EP1980327B1 - Collecteur à poussières et aspirateur - Google Patents

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EP1980327B1
EP1980327B1 EP08160045.4A EP08160045A EP1980327B1 EP 1980327 B1 EP1980327 B1 EP 1980327B1 EP 08160045 A EP08160045 A EP 08160045A EP 1980327 B1 EP1980327 B1 EP 1980327B1
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dust
vacuum cleaner
press member
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Gun Ho Ha
Jin Wook Seo
Chang Ho Yun
Jin Young Kim
Chang Hoon Lee
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/14—Construction of the underflow ducting; Apex constructions; Discharge arrangements ; discharge through sidewall provided with a few slits or perforations
    • B04C5/185—Dust collectors
    • 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
    • A47L9/106—Dust removal
    • A47L9/108—Dust compression means
    • 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
    • A47L9/16—Arrangement or disposition of cyclones or other devices with centrifugal action
    • A47L9/1683—Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles

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  • the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a vacuum cleaner that has an increased dust collection capacity.
  • a vacuum cleaner is a device that can suction air containing dust using the vacuum pressure generated by a vacuum motor mounted in a main body and filter off the dust in the main body.
  • Such a vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle for suctioning air containing dust, a main body of the vacuum cleaner that communicates with the suction nozzle, an extension tube for guiding the air suctioned through the suction nozzle to the main body, and a connecting passage for connecting the air that passes through the extension tube to the main body.
  • the suction nozzle forms a nozzle suction opening of a predetermined size on a bottom thereof, for suctioning air containing dust collected on the floor.
  • a drive unit that generates suctioning force to suction outside air including dust through the suctioning nozzle.
  • a dust collector for separating and storing dust is detachably installed in the main body.
  • the dust collector separates and stores dust in air that is suctioned through the suction nozzle.
  • the dust collector includes a dust collection body, an inlet through which air is suctioned into the dust collection body, a cyclone unit separating dust from air suctioned into the dust collection body, a dust storage part storing the dust separated in the cyclone unit, and an outlet through which the purified air is discharged.
  • the dust stored at the bottom of the dust collection body (that is, the dust in the dust storage part) is continuously circulated along an inner circumference of the dust collection body by means of a circulating current within the dust collection body while the vacuum cleaner is operating.
  • the dust settles down on the floor of the dust collection body and is stored therein at a low density.
  • the dust collector of a related art when more than a predetermined amount of dusts are stored in the dust collector while the vacuum cleaner is operating, the dust circulates and rises along an inner wall of the dust collector to invade the cyclone unit formed in an upper space of the dust collection body. Thus, the non-separated dust is discharged together with the air current through the outlet, thus lowering the dust collecting effectiveness of the dust collector.
  • the dust settles down on the bottom of the dust collection body and has a low density.
  • the dust inside the dust collection body takes up excessive volume in proportion to its weight, necessitating frequent (and therefore, cumbersome) emptying of the dust collection body in order to maintain a level of dust collecting effectiveness.
  • the present invention is directed to a dust collector and a vacuum cleaner that substantially obviate one or more problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner that has an increased dust collection capacity.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a dust collector separated from a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the dust collector separated from a dust collector receiving part applied to the vacuum cleaner
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a coupling relation between a driving apparatus for compressing dust stored in the dust collector and the dust collector;
  • Figs. 6 and 7 are plan views illustrating how dust is compressed within the dust collector
  • Fig. 8 is a disassembled view of a dust separator and a dust container from the dust collector.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a dust collector separated from a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the vacuum cleaner includes a main body 100 of the vacuum cleaner having a suction generator therein and a dust collector 200 separating and storing dust in the suctioned air.
  • the vacuum cleaner further includes a suction nozzle (not shown) suctioning air containing dust and a connecting passage (not shown) connecting the suction nozzle to the main body 100.
  • a main body inlet 110 is formed at a front, lower portion of the main body 100. Air containing dust is suctioned from the suction nozzle through the main body inlet 110.
  • the dust collector 200 includes a dust separator 210 for separating dust from suctioned air and a dust container 220 for storing the dust separated in the dust separator 210.
  • the dust separator 210 includes a cyclone unit 211 (refer to Fig. 3 ) separating dust from the suctioned air using a difference in centrifugal force between air and dust (a cyclone principle).
  • the dust collector 200 may be configured to maximize it ability to store dust inside. For this reason, the dust collector 200 may further include structure for reducing the volume of dust stored inside the dust container 220.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the dust collector separated from a dust collector receiving part applied to the vacuum cleaner.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective view of the dust collector.
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of section "A" in Fig. 3 .
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a coupling relation between a driving apparatus for compressing dust stored in the dust collector and the dust collector.
  • the dust collector 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention is detachably installed on the main body 100.
