EP2378940A1 - Aspirateur avec indicateur de changement de filtre - Google Patents

Aspirateur avec indicateur de changement de filtre

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EP2378940A1
EP2378940A1 EP09764794A EP09764794A EP2378940A1 EP 2378940 A1 EP2378940 A1 EP 2378940A1 EP 09764794 A EP09764794 A EP 09764794A EP 09764794 A EP09764794 A EP 09764794A EP 2378940 A1 EP2378940 A1 EP 2378940A1
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vacuum cleaner
filter change
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value detector
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EP2378940B1 (fr
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Alexander Flegler
Joachim Klemm
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BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
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BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
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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
    • A47L9/19—Means for monitoring filtering operation

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  • the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner with a filter change indicator, wherein the vacuum cleaner comprises: a suction air duct, a Staubabscheideiki in a plenum and a motor-blower unit in a housing and wherein the filter change display comprises: a data logger and a signal unit, the filter change display on the
  • the measured value detector can be controlled by a first measured variable outside the vacuum cleaner and, on the other hand, by a second measured variable generated by the motor / blower unit, the second measured variable, in conjunction with the first measured variable, allowing a conclusion to be drawn about a fault condition of the dust collecting unit.
  • DE 39 41 039 A1 which describes a display device according to a differential pressure measurement to indicate the degree of filling of a arranged in the dust chamber of a vacuum cleaner filter bag.
  • the display is arranged in a housing cover of the vacuum cleaner.
  • a disadvantage of this arrangement is that the inlet opening is arranged at the top and thereby radiate resulting noise in the direction of the user.
  • a filter replacement display arranged in the housing cover of the vacuum cleaner can not be viewed in a normal suction operation. This can sometimes lead to a delayed change of the dust container, whereby unsatisfied suction results are achieved.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an improved vacuum cleaner with a filter change indicator, in which in a handle on a Saugluft entry an easy-to-see signal unit can be used.
  • the vacuum cleaner with the filter change indicator should be easy to manufacture, retrofit, as well as the installation cost. Furthermore, noises are to be reduced and fault indications to be intuitively recognized by the user.
  • the vacuum cleaner according to the invention with a filter change indicator succeeds by a measured value detector, which detects the present on or in the Saug Kunststoff Office measured variable as a second measured variable.
  • a filter change indicator can advantageously be a mechanical or electrical system which indicates a condition of a fault in a Staubabscheideech.
  • upstream dust collecting device can be used on the suction air, which are available as passive or active nozzles on the market. Active nozzles are provided with an additional drive of a brush. Next may be upstream of an opening of the suction air so-called small accessories such.
  • B. furniture brush, upholstery or crevice tool are examples of a brush.
  • a measured value detector can advantageously detect physical measured variables, such as negative pressure or air velocity.
  • Saugluft Original the means are seen, which transport the air flow from the dust collector to the Staubabscheideisme: a stable variable-length telescopic or plug tube, a flexible suction hose and a rigid connector between the tube and suction hose, which is usually designed as a handle.
  • a Staubabscheidetician may include both dry and wet-depositing devices, as well as so-called bagless vacuum cleaners.
  • a Staubabscheidetician collects the supplied dust and can be arranged in a plenum, which is sealed from the atmospheric pressure.
  • a fault condition indicates a pending filter change and gives the user a feedback that z. B. changed in the Staubabscheidtician the dust bag shall be.
  • Such a fault condition exists, in particular, when a dust bag is full or a dust filter is added to the dust separation unit and the motor-blower unit can therefore no longer generate sufficient negative pressure.
  • the measured value detector can detect the first measured variable as ambient pressure and the second measured variable as negative pressure or as flow velocity in or on the suction air guide.
  • the first measured variable detects the area outside the vacuum cleaner, in which case an atmospheric ambient pressure is present.
  • the second measured variable advantageously detects the negative pressure generated by the motor-blower unit in the device.
  • the air velocity in the Saug Kunststoffer be detected.
  • a detection of the flow rate can be done by mechanical means.
  • optical or electrical means may be used which allow flow velocity to be scanned. This electrical detection has the advantage that the measured value sensor requires no first measured variable, since this can be replaced by a stored motor-fan characteristic curve.
