EP2572619A2 - Boîtier d'aspirateur - Google Patents

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EP2572619A2
EP2572619A2 EP12184022A EP12184022A EP2572619A2 EP 2572619 A2 EP2572619 A2 EP 2572619A2 EP 12184022 A EP12184022 A EP 12184022A EP 12184022 A EP12184022 A EP 12184022A EP 2572619 A2 EP2572619 A2 EP 2572619A2
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Silvio Hamm
Joachim Klemm
Stefan Neumann
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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
    • A47L9/0009—Storing devices ; Supports, stands or holders
    • 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
    • A47L5/36—Suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing; Suction cleaners for fixing on staircases; Suction cleaners for carrying on the back
    • A47L5/362—Suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing; Suction cleaners for fixing on staircases; Suction cleaners for carrying on the back of the horizontal type, e.g. canister or sledge type
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47L9/22—Mountings for motor fan assemblies

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  • the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner housing.
  • a variety of vacuum cleaner housings is known.
  • a vacuum cleaner which has a rear-side impeller on a ground-level edge.
  • the impeller is made small compared to the dimensions of the housing of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the WO 2004/105567 A1 and the JP 8056873 A1 refer to vacuum cleaners that have larger wheels. These are mounted substantially centrally along the vacuum cleaner. Both vacuum cleaners each have a wheel on both sides of the central wheels, so that the vacuum cleaners can be tilted around the central wheels in two operating positions.
  • the DE 19805561 A1 and the parallel DE 29825194 U1 refer to a vacuum cleaner in which wheels are arranged on both sides in the region of its rear side of the housing, which at least slightly surmount the plane of the housing rear side at a circumferential point.
  • this vacuum cleaner a rearwardly projecting edge is provided in the region of its upper housing side, which is dimensioned so that the plane defined by the superior peripheral point of the wheels and the free end of the edge lies outside the rear of the housing. As a result, the vacuum cleaner can be brought into a storage position.
  • the vacuum cleaners have in common that they are supplied via a power cord with electrical energy. This is typically accommodated via a cable drum with a winding mechanism inside the relevant devices. To the device To connect a power outlet, due to the difference in size of the vacuum cleaner and the user typically a force is applied to the vacuum cleaner, which can cause the device tipping over when unplugging the power cord.
  • the invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide an improved vacuum cleaner housing that allows easier hold down the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing includes a bottom surface that extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the vacuum cleaner housing and faces a bottom in an operative position of the vacuum cleaner housing, and a rear surface that extends in the operative position substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vacuum cleaner housing and in a different from the operating position Aufbewahr ein the vacuum cleaner housing faces the ground.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing further comprises two arranged on opposite side surfaces wheels in the operating position and the storage position each have a point of contact with the ground and a projection which extends along the longitudinal direction beyond the rear side surface, wherein the projection has a concave surface on a side facing away from the bottom in the operating position, which is formed such that a user in the operating position with a foot on can exert force directed to the ground on the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing according to the invention succeeds by providing the projection and its concavely shaped side.
  • This outwardly or downwardly curved surface can serve as a tread for the user and thus allow a hold down of the vacuum cleaner housing by a force on the ground.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment of this can be rotated so at a transition from the operating position to the storage position substantially 90 °. Accordingly, in one embodiment, the back surface and the bottom surface of the vacuum cleaner housing may be substantially perpendicular to each other. This may make it possible to reduce a space requirement of the vacuum cleaner housing in the storage position.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing this can reduce due to its geometric configuration, a reduction of a footprint on the ground in the storage position against a footprint in the operating position by a factor which is between 1.1 and 1.8. In some embodiments, a reduction of the space requirement by a factor of 1.2 to 1.6 can be realized.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment may have a length along the longitudinal direction that has a 1.3-fold to 1.6-fold height of the vacuum cleaner housing perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the floor in the operating position. Accordingly, an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner housing may have a width that is between 1.1 times and 1.4 times the height of the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment may further comprise a further wheel on the bottom surface, which is optionally steerable. Together with the two wheels arranged on the side surfaces, such a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment in the operating position with exactly three or more than three wheels on the floor.
