion path by a to the insertion about transverse displacement to the corresponding Face is set.
  • a superimposition of the last fifth of the substantially linear insertion path and the transverse displacement in the direction of the exhaust duct end face is provided.
  • the transverse displacement is preferred by appropriate structural measures on the filter holder and / or achieved at the finest filter.
  • a Ausberichtschräge is preferably provided in the field of filter recording, which cooperates with a control cam of the ultrafine filter.
  • This Austicianvorraum can also be used to press the micro-filter or its sealing lip in the sealing position by utilizing the elastic properties of the soft lip.
  • the receiving chamber is closed by a discharge grille and projections are formed on the chamber side projections
  • the projections are control projections which bias in the rear grip to the superfine these in contact with the blast side of the engine.
  • the outlet grille has a viewing opening in which the visible side of a gripping bottle formed on the superfine filter is exposed when the ultra-fine filter is inserted.
  • the visible side of the micro-filter grip tab information about the type and optionally about the change interval of the micro-filter can be applied, which information can be seen at the same time through the viewing opening of the outlet grille.
  • a vacuum cleaner 1 in the form of a hand-held vacuum cleaner with a base housing 2, a swivel-mounted on this, a non-illustrated filter bag receiving filter chamber 3, and a device handle 4 and a suction attachment. 5
  • suction / electric motor 6 has a blast side B and a suction side S, wherein the suction side S of the filter chamber 3 faces.
  • the blast side B faces the environment with the interposition of a superfine filter 7.
  • the aforementioned superfine filter 7 is held in a, the blast side B of the electric motor 6 associated receiving chamber 8, said receiving chamber 8 is closed by a snap-on outlet grille 9.
  • the latter is inside, d. H. facing the receiving chamber 8, provided with a, the blow-grid openings covering fleece 10.
  • the fine filter 7 has a cassette-like plastic housing 11 with a rectangular plan.
  • the two opposite flat sides are each provided with a grid-like structure 12, which allows the flow through the plastic housing 11.
  • a zig-zag folded filter paper 13 is received, wherein the folded edges of the filter paper 13 are aligned facing the lattice-like structures 12.
  • a grid-like structure 12 surrounding inlet peripheral edge 14 is formed a circumferential soft plastic sealing lip whose free-standing height h corresponds to about one-tenth of the narrow side dimension a of the rectangular cross-section of the plastic housing 11.
  • the sealing lip height h is about 7 mm, with an approximately semicircular sealing lip cross-section is selected.
  • a gripping tab 16 is integrally formed on the latter.
  • This grip tab 16 is rigid in the transverse direction, but so flexibly connected to the plastic housing 11 in one piece, that the grip tab 16 can be pivoted into a resting on the upper narrow side position.
  • the connection of the grip tab 16 takes place in the region of the sealing lip 15 opposite outlet edge 17 by forming a film hinge.
  • the short-control cam 22 has a laterally considered triangular plan view, for the formation of a downwardly pointing and in the longitudinal edge edge 19 expiring control slope 24th
  • this rail 25 opposite side of the housing another, laterally projecting and spaced from the inlet edge 14 edge rail 26 is formed which, parallel to the associated longitudinal edge, at a distance from the upper, the grip tab 16 having narrow side of the plastic housing 11 ends ,
  • a receiving chamber 8 for the superfine filter 7 is provided on the blast side B in the base housing 2.
  • the clear distance between the rail receptacles 27 corresponds approximately to the narrow side dimension a of the ultrafine filter 7.
  • the clear distance is slightly larger than the dimension a selected.
  • the rail receivers 27 are further arranged offset in relation to one another in the blowing direction, corresponding to the staggered arrangement of the rails 25 and 26 of the ultra-fine filter 7.
  • the fine-filter rail 26 assignable rail receptacle 28 is formed by an opening of protruding into the receiving chamber 8 edge portion 29. This rail receptacle 28 is left in the course of inserting the ultrafine filter 7 in the receiving chamber 8 in the last fifth of the insertion path of the filter-side rail 26, so that the ultrafine filter 7 in this last fifth of the insertion path and transverse to the linear, through the rails Recording 28 predetermined insertion direction is movable.
  • the opposite, with the filter rail 25 cooperating rail mount 27 extends substantially over the entire insertion depth along the receiving chamber inner wall and is partially formed in cross-section U-shaped. Furthermore, this rail receptacle 27 is formed so that it opens in an -in the insertion direction considered-end section to the outlet side B of the electric motor 6 out, including a the Ausblasseite B facing guide web 30 of the rail receptacle 27 in this end portion in the direction the outlet side B runs out curved. This curved, open end portion of the guide web 30 is provided in the illustrations with the reference numeral 31.
  • the sealing lip 15 molded onto the plastic housing 11 of the ultra-fine filter 7 is pressed against the abutment end face 32 in a material-friendly manner with elastic deformation.
  • the sealing lip 15 is in the completed insertion position of the ultrafine filter 7 only in a lower region of the abutment end face 32 of the Ausblasseite B, this due to the fact that the ultrafine filter 7 and the contact surface 32 corresponding sealing surface of the Sealing lip 15 extends inclined to the abutment end face 32.