  • the second measured variable in combination with the first measured variable can be evaluated as a differential pressure signal which is suitable for outputting a fault state of the dust collecting unit.
  • the measured value sensor is arranged on a connecting piece between the suction pipe and the suction hose.
  • a connector can be advantageously designed as a handle and a plastic injection molded part, wherein a simple and form-independent filter change indicator can be integrated with a data logger. Due to the arrangement of the data logger on or in the suction air duct and between a floor nozzle and the dust collecting unit, only the vacuum present in the suction air duct or the flow velocity can be, which allow a conclusion about a fault condition of Staubabscheideisme.
  • the advantageous filter change indicator can therefore dispense with lifting the nozzle for a proper function compared to the filter change indicators usually attached to the housings of the vacuum cleaner in the prior art.
  • the filter change indicator works in any operating position of the dust collector, regardless of whether the nozzle touches or is lifted off the ground.
  • the measured value detector can be arranged in a separate handle protruding from the connecting piece.
  • the existing space is advantageously used.
  • the means are seen, which are attached to the connector so that they are grasped by hand or with which the dust receiving device with and without the suction tube can be performed by the user's hand.
  • Vacuum cleaners with high airflow rates often have large diameter suction guides. These large diameters can often be inadequately grasped by small hands.
  • a projecting from the Saugluft Equipment handle can be advantageously designed ergonomically independent of the diameter of the suction air.
  • the measured value recorder can pick up the first and the second measured variable by mechanical means.
  • mechanical means can be advantageously adopted simple and proven functional modules, which also represent a cost-effective design.
  • the measured value detector can be provided with corresponding surfaces on which the first and the second measured variable act.
  • a spring acts on the measured value detector so that device-specific characteristics can be generated on the vacuum cleaner.
  • mechanical means can be used, since electrical means require particularly assembly-consuming and costly power supplies and data loggers.
  • the measured value detector has a signal unit and this can emit an optical or acoustic signal.
  • the signal unit if it exceeds or falls below a target value, it emits an optical or acoustic signal.
  • a signal unit can generate a significant clue when the limit is exceeded or the limit value is undershot, which is clearly registered by the user and reports a fault condition.
  • the signal unit is a mechanical display.
  • mechanical means can be advantageously adopted simple and proven functional modules, which also represent a montage-, as well as inexpensive and robust design.
  • a display allows an intuitive explanation of the signal unit.
  • the signal unit is mounted in a transparent housing.
  • the signal unit can be viewed and safely perceived by the user from all viewing directions in a normal position of the filter change display.
  • the signal unit is designed as a translatory or rotary signal unit.
  • These embodiments can have the advantage of particularly large displays, which are also adapted to the shape of the handle. Such ads are also known to the user.
  • the display of the signal unit is preferably visible when the vacuum cleaner is switched off and / or there is a fault condition in the dust separation unit.
  • the user can thereby better detect faults in the Staubabscheidetician, as an intuitive display is present, which is always visible only in case of incidents in the off state.
  • an empty Staubabscheidetician and each turn on and off the signal unit can be moved.
  • this display differs from the standard filter change displays by an inverse display of the signal unit.
  • the data logger and / or the signal unit are mounted in a front region of the handle.
  • the display of the signal unit can be automatically or unconsciously taken note of by the user and observed.
  • the ad is from the Vacuum cleaner housing itself decoupled and can thereby be arranged at positions that are easily visible at any normal operating position of the handle by the user.
  • the filter change indicator and thus the operating state of the Staubabscheideiki can be observed constantly during cleaning regardless of the working position of the dust pickup device. An operation of the vacuum cleaner with a full dust bag and an associated insufficient cleaning can thus be almost ruled out.
  • the measured value detector and the signal unit preferably form a component.
  • a common component of data logger and signal unit can advantageously a compact space-saving and easy to install, and cost-effective design can be realized.
  • the first measured variable detects the ambient pressure via at least one inlet opening, wherein a first channel communicates with the filter change indicator and the second measured variable detects the negative pressure via an outlet opening on the suction air guide, wherein a second channel is in communication with the filter change indicator.
