EP2498659A1

EP2498659A1 - Adapter for a vacuum cleaner bag

Info

Publication number: EP2498659A1
Application number: EP10779272A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Michael Justus
Original assignee: Sovi GmbH
Current assignee: Sovi GmbH
Priority date: 2009-11-12
Filing date: 2010-11-04
Publication date: 2012-09-19
Also published as: WO2011057934A1; DE202009015309U1

Abstract

The invention relates to an adapter for a vacuum cleaner bag, having a preferably plate-like body (12) having a hole-like recess (14), having an annular fitting (16) disposed on the body (12) for fastening the adapter (10) to a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag retaining plate (30) that can be attached on or in a vacuum cleaner, wherein the annular fitting (16) comprises an annular end face (20) spaced apart from the body (12) on the side of the fitting (16) facing away from the body (12), wherein the end of the annular fitting (16) facing toward the body (12) comprises the recess (14) and wherein the end of the annular fitting (16) facing away from the body (12) comprises a circumference suitable for enclosing an opening (32) in the device-specific vacuum cleaner bag retaining plate (30), and having a retaining device (22) for a retaining plate (36) of a vacuum cleaner bag (38), wherein the retaining device (22) is disposed on a side of the body (12) facing away from the annular fitting (16) and comprises a rail guide in which the retaining plate (36) of the vacuum cleaner bag (38) can be inserted such that an opening in the retaining plate (36) of the vacuum cleaner bag (38) can be brought into at least partially overlapping arrangement with the hole-like recess (14).

Description

adapter

The invention relates to an adapter and an adapter system for a vacuum cleaner bag and a vacuum cleaner bag system. In general, vacuum cleaners need vacuum cleaner tanks to pick up the vacuumed up dust. The vacuum cleaner bags usually consist of a holding plate and a bag. The bag is usually inserted into a receptacle of the vacuum cleaner. For attaching the vacuum cleaner bag in the vacuum cleaner in most vacuum cleaner models an insert is provided, in which the retaining plate of the Staubsaugerbeuteis can be inserted.

Usually, the inserts and suction pipes are different in the various types of vacuum cleaner, so that a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag must be used for each vacuum cleaner model. As a result, there are a variety of vacuum cleaner bags in the market for vacuum cleaner models that are on the market. This means for the dealer that he has to stockpile a variety of vacuum cleaner bags in order to satisfy as many customer requirements as possible Customers that he out of the confusing variety of vacuum cleaner needs to find out the right one for his vacuum cleaner model.

Thus, it is desirable for a dealer and a customer to provide a vacuum cleaner liquor suitable for a variety of vacuum cleaners. The dealer would then no longer be forced to stockpile a large number of different types of vacuum cleaner bags and the customer could more easily find the right vacuum cleaner bag for him from the range of vacuum cleaner bags.

The invention now has the object of providing a vacuum cleaner bag system, in particular an adapter and an adapter system, which allows use in as many different types of vacuum cleaner as possible.

This is achieved by an adapter for a vacuum cleaner bag with a preferably plate-shaped body in which a hole-like recess is provided with an arranged on the body annular extension piece for attaching the adapter to a device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhalte-plate, wherein the annular extension piece from the body spaced annular end surface on the side facing away from the body of the extension piece, wherein the body facing the end of the annular projection includes the recess and wherein the body facing away from the end of the annular projection has a circumference, which is adapted to an opening in the device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate comprising, and with a holding device for a Haiteplatte a vacuum cleaner bag, wherein the holding device is arranged on a side facing away from the annular shoulder portion of the body and a rail guide aufwei st, in which the holding plate of the vacuum cleaner bag is inserted so that an opening in the holder plate of the vacuum cleaner bag in the hole-like recess at least partially overlapping arrangement can be brought.

This adapter makes it easy to use a vacuum cleaner in a universal way in any vacuum cleaner fashion. The adapter according to the invention assumes the function of a universal type Interface, whereby it is now possible to provide a vacuum cleaner bag, which are used in a variety of different vacuum cleaner models and thus preferably can be designed as a kind of Universalstaubsaugerbeutei. Since the adapter as a holding device has a rail guide into which the retaining plate of the vacuum cleaner bag is inserted, the vacuum cleaner bag can be easily and comparatively force-free, ie non-destructive, changed, which on the one hand allows repeated use of the adapter and on the other hand prevents dust from The dust-filled vacuum cleaner bag exits.