  • the projection may be disposed along a direction perpendicular to the floor in the operative position between the axes of the two wheels and the points of contact of the two wheels on the floor.
  • the projection may be arranged with its on one side concave configuration of the surface below the axes of the two wheels. In this way it may be possible to reduce the height required for lifting the user's foot in order to be able to exert the force directed towards the floor on the vacuum cleaner housing. This may make it even easier for the user to exert the appropriate force on the vacuum cleaner housing, which may be advantageous for older and / or disabled people, for example.
  • the projection may adjoin the floor surface and / or be arranged in a region of the floor surface on the rear side surface.
  • the protrusion may be disposed at a position near the bottom surface of the vacuum cleaner housing, so that removal of the protrusion from the floor in the operating position may be further reduced as desired.
  • a force exerted by the foot of the user on the vacuum cleaner housing optionally further be simplified, which may be beneficial for the aforementioned groups of people.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing may be configured such that it prevents tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing over a predetermined angle beyond the two wheels.
  • the projection can be designed such that a change from the operating position to the storage position is prevented by an unintentional force acting on the vacuum cleaner housing, but at least made more difficult.
  • the predetermined angle may be selected such that a perpendicular of a vacuum point of the vacuum cleaner housing on the floor at a tilt of the vacuum cleaner housing by the predetermined angle between a contact point of the projection with the ground and the respective contact points two wheels lying on the ground.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing does not return from the tilted position to the operating position, but instead remains in this position.
  • the predetermined angle may be between 5 ° and 25 °. In other embodiments, the predetermined angle may be between 8 ° and 16 °, for example 12 °. In this way, it may be possible, on the one hand, to limit a length of the vacuum cleaner housing along the longitudinal direction and, on the other hand, to reduce a load on the vacuum cleaner housing and / or the floor by a careless change of the vacuum cleaner housing from the tilted position to the operating position. During this movement, the vacuum cleaner housing tilts around the two wheels and strikes the floor surface, another wheel attached to the floor surface, or another support structure on the floor. Also, this may possibly be a noise in this movement can be reduced.
  • the projection on a side facing the bottom may be configured at least partially bale-shaped, so at a Tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing over the predetermined angle beyond the vacuum cleaner housing can rotate about the bale-shaped side of the projection about a substantially perpendicular to the ground axis of rotation.
  • the projection on the side facing the bottom can also have, at least in sections, a completely curved profile or a convex profile.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing may no longer stand up with the two wheels at the same time.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing may further comprise a connection for a hose or a suction hose, which is arranged on a side facing away from the projection portion of the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • the connection for the hose the above-described effect of the ballenförmig configured side of the projection may possibly particularly come into play, since in the case of a power transmission via the hose to the vacuum cleaner housing, the torques occurring with respect to the said axis of rotation are particularly large.
  • the projection for example centrally, may be arranged between the wheels. This may make it possible to make the projection wide in order to make it easier for the user of the vacuum cleaner housing to exert with the foot the force directed towards the floor. It may also be possible by this means to make the projection mechanically particularly stable and, if appropriate, to be able to better integrate it into the overall visual impression of the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • an extremity point of this bale-shaped side facing the bottom can optionally be arranged centrally or offset from the center. The extreme point typically forms the point of contact of the projection with the ground.
  • a rotational behavior of the vacuum cleaner housing can be improved around the axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to the floor, since an application of force via the hose to the vacuum cleaner housing along the longitudinal direction may possibly occur more frequently than by a direction which is rotated in relation thereto.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing may further include an extractor for a power plug disposed on the back surface or on a portion of the vacuum cleaner housing facing the back surface and facing the bottom surface.