  • a first channel communicates with the filter change indicator
  • the second measured variable detects the negative pressure via an outlet opening on the suction air guide, wherein a second channel is in communication with the filter change indicator.
  • Such an arrangement of the channels can advantageously allow an ergonomic arrangement of the signal unit at the top of the handle.
  • the first channel and the second channel are preferably arranged at least in a portion of the handle. Furthermore, this makes a slim and eye-catching or design-optimized design of the handle in this area executable.
  • a low overall height can be achieved with a U-shaped air guide, whereby the handle area of the handle approaches close to the Saugluft arrangement and thereby easy handling of nozzle, suction tube is made possible with the handle. Too much protruding grip area of the suction air makes the steering movements of the nozzle difficult.
  • the first channel has at least one inlet opening as a gap between two housing parts of the handle.
  • an inlet opening can always be present in the housing parts, and a subsequent retrofitting or conversion of a secondary air device is thereby made possible.
  • the gap is preferably in a lower lying Shadow gap between the housing parts.
  • the handle is advantageously attached to one side of the connector and has on the other side a free end.
  • Vacuum cleaners with high airflow rates often have large diameter suction guides. These large diameters can often be inadequately grasped by small hands.
  • a protruding from the connector handle can be advantageously designed independently of the diameter of the suction tube ergonomic. With a free end of the handle, it is possible in particular to grip the handle simply from five spatial axes.
  • the present invention facilitates with simple constructive and inexpensive means the assembly and function of a filter change indicator on a protruding from a Saugluft arrangement handle. Furthermore, noises can be reduced and an intuitive fault display can be provided.
  • Fig. 1 vacuum cleaner with its components
  • FIG. 2 shows a freestanding handle with a suction air guide and a filter change indicator in a perspective view.
  • Fig. 3 shows a freestanding handle with a filter change indicator acc. Fig. 2 in a longitudinal section;
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a filter change indicator
  • Fig. 5 shows a freestanding handle with a filter change indicator acc. Fig. 2 with removed housing (?);
  • FIG. 6 shows a filter change indicator with a cut housing
  • Fig. 7 shows a section through the filter change display acc. Fig. 5;
  • FIG. 8 shows a detached filter change display from a housing and a data logger in side, sectional and perspective views
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic pneumatic plan of a vacuum cleaner with a filter change indicator.
  • a vacuum cleaner 4 according to the invention is shown in FIG. From the designed as a floor nozzle 25 dust pickup device, the dust is sucked through a suction air guide 5 consisting of a length-adjustable suction pipe 15, a connector 14 and a flexible suction hose 16 in the vacuum cleaner 4 by a motor-blower unit 8.
  • a Staubabscheideiki 6 in the housing 26 of the vacuum cleaner 4 separates the dust contained in the intake air into a collecting space 7.
  • FIG. 9 outlines the functional principle of the invention.
  • the filter change indicator 1 comprises a measured value detector 2 and a signal unit 3.
  • the filter change indicator 1 is on the one hand of the Ambient pressure 1 1 outside the housing 26 of the vacuum cleaner 4 as a first measured variable 9 and on the other hand controlled by the negative pressure 12 generated by the motor-blower unit 8 in the connecting piece 14 as a second measured variable 10.
  • the comparison of first 9 and second measured variable 10 allows a conclusion to a possible fault condition of the vacuum cleaner 4, in particular the Staubabscheideisme 6.
  • Such a fault condition exists in particular when a dust bag is full or a dust filter the Staubabscheideisme 6 added and the engine blower Unit 8 therefore can not produce sufficient negative pressure 12 more.
  • the negative pressure 12 in the connecting piece 14 approaches the ambient pressure 1 1 and this is detected by the measured value detector 2 and displayed by the signal unit 3.
  • the measured value detector 2 and the signal unit 3 are arranged in a handle 17, which is attached to the suction pipe 15 and the suction hose 16 arranged connecting piece 14 and protrudes from this. More specifically, the handle 17 is supported by means of a circumferential collar in the region of an outlet opening 21 on the Saugluft arrangement 5.
  • the mechanically operating measured value detector 2 is shown in detail in FIGS. 4 to 8. It has an element rotatably mounted about an axis to which acts from one side of the ambient pressure 11 and from the other side of the negative pressure 12 from the connector 14, in such a way that a difference between the two pressures 1 1, 12 a resulting force in a direction of rotation of the element.