  • the main body 100 includes a dust collector receiving part 130 for receiving the dust collector 200.
  • a pair of press members 310 and 320 are provided in the dust collector 200, for decreasing the volume of the dust stored in the dust container 220 to increase the dust collection capacity.
  • the pair of press members 310 and 320 interact with each other to compress the dust and reduce its volume, so that the density of the dust stored in the dust container 220 can be increased, thereby increasing the maximum dust collection capacity in the dust container 220.
  • the pair of press members 310 and 320 will be referred to as the first press member 310 and the second press member 320, respectively, for the sake of descriptive simplicity.
  • At least one of the pair of press members 310 and 320 is movably provided within the dust container 220 to compress the dust stored between the pair of press members 310 and 320.
  • both of the first and second press members 310 and 320 are rotatably provided within the dust container 220, the first and second press members 310 and 320 rotate towards each other, so that the space between one side of the first press member 310 and the one side of the second press member 320 facing the one side of the first press member 310 becomes narrower, thus compressing the dust stored between the first and second press members 310 and 320.
  • the first press member 310 is rotatably disposed within the dust container 220 and the second press member 320 is fixed within the dust container 220.
  • first press member 310 serves as a rotating member and the second press member 320 serves as a fixed member.
  • a dust storage part 221 is formed within the dust container 220 to form a space for storing dust.
  • the dust storage part 221 is formed so as to enclose a curve traced by a free edge 311 of the first press member 310 as it rotates within the dust storage part 221.
  • the second press member 320 may be disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage part 221 and a rotating shaft 312 serving as a rotation center of the first press member 310.
  • the second press member 320 is fixed to at least one of the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage part 221 and the stationary shaft 322.
  • the other end of the second press member 320 is not integrally formed with the stationary shaft 322, the other end of the second press member 320 may be disposed proximally to the stationary shaft 322.
  • the reason for the above is to minimize the amount of the dust that is pushed by the first press member 310 to leak through gaps formed at a lateral side of the second press member 320.
  • the above-structured first and second press members 310 and 320 may be formed of a plate of a rectangular shape. Also, the rotating shaft 312 of the first press member 310 may be disposed on the same axis as the center of the dust storage part 221.
  • the stationary shaft 322 may protrude inward from one end of the dust storage part 221.
  • a cavity is formed in an axial direction within the stationary shaft 322 to assemble the rotating shaft 312.
  • a predetermined portion of the rotating shaft 312 is inserted into the cavity from topside of the stationary shaft 322.
  • the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a driving apparatus 400 selectively connected to the rotating shaft 312 of the first press member 310 to rotate the first press member 310.
  • the driving gear 420 is coupled to a rotating shaft of the driving motor 430, and rotates by the driving motor 430.
  • the driving gear 420 coupled to the driving motor 430 rotates, and rotating force of the driving motor 430 is transferred to the driven gear 410 through the driving gear 420, thereby rotating the driven gear 410 to rotate the first press member 310.
  • An outer circumferential surface of the driving gear 420 is partially exposed from the bottom of the dust collector receiving part 130 to the outside.
  • a motor receiving portion (not shown) for installing the driving motor 430 may be formed under the bottom of the dust collector receiving part 130.
  • An opening 131 is formed at the approximate center of the bottom of the dust collector receiving part 130, for partially exposing the outer circumferential surface of the driving gear 420.
  • the rotating shaft 312 of the first press member 310 is inserted into the cavity of the stationary shaft 322 from a top portion of the stationary shaft 322, and the driven gear 410 is inserted into the cavity of the stationary shaft 322 from a lower end of the dust container 220 and coupled to the rotating shaft 312.
  • the lower shaft 312b includes a groove 312d for receiving a gear shaft of the driven gear 410, so that the lower shaft 312b is coupled to the driven gear 410.
  • the groove 312d may be formed of various shapes such as a circular shape and a rectangular shape, and the gear shaft of the driven gear 410 is formed of a shape engaged with the groove 312d.
  • the driven gear 410 Since the driven gear 410 is exposed to the outside of the dust container 220, when the dust collector 200 installed on the dust collector receiving part 130, the driven gear 410 is engaged with the driving gear 420.
  • the driving motor 430 may be a motor capable of both forward and reverse operation. In other words, the driving motor 430 is a motor capable of rotating in either direction.
  • the driving motor 430 may rotate in both forward and reverse directions.
  • the driving motor 430 may be a motor capable of bidirectionally rotating.
  • the first press member 310 may rotate in forward/reverse directions, and thus the compressed dust is accumulated in both sides of the second press member 320.
  • a synchronous motor may be used as the driving motor 430.
  • the synchronous motor is configured to rotate in forward/reverse directions by itself. When a force greater than a set value is applied to the synchronous motor while rotating in one direction, the synchronous motor rotates in a reverse direction.