  • the desired sealing bias of the sealing lip 15 against the abutment end face 32 is achieved only after closing the receiving chamber 8 through the outlet grille 9.
  • the latter has chamber-side control projections 34, which in the course of placement of the Ausblasgitters 9 by means of control slopes 35 by acting on the upper outlet narrow edge edge of the plastic housing 11, a further control of the ultrafine filter 7 in the direction of the Ausblasseite B effect.
  • the control projections 34 engage behind the very fine filter 7 such that it is biased into abutment with the blast side B of the electric motor 6.
  • the removal of the ultrafine filter 7 is carried out after removal of the outlet grille 9 by pulling on the filter-side gripping tab 16.
  • the outlet grille 9 has a viewing opening 36 in which the visible side of the filter-side grip tab 16 is exposed when the ultrafine filter 7 is inserted (see FIG. Fig. 11 ). This outwardly visible to the user side of the grip tab 16 may also carry information about the inserted Feinstfilter 7.
  • the viewing opening 36 also serves as a handle opening for removing the outlet grille 9, in which case the flexible connection of the grip tab 16 on the plastic housing 11 is advantageous, since this in an intervention in the handle / viewing port 36 down in the direction of the plastic housing 11th can dodge.

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  1. Filtre à mailles fines (7) situé en sortie du flux d'air d'un aspirateur (1), en particulier d'un aspirateur ménager, avec un boîtier en plastique (11) de type cassette à plan rectangulaire qui présente une structure de type grille (12) sur deux côtés plats opposés, dans lequel du papier filtre plié (13) est reçu à l'intérieur du boîtier en plastique (11) et une lèvre d'étanchéité en plastique souple (15) est formée au niveau d'une arête de bord d'entrée (14) entourant une structure de type grille (12), caractérisé en ce que la lèvre d'étanchéité (15) présente une hauteur libre (h) qui correspond à un cinquième à un vingtième de la dimension du petit côté (a) de la section transversale rectangulaire, en ce que des sections de commande (18) faisant saillie de l'arête de bord (17) dans le sens de sortie sont prévues sur l'arête de bord de sortie (17) et en ce que les sections de commande (18) sont formées au niveau des deux arêtes de bord longitudinales (19, 20), dans lequel une came de commande courte (22) est formée au niveau d'une arête de bord longitudinale (19), affectée à un coin (21), et une came de commande longue (23) est formée de manière diamétralement opposée.
  2. Filtre à mailles fines selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une languette de préhension (16) réalisée d'un seul tenant est agencée au niveau du boîtier en plastique (11).
  3. Filtre à mailles fines selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que la languette de préhension (16) est réalisée affectée à une arête de bord de sortie (17) qui est opposée à l'arête de bord d'entrée (14) dotée de la lèvre d'étanchéité (15).
  4. Filtre à mailles fines selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que la came de commande longue (23) forme côté inférieur un, le cas échéant premier, rail (25) s'étendant en recouvrant la surface latérale du boîtier.
  5. Filtre à mailles fines selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'un autre rail (26) est formé sur le côté de boîtier opposé, affecté à la lèvre d'étanchéité (15).
  6. Aspirateur (1) avec un moteur électrique (6), qui présente un côté aspiration (S) et un côté soufflage (B), dans lequel une chambre de réception (8) pour un filtre à mailles fines (7) avec un boîtier en plastique (11) de type cassette à plan rectangulaire est prévue côté soufflage (B), lequel filtre à mailles fines (7) présente une structure de type grille (12) sur deux côtés plats opposés, dans lequel du papier filtre plié (13) est reçu à l'intérieur du boîtier en plastique (11) et une lèvre d'étanchéité en plastique souple (15) est formée au niveau d'une arête de bord d'entrée (14) entourant une structure de type grille (12), des logements de rail (27, 28) pour sections de rail (25, 26) du filtre à mailles fines (7) étant réalisés en s'étendant dans le sens d'insertion du filtre à mailles fines (7) dans la chambre de réception (8), caractérisé en ce que les logements de rail (27, 28) sont ouverts dans une section finale vers le côté soufflage (B) du moteur (6).
  7. Aspirateur selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un logement de rail (27) s'étend par section de façon courbe.
  8. Aspirateur selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que sur le dernier cinquième du parcours d'insertion, le filtre (7) est commandé du côté soufflage (B) du moteur (6), par déformation élastique d'une lèvre d'étanchéité (15) du filtre à mailles fines (7) affectée au côté soufflage (B) du moteur (6).
  9. Aspirateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, dans lequel la chambre de réception (8) doit être fermée par une grille d'évacuation (9) et des saillies sont formées côté chambre sur la grille d'évacuation (9), caractérisé en ce que les saillies sont des saillies de commande (34) qui précontraignent le filtre à mailles fines (7) par prise arrière en l'appliquant contre le côté soufflage (B) du moteur (6).
  10. Aspirateur selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que la grille d'évacuation (9) présente un regard (36), dans lequel, lorsque le filtre à mailles fines (7) est inséré, le côté visible d'une languette de préhension (16) réalisée sur le filtre à mailles fines (7) est mis à découvert.
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