  • the pull-out for the power plug can be arranged on the rear side surface or on an upper cover surface of the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • the ability to exert a force directed to the ground on the vacuum cleaner housing can also be supported if necessary by the structural design of the wheels and the vacuum cleaner housing. For example, it may be advisable to implement a correspondingly configured protrusion when the two wheels have a diameter that corresponds to at least 50% of a height of the vacuum cleaner housing in the region of the two wheels.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing just in the implementation of comparatively large wheels, both an increased tendency to tilt the housing and an increased need for a force application to the vacuum cleaner housing occur.
  • the projection may stand so far along the longitudinal direction beyond the rear side surface that the Projection the two wheels and another support point on the back surface of the vacuum cleaner housing lie in a plane.
  • the projection may be configured such that the two wheels and another support point on the back of the vacuum cleaner housing in the storage position form four support points for the vacuum cleaner housing. In this way, a safer parking position, which may be more mechanically stable, can be created.
  • Embodiments of a vacuum cleaner housing can basically be made of different materials.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing may comprise a metal, but also a plastic, for example an injection-moldable plastic.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment may further comprise rubber or other elastic materials. From these, for example, trim and shock absorbers can be made.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing may further comprise a blower and an outlet for the air sucked by the blower.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing optionally have one or more filters that can be fixed, so not solvable, mechanically connected to the vacuum cleaner housing, but can also be configured interchangeable.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment optionally have a receptacle for a filter and / or a filter bag or other collecting container.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing according to an embodiment further comprise a cable drum or other cable winder, which is designed to make a power cord or a power plug in an interior of the vacuum cleaner housing receivable.
  • a cable drum may optionally include a winding mechanism with the help of the power cord in the interior of the vacuum cleaner housing is pulled.
  • the present invention allows so with simple constructive and inexpensive means easier exertion of a directed towards the ground force on the vacuum cleaner housing in the operating position. In this way, if necessary, damage to the vacuum cleaner housing can be avoided by placing the foot of the user. Alternatively or additionally, an operation of the vacuum cleaner housing can be facilitated for older and / or disabled users. Further, optionally, a visually pleasing and robust way of exercising a force directed toward the floor on the vacuum cleaner housing to allow.
  • Fig. 1 shows a side view of a vacuum cleaner housing 100 according to an embodiment. This is related to Fig. 1, 2 and 3 described in more detail below and explained. This shows Fig. 2 a rear view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100, while Fig. 3 a perspective view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 reproduces.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 as in the Fig. 1 to 3 is shown here is shown in an operating position or operating position.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing thus has a bottom surface 110 which extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction 120 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the longitudinal direction 120 and the bottom surface 110 may also include an angle different from 0 °.
  • two objects extending essentially parallel to one another are understood to mean those which enclose an angle of at most 30 °, in other exemplary embodiments not more than 25 ° or even not more than 15 ° in yet other exemplary embodiments.
  • the bottom surface 110 is in the in Fig. 1 shown operating position a bottom 130 facing.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 further includes a rear surface 140 that extends substantially along a vertical direction 150, which in turn is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 120 of the vacuum cleaner housing.
  • the rear surface 140 extends in the operating position as shown in the Fig. 1, 2 and 3 is shown substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 120.
  • the rear surface 140 is in a storage position of the vacuum cleaner housing 100, which differs from the in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown operating position, facing the bottom 130.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 further includes two opposing side surfaces 160-1 and 160-2. On the side surfaces 160, a respective wheel 170-1 and 170-2 is arranged, each having a contact point 180-1, 180-2 with the bottom 130 both in the operating position and in the storage position or storage position.
  • the two wheels 170 each have a diameter which corresponds to at least 50% of a height of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in the region of the two wheels 170.
  • the axes of the two wheels 170 are arranged by the rear side surface 140 such that their distance from the rear side surface 140 is at most 60% of a diameter of the two wheels 170.