  • a coil spring By a coil spring, the element is biased against this resultant force, in such a way that the bias in normal operation of the vacuum cleaner, i. is overcome at normal operational pressure difference.
  • the element is rotated in the direction of the resulting force in an operating position.
  • a pointer as a signal unit 3 is integrally formed on the element, and element and pointer are housed in a transparent housing 18 so that the pointer can rotate around the axis indicating the position of the element to the outside.
  • the pointer is in the transparent one Housing 18 is arranged so that it is visible when the pressure difference is so low that the bias of the coil spring can not be overcome. When overcoming the bias, however, the pointer is hidden.
  • the pointer can visually indicate to a user the position of the element and thus signal whether the vacuum cleaner 4 is in normal operation or a fault condition exists.
  • the fault position of the pointer can also mean that the vacuum cleaner is switched off and therefore there is no pressure difference.
  • Figures 2, 3 and 5 show the construction of the handle 17 in which the data logger 2 and the signal unit 3 are housed.
  • the handle 17 has a through opening 23 formed by a gap 23 between two housing parts of the handle 17, which is connected via a first channel 20 in such a way with the data logger 2 that it can detect the ambient pressure 1 1.
  • the gap 23 lies in a deeper shadow gap between the housing parts.
  • the data logger 2 is connected via a second channel 22 to the outlet opening 21 of the connecting piece 14 such that it can also detect the negative pressure 12 in the connecting piece 14 in order to compare the two pressures with each other.
  • Both channels 20, 22 are housed in a first leg of the handle 17, at the end of the handle 17 is attached to the connecting piece 14.
  • a second leg of the handle 17 can be easily gripped by hand from a free end 24 of this second leg to guide the nozzle 25 over the rigid connector 14 and the rigid suction tube 15.
  • the sensor 2 and the signal units 3 are housed in the knee of the handle 17, so that the signal unit 3 can be easily observed by the user.
  • the present invention facilitates with simple constructive and inexpensive means the assembly and function of a filter change indicator on a protruding from a Saugluft arrangement handle. Furthermore, noises can be reduced and an intuitive fault display can be provided.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un aspirateur (4) comportant un indicateur (1) de changement de filtre. L'aspirateur (4) comprend : une prise (5) pour l'air d'aspiration, une unité (6) de séparation des poussières dans un compartiment collecteur (7) et une unité moteur-soufflante (8) installée dans un carter (26). L'indicateur (1) de changement de filtre comprend un détecteur (2) de valeur de mesure et une unité de signalisation (3), l'indicateur (1) de changement de filtre pouvant être commandé, par l'intermédiaire du détecteur (2) de valeur de mesure, d'une part, par un premier paramètre (9) à l'extérieur de l'aspirateur (4) et, d'autre part, par un deuxième paramètre (10), produit par l'unité moteur-soufflante (8), le deuxième paramètre (10) autorisant, en liaison avec le premier paramètre (9), une conclusion portant sur un état de perturbation de l'unité (6) de séparation des poussières, le détecteur de valeur de mesure (2) pouvant détecter, en tant que deuxième paramètre (10), un paramètre présent contre ou dans la prise (5) pour l'air d'aspiration. La présente invention facilite, à l'aide de moyens simples du point de vue de la construction et économiques, le montage et le fonctionnement d'un indicateur (1) de changement de filtre sur une poignée (17), qui dépasse d'une prise (5) pour l'air d'aspiration. Il est en outre possible de réduire les bruits, et de mettre à disposition un affichage intuitif des perturbations.
EP09764794.5A 2008-12-19 2009-12-02 Aspirateur de poussière avec dispositif indiquant le changement de filtre Not-in-force EP2378940B1 (fr)

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DE200810055048 DE102008055048A1 (de) 2008-12-19 2008-12-19 Staubsauger mit einer Filterwechselanzeige
PCT/EP2009/066181 WO2010069761A1 (fr) 2008-12-19 2009-12-02 Aspirateur avec indicateur de changement de filtre

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DE102008055048A1 (de) 2010-07-01
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