For a better understanding, it should be noted that with a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate a vacuum cleaner bag holding plate is meant, which is attached to the device manufacturer's intended vacuum cleaner bag and which is designed so that it fits into a device-specific use provided in the vacuum cleaner. Under vacuum cleaner bag holding plate is to be understood a vacuum cleaner bag holding plate which is attached to a vacuum cleaner bag and which is shaped so that it can be inserted into the holding device of the adapter.

In a preferred embodiment, the annular extension piece is arranged flush with the edge of the recess. Thus, baffle or obstacle surfaces for the sucked air, where the dust can settle before it enters the vacuum cleaner bag prevented.

Furthermore, it is preferred that the end face of the annular extension piece at least in sections has an adhesive surface. With the help of the adhesive surface, the endpiece, i. the adapter can be easily attached to a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag plate.

It is advantageous that the annular extension piece, in particular thin-walled, has side walls, wherein the free edge of the side walls forms the end face. The sidewalls may act as spacers to prevent the fixture of the adapter from contacting the insert in a vacuum cleaner. In order to prevent the adapter from being forced out of its desired position by a vacuum cleaner tube present there after being arranged in a vacuum cleaner, the annular attachment piece is designed to widen conically in the direction of the body. The cone shape of the extension takes into account the pivoting path of the vacuum cleaner tube, so that the vacuum cleaner tube does not come into contact with the adapter.

In a preferred embodiment, the rail guide of the retainer has two rails spaced from one another on opposite sides of the body. This allows a particularly simple introduction of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate in the holding device.

It is of particular advantage that at least one rail has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile which is open to the opposite rail. Thus, the vacuum cleaner holding plate inserted into the U-shaped cross-sectional profile of the holding device of the adapter is securely held on the adapter.

Furthermore, it is preferable that at least one rail has an open end and a closed end, which easily allows accurate positioning of the opening of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate over the recess of the adapter and prevents inadvertent displacement of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate with respect to the adapter.

It is advantageous that the body, the annular extension piece and the holding device are integrally formed. This way the adapter is easy to make.

Furthermore, an adapter system is claimed with an adapter according to one of claims 1 to 9 and a connecting ring. The connecting ring can serve as a kind of sealing ring to produce a particularly airtight connection between adapter and device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate.

It is advantageous that the connecting ring is a double-sided adhesive ring, in this way it is possible that the connecting ring on the one hand on Adapter is attached to form an adapter system - the connecting ring can in this case for example, attached to the end face of the annular extension piece, in particular glued, be - and on the other hand on the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaltep!

Since the surface of the individual device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plates can be very different in size, material quality and surface structure, it is advantageous that the connecting ring is a foam-filled ring to compensate for these differences.

In order not to reduce the suction power of a given vacuum cleaner, it is preferable that the connecting ring has a circumference capable of enclosing the opening of a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holder plate.

Furthermore, a vacuum cleaner bag system is claimed with a vacuum cleaner bag and an adapter according to one of claims 1 to 9 and a vacuum cleaner bag system with a Staubsaugerbeutei and an adapter system according to any one of claims 10 to 15.

Preferred embodiments of the adapter according to the invention, the adapter system and the vacuum cleaner bag system will be described with reference to the drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows an adapter according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention in a perspective view showing an annular extension of the adapter;

Figure 2 shows the adapter of Figure 1 in a perspective view, the one

Holding device of the adapter shows;

FIG. 3 shows a device-specific vacuum cleaner carrier plate arranged in an insert of a vacuum cleaner with the adapter according to the invention; 4 shows a vacuum cleaner bag system according to the present invention and an insert with a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate in exploded view; and

Figure 5 shows the adapter according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention in a first perspective view (a) showing an annular end piece of the adapter, and in two further different perspective views {b and c) showing a holding device of the adapter.

Figures 1 and 2 show an adapter 10 according to the present invention in perspective views of a preferred first embodiment.

The adapter 10 has a preferably plate-shaped body 12, in which a hole-like recess 14 is provided. The size of the recess 14 is selected to be substantially equal to the diameter of most vacuum cleaner tubes available on the market. On the body 12, an annular extension piece 16 is arranged. The annular extension piece 16 is conical, widening in the direction of the body 12 and arranged flush with the edge of the recess 14. It has thin-walled side walls 18 and an annular end face 20 spaced from the body 12 on the side of the end piece 16 facing away from the body 12. The end face 20 has an adhesive surface at least in sections.