  • the force applied to the synchronous motor is torque that is generated when the first press member 310 compresses the dust.
  • the synchronous motor is configured to rotate in a reverse direction when the torque reaches the set value.
  • the driving motor 430 rotate in forward/reverse directions by means of the synchronous motor.
  • the first pres member 310 may continuously compress the dust for a predetermined time.
  • the limit point when the first press member 310 cannot rotate any more means that the torque has reached the set value.
  • driving force to rotate the first press member 310 that is, power applied to the driving motor 430 is cut off for a predetermined time, maintaining the dust compressed in the state that the first press member 310 does not rotate. After the predetermined time elapses, power is applied to the driving motor 430, so that the first press member 310 can rotate.
  • the point of time of cutting off the power being applied to the driving motor 430 is the time when the torque reaches the set value. Therefore, when the driving motor 430 is driven again, the rotating direction of the driving motor 430 will be reverse to the rotating direction before power is cut off.
  • a display unit (not shown) is provided in the main body 100, the dust collector 200 or a handle (not shown).
  • the display unit may notify the user that it is time to empty the dust container 220.
  • the dust separated in the cyclone unit 211 is stored in the dust storage part 221.
  • the pair of press members 310 and 320 compress the dust stored in the dust storage part 221.
  • the first press member 310 When the first press member 310 rotates in a clockwise direction, the first press member 310 pushes the dust collected between the first and second press members 310 and 320 toward the other side of the second press member 320, thereby compressing the dust.
  • the compressing operation is repeatedly performed until the rotation range of the first press member 310 falls below a predetermined angle.
  • an inlet 211a for suctioning air containing dust is disposed in a tangent direction of the dust separator 210 in an upper, outer circumferential surface of the dust separator 210.
  • a cover 211d is detachably provided in a top portion of the dust separator 210.
  • An outlet 211b is formed at a center portion of the cover 211d.
  • the purified air which is separated by the inside of the dust separator 210 (that is, the cyclone unit 211), is discharged through the outlet 211b.
  • a filter member 211c of a cavity shape is coupled to the outlet 211b.
  • An outer circumferential surface of the filter member 211c has a plurality of through holes formed therein to discharge air that has undergone a dust separating process in the cyclone unit 211.
  • the partition plate 230 prevents the dust stored inside the dust container 220 from scattering to the dust separator 210 when the dust separator 210 is coupled to the dust container 220.
  • the partition plate 230 includes a dust discharge port 231.
  • the dust separated in the cyclone unit 211 is discharged to the dust container 220 through the dust discharge port 231.
  • the dust discharge port 231 may be located at the side opposite to the second press member 320.
  • the reason for the above is that the quantity of the dust compressed on either side of the second press member 320 is maximized to minimize scattering of the dust during the process of storing the dust in the dust container 220, while at the same time, to maximize the dust collection capacity of the dust storage part 221, and to allow the dust separated in the dust separator 210 to easily fall down to the dust container 220.
  • the dust separator 210 and the dust container 220 include an upper handle 212 and a lower handle 223, respectively, so as to couple the dust separator 210 and the dust container 220 to each other.
  • a hook receptacle 241 is disposed in an outer, lower circumferential surface of the dust separator 210, and a hook 242 is disposed in an upper, outer circumferential surface of the dust container 220, and selectively coupled to the hook receptacle 241.
  • the present invention may further include at least one auxiliary cyclone unit 140 provided in the main body 100 of the vacuum cleaner and an auxiliary storage unit 224 provided in the dust collector 200.
  • the auxiliary cyclone unit 140 secondarily separates dust from the air discharged from the main cyclone unit 211, and the auxiliary storage part 224 stores the dust separated by the auxiliary cyclone unit 140.
  • the auxiliary storage part 224 is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the dust collector 200 with its top surface open.
  • auxiliary dust entrance holes 213a that are selectively connected to dust discharge holes 141 of the auxiliary cyclone unit 140 are formed on an outer wall of the auxiliary dust entrance 213, and a bottom surface of the auxiliary dust entrance 213 is opened to communicate with an upper side of the auxiliary storage part 224.
  • the auxiliary dust entrance holes 213a are connected to the dust discharge holes 141 of the auxiliary cyclone unit 140.
  • the dust separated in the auxiliary cyclone unit 140 passes through the auxiliary dust entrance holes 213a to be stored in the auxiliary storage part 224.
  • the suction generator When power is supplied to the vacuum cleaner, the suction generator generates force for suctioning air, and air containing dust is suctioned into the suction nozzle using the force.
  • the air that is suctioned through the suction nozzle flows to the inlet 211a of the main cyclone unit 211 through the main body inlet 110.