  • the two wheels 170 - 1 and 170 - 2 are disposed on the rear side surface 140 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 on the two side surfaces 160.
  • the size of the wheels 170 on the one hand allows a comparatively large ground clearance, ie a distance between the bottom surface 110 and the bottom 130 in the operating position, so that the vacuum cleaner housing can cross and drive relatively large sleepers, such as thresholds, but also long-pile carpets comparatively effortlessly.
  • the arrangement of the two wheels 170 on the rear side surface 140 facing the end of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 allows the possibility of easy tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 about the two wheels 170 to the Vacuum cleaner housing 100 from the in Fig. 1 to 3 shown operating position in the previously mentioned storage position to bring.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 therefore has a projection 210 which extends beyond the rear side surface 140 along the longitudinal direction 120 (or opposite to the longitudinal direction 120).
  • the projection 210 has, in the operating position, a side 220 facing away from the bottom 130, which has a concave surface.
  • the side 220 with its concave configuration is in this case formed such that a user in the in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown operating position with one foot can exert a force directed towards the bottom 130 toward the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the protrusion 210 is thus formed on the rear side as a surface which is curved outwards so that it can form a concave curved foot step surface.
  • the device or the vacuum cleaner housing 100 can be pressed onto the floor 130 with an extract of the power cable, power plug or power cable.
  • the foot of the user does not need to be supported on the lid, so if necessary scratches or other damage to the lid or the vacuum cleaner housing 100 are avoidable.
  • the projection 210 along the vertical direction 150, ie along the direction substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface 110 in the operating direction extending direction, between the axes of the two wheels 170 and the contact points 180 of the two wheels 170 on the floor 130. More specifically, the projection 210 closes at the in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown embodiment on the bottom surface 110 and is disposed in a region of the bottom surface 110 on the rear side surface 140. Thus, the projection 210 is disposed on a side facing the bottom 130 this very close. As a result, the user is in a position not to have to lift the foot so far, which may be particularly beneficial for older users and / or possibly disabled users.
  • the projection 210 and the side 220 formed by it with its concave surface is in this case mechanically connected to the bottom surface 110 via a plurality of webs 230.
  • This not only makes it easier to manufacture the vacuum cleaner housing 100 because this design allows for relatively easy demoulding during the manufacturing process, it also stabilizes the projection 210 so that a corresponding force can be exerted thereon by the foot of the user of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 ,
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 further has on the bottom surface 110 on another wheel 240, which may optionally be designed as a steerable wheel. As an alternative to a wheel 240, a ball can also be implemented at this point.
  • the further wheel 240 which is also in the operating position with the bottom 130 in contact, here serves as additional support for the vacuum cleaner housing 100 and allows in the case of a steerable execution a simpler consequences of the vacuum cleaner housing when the user via a connectable to the vacuum cleaner housing hose exerts a corresponding force on the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 further comprises a connection 250 for a hose through which a suction hose to the vacuum cleaner housing 100th can be coupled.
  • the port 250 may in this case be equipped with a latching or other locking mechanism in order to allow a connection of the hose to the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in a mechanically stable and at the same time releasable manner.
  • the connection 250 for the hose not shown, arranged on a projection 210 facing away from the portion of the vacuum cleaner housing 110. More specifically, the port 250 is attached to a front portion of a lid 260 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the rear surface 140 further includes a receptacle 270 for a floor cleaning attachment, so that it may optionally be attached to the vacuum cleaner housing 100 together with the hose connected to the connection.
  • the receptacle 270 is in this case integrally formed with the remainder of the rear side surface 140 and has a corresponding structure, which enables a corresponding counter-structure of the floor cleaning attachment to engage behind. As a result, between these a positive connection can be created.
  • the recording forms another support point over which the vacuum cleaner housing is in the storage position with the bottom 130 in contact.
  • Fig. 4 a Fig. 3 corresponding partial elevational view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the interior of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 connects to the terminal 250 a space 280 which is adapted to receive a filter bag.
  • the space 280 or the connection 250 is formed such that the filter bag can be mechanically connected to the connection 250 in such a way that a particle-laden gas stream entering the space 280 through the connection 250 flows into the filter bag.
  • the space 280 is separated from a fan chamber 290 arranged opposite the longitudinal direction 120 by a wall 300 which has a receptacle for a filter element.
  • the wall 300 is correspondingly at least partially permeable to the air flow and accordingly has cross braces to improve the mechanical stability.
  • a fan 310 is arranged, which is designed to suck in an air flow via the wall 300 from the space 280 and thus via the port 250.
  • the blower 310 is further configured to exhaust the air into the blower chamber 290 at a corresponding exit thereof. This creates a pressure difference between the space 280 and the fan chamber 290, wherein in the fan chamber 290 there is an overpressure.
  • a pressure compensation via a grid 330 in the cover 260 of the vacuum cleaner housing with the environment can be done.
  • an air flow which is again cleaned and, if appropriate, filtered by the filter included in the receptacle 320, passes through the grille 330 to the environment.
  • FIG. 12 also shows a cross section through a bearing 340 with which the further wheel 240 (not shown in FIG Fig. 4 ) is mechanically connected to the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • FIG. 4 shows Fig. 4 not that also in the fan room 290 or in an adjacent room, the previously mentioned cable drum for providing the power or power cable is arranged.
  • the vacuum cleaner are arranged in the fan chamber 290, namely the blower 310 and the cable drum.
  • the room 280 houses hardly massive objects. This is essentially equipped with the filter bag and the corresponding filters or equippable.
  • a center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in the operating position is indeed between the bearing 340 and the further wheel 240 and the axes of the two wheels 170, but is arranged - often clearly - closer to the wheels 170.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing 100 has the projection 210. This is not only used during operation and during the preparation of the opportunity to exert a force directed towards the ground on the vacuum cleaner housing 100, but he - assuming a suitable design - also in a position to overturn and rollovers and other unwanted positions of the Vacuum cleaner housing to reduce, if not completely prevent.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing may be widened. That in the Fig. 1 to 4 shown vacuum cleaner housing can be implemented, for example, with a width of 320 mm, but of course with other dimensions.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing has been widened compared to a predecessor series by several 5 mm, more precisely by 25 mm.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing 100 may have a length along the longitudinal direction 120 that is 1.3 to 1.6 times the height of the vacuum cleaner housing perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 120 and perpendicular to the floor in the operative position. Accordingly, an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner housing may have a width that is between 1.1 times and 1.4 times the height of the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the projection 210 which is also referred to as a spoiler, has also been integrated in the lower part at the rear of the vacuum cleaner housing 100, that is to say in the region of the rear side surface 140. This can reduce the roll over to the rear, if not minimize. So is the vacuum cleaner 100, as it is in the Fig. 1 to 4 has been designed with respect to the projection 210 such that this tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 over a predetermined angle about the two wheels 170 stops.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 is selected and configured in such a way with respect to its weight distribution and the massive components contained therein, that a solder point of a center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner housing on the floor at a tilt of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 by the aforementioned predetermined angle between a contact point of the vacuum cleaner Projection 210 with the bottom 130 and the two points of contact 180 of the two wheels 170 on the floor 130 is located.
  • a solder point of a center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner housing on the floor at a tilt of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 by the aforementioned predetermined angle between a contact point of the vacuum cleaner Projection 210 with the bottom 130 and the two points of contact 180 of the two wheels 170 on the floor 130 is located.
  • Fig. 1 to 4 shown vacuum cleaner housing 100 of the projection 210 just designed so that when rolling the vacuum cleaner housing 100 via the wheels 170, the vacuum cleaner housing remains in a stable Verkipp ein or position. In this, the device is no longer with the other wheel 240 and the two wheels 170 on the floor 130
  • FIG. 5 shows Fig. 5 one