Opposite the extension piece 16, a holding device 22 is provided on the body 12. The holding device 22 comprises two rails 24 a, 24 b, which are arranged spaced apart on opposite sides of the body 12. Each rail 24a, 24b has in cross-section substantially an egg-shaped cross-sectional profile, wherein the openings of the U-shaped cross-sectional profile facing each other. Each rail 24a, 24b, in the illustrated embodiment, as can be seen in Figure 2, an open end 26 and a closed end 28 on.

The body 12, the extension piece 16 and the holding device 22 are integrally formed. As shown in FIG. 3, the adapter can be fastened to a device-specific dust-absorbent bag holding plate 30. Here, between the annular extension piece 16 and the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30, as better seen in Figure 4, a connecting ring 42 may be provided.

The connecting ring 42 is glued to the end face 20 of the annular extension piece 16 and can be glued to the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30. Here, the connecting ring 42 may be a foam ring having on its two sides a Kiebeschicht and is suitable to include an opening 32 (see Figure 4) of the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30.

The device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30 connected by means of connecting ring 42 with the adapter 10 can be inserted into an insert 34 of a vacuum cleaner.

The thin side walls 18 of the annular extension piece 16 and the foam connection ring 42 cause a substantially air-impermeable connection between the adapter 10, in particular the annular extension piece 16, and the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30 despite different nature of the Staubsaugerbeutelhaltep- lats 30 different vacuum cleaner models.

Furthermore, the side walls 18 of the annular extension piece 16 serve as a spacer between the holding device 22 of the adapter 10 and the insert 34 of the vacuum cleaner. Since the inserts 34 are formed very differently in the individual vacuum cleaner models, in particular different heights and widths may have, it may be that the Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte can be kept only in a certain distance from the insert 34 and the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30 in a vacuum cleaner , With the help of the side walls 18, the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhalte plate 30 and the holding device 22 can be kept at a distance, so that the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaiteplatte 30th also together with the adapter 10 and the vacuum cleaner bag 38, in particular the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 36, can be inserted into the device-specific insert 34 of the vacuum cleaner. In addition, the side walls 18 ensure an airtight connection between the two spaced-apart holding plates 30, 36.

A holding plate 36 of a vacuum cleaner bag 38 can, as can be seen in Figure 4, are introduced into the holding device 22 of the adapter 10. In this case, an opening 40 of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 36 is positioned substantially over the recess 14 of the adapter 10. A sealing ring 41 effects a substantially airtight connection between the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 36 and the adapter 10, in particular between the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 36 and the body 12. The U-shaped rail profile of the holding device 22 and the closed end 28 of the rails 24a and 24b hold the holding plate 36th the vacuum cleaner bag 38 in the desired position. At the same time, the rail guide allows a comparatively strong and smooth lead out the dust-filled vacuum cleaner bag 38 from the holder 22, so that a dust outlet from the vacuum cleaner boot! is removed from the holding device 22 when removing the vacuum cleaner bag 38. This type of connection also allows the repeated use of the adapter connected to the device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate with unused vacuum cleaner bags.

For the use of the adapter system according to the invention or the vacuum cleaner bag system is separated from a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag, the device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 30 from. The adapter 10 is connected to the connecting ring 42 by the connecting ring 42 is glued on one side on the end face 22 of the annular extension piece 16. The adapter system formed in this way can now be attached to the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhalteplatte 30 by the connecting ring 42 disposed around the opening 32 of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 30 and glued by means of its further adhesive surface on the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 30 becomes. In this way, an airtight connection between device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 30 and adapter 10.

The vacuum cleaner bag 38 is inserted with its Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 36 in the holding device 22 of the adapter 10. The opening 40 of the vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 36 is positioned substantially over the recess 16 so that a substantially airtight connection between the adapter 10 and the vacuum cleaner bag 38 is formed.

The vacuum cleaner unit 38 connected to the adapter 10 can now be secured in the device-specific use of a vacuum cleaner by means of the device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate 30 fastened to the adapter 10.