  • the air that passes through the inlet 211a of the main cyclone unit 211 is guided along an inner wall of the main cyclone unit 211 in a tangent direction to flow a spiraling motion, and thus the dust is separated from the air due to a difference in centrifugal force between air and dust, and falls down.
  • the dust in the air thus spirals along the inner wall of the main cyclone unit 211 and descends through the dust discharge port 231 of the partition plate 230, and is stored in the main storage part 221.
  • the air firstly purified by means of the main cyclone unit 211 passes through the exhaust member 211c and is discharged through the outlet 211b. Then the air flows into the auxiliary cyclone unit 140.
  • the dust that is separated from the air using the cyclone principle within the auxiliary cyclone unit 140 is stored in the auxiliary storage part 224, and the air purified in the auxiliary cyclone unit 140 is discharged from the auxiliary cyclone unit 140, flows into the main body 100, and is discharged from the main body 100 through the main body outlet 120.
  • the main storage part 221 most of the dust that flows into the vacuum cleaner is stored in the main storage part 221 during a cleaning operation. Also, since the dust stored within the main storage part 221 is compressed by the first and second press members 310 and 320 and is minimized in volume, the large quantity of dust can be stored in the main storage part 221.
  • a signal is generated in the display unit, and the signal may notify a user that it is time to empty the dust container 220.
  • the dust that is stored in a dust collector can be compressed and minimized in volume by means of a plurality of press members, maximizing a dust collection capacity of the dust collector.
  • the compressed dust can be easily discharged from the dust collector when emptying the dust collector.
  • a display unit When a quantity of dust exceeding a predetermined amount is collected inside the dust container, a display unit notifies a user that it is time to empty the dust collector, so that a user can easily recognize the time of emptying the dust collector.

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  1. Aspirateur comportant
    un corps (100) principal comportant un dispositif d'aspiration d'air pour produire une force d'aspiration d'air ;
    un récipient (220) de poussière couplé de manière détachable au corps (100) principal et comportant une partie (221) de stockage de poussière pour stocker de la poussière ; et
    un élément (310) de pressage disposé de manière mobile à l'intérieur du récipient (220) de poussière pour diminuer un volume de la poussière stockée dans la partie (221) de stockage de poussière ;
    caractérisé en ce que l'aspirateur comporte en outre :
    un moteur (430) d'entraînement disposé dans le corps (100) principal ; et
    un mécanisme (410, 420) d'entraînement destiné à transférer la force d'entraînement du moteur (430) d'entraînement à l'élément (310) de pressage pour déplacer automatiquement l'élément (310) de pressage.
  2. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel le mécanisme (410, 420) d'entraînement relie l'élément (310) de pressage au moteur (430) d'entraînement lorsque le récipient (220) de poussière est installé sur le corps (100) principal.
  3. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le moteur (430) d'entraînement est un moteur capable de tourner dans une direction ou l'autre.
  4. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 3, comportant en outre un élément (320) fixe disposé dans le récipient (220) de poussière, de sorte que, lorsque l'élément (310) de pressage tourne de manière bi-directionnelle, de la poussière est comprimée aux deux côtés de l'élément (320) fixe.
  5. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 4, dans lequel la poussière comprimée est stockée de manière adjacente aux deux côtés de l'élément (320) fixe.
  6. Aspirateur suivant l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel le mécanisme d'entraînement comporte :
    un engrenage (410) entraîné couplé à un arbre (312) rotatif de l'élément (310) de pressage ; et
    un engrenage (420) d'entraînement disposé au corps (100) principal pour transférer une force d'entraînement à l'engrenage (410) entraîné.
  7. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 6, dans lequel, lorsque le récipient (220) de poussière est installé sur le corps (100) principal, l'engrenage (410) entraîné engrène l'engrenage (420) d'entraînement.
  8. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 6 ou 7, dans lequel le corps (100) principal comporte une partie (130) de réception pour recevoir le récipient (220) de poussière, et une surface extérieure circonférentielle de l'engrenage (420) d'entraînement est partiellement mise à nu à partir d'un fond de la partie (130) de réception vers l'extérieur.
  9. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 6, 7 ou 8, dans lequel le récipient (220) de poussière comporte un arbre (322) stationnaire faisant saillie vers l'intérieur à partir d'une extrémité de la partie (221) de stockage de poussière, et l'élément (310) de pressage est couplé à l'arbre (322) stationnaire.
  10. Aspirateur suivant la revendication 9, dans lequel un arbre d'engrenage de l'engrenage (410) entraîné est inséré dans l'arbre (322) stationnaire à partir de l'extérieur du récipient (220) de poussière et est couplé à l'arbre (312) rotatif de l'élément (310) de pressage.
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KR1020060018119A KR100871483B1 (ko) 2006-02-24 2006-02-24 집진장치 및 이를 가지는 진공 청소기
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