Since the connections adapter 10 and Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 36 and adapter 10 and device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 30 are formed substantially airtight, in the universal dust bag system according to the invention the escape of dust in a suction chamber or a dust bag shaft of the vacuum cleaner is avoided.

To change the vacuum cleaner bag 38, this is pushed out of the holding device 22 and a new vacuum cleaner bag 38 can be inserted into the holding device 22.

In the context of the invention, the connecting ring 42 can also be omitted and the annular extension piece 16 are connected directly to the device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 30 by, for example, an adhesive layer between the annular extension piece 16 and device-specific Staubsaugerbeutelhaltepiatte 30 is applied.

While in the embodiment according to Figures 1 and 2, the annular extension piece 16 of the adapter 16 is cone-shaped, but also other shapes for the annular extension piece 16 are conceivable. For example, in Figure 5, the adapter 10 is shown in a preferred second embodiment in which the annular extension piece 16 is cylindrical. While in the embodiment according to Figures 1 and 2, the holding device 22 has two rails (24a, 24b) which are spaced from each other on opposite sides of the body 12, but it is also conceivable, a continuous, in particular U-shaped slide rail 24th to provide, which is also shown as an alternative example in Figure 5.

Claims

claims

1. adapter for a vacuum cleaner bag, with a, preferably plate-shaped, body (12) in which a iochartige recess (14) is provided,

with an annular attachment piece (16) arranged on the body (12) for fastening the adapter (10) to a device-specific vacuum cleaner bag holding plate (30) which can be attached to or in a vacuum cleaner, wherein the annular attachment piece (16) has a body (12) tandete annular end face (20) on the body (12) facing away from the side of the extension piece (16), wherein the body (12) facing the end of the annular projection (16) the recess (14) encompasses and wherein the body (12) opposite end of the annular projection (16) has a circumference, which is suitable to include an opening (32) in the device-specific Staubsaugerbeuteihaltepfatte (30), and

with a holding device (22) for a holding plate (36) of a vacuum cleaner bag (38), wherein the holding device (22) is arranged on a side of the body (12) facing away from the annular shoulder (16) and has a rail guide into which the holding plate (36) of the vacuum cleaner bag (38) is insertable so that an opening in the Halterpiatte (36) of the vacuum cleaner bag (38) in at least partially overlapping arrangement with the iochartigen recess (14) can be brought.

2. Adapter according to claim 1, characterized in that the annular extension piece (16) is arranged flush at the edge of the recess (14).

3. Adapter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the end face (20) of the annular extension piece (16) has at least partially an adhesive surface.

4. Adapter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the annular extension piece (16), in particular dünnwan- Dige, side walls (18), wherein the free edge of the side walls (18), the end face (20).

5. Adapter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the annular extension piece (16) is cone-like widening in the direction of the body (2).

6. Adapter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rail guide of the Haitevorrichtung (22) has two rails (24a, 24b) spaced from each other on opposite sides of the body (12) are arranged.

7. An adapter according to claim 6, characterized in that at least one rail (24a, 24b) has a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional profile which is open to the opposite rail (24a, 24b).

8. An adapter according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that at least one rail (24a, 24b) has an open end (26) and a closed end (28),

9. Adapter according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the body (2), the annular extension piece (16) and the Haitevorrichtung (22) are integrally formed.

10. adapter system with an adapter according to one of claims 1 to 9 and a connecting ring (42).

11. Adapter system according to claim 10, characterized in that the connecting ring (42) is a double-sided adhesive ring.

12. Adapter system according to one of claims 3, 10 and 11, characterized in that the connecting ring (42) attached to the end face (20) of the annular extension piece (16), in particular glued, is.

13. Adapter system according to one of claims 10 to 12, characterized in that the connecting ring (42) is filled with a foam ring.

14. Adapter system according to one of claims 10 to 13, characterized in that the connecting ring (42) has a circumference, which is adapted to the opening (32) of a device-specific Staubsaugerbeutei- holding plate (30) to include.

15. Adapter system according to one of claims 10 to 14, characterized in that the connecting ring (42) on the device-specific Staubsaugerbeuteihalteplatte (30) attachable, in particular glued, is.

16. Vacuum cleaner bag system with a vacuum cleaner bag and an adapter according to one of claims 1 to 9.

17. Vacuum cleaner bag system with a vacuum cleaner bag and an adapter system according to one of claims 10 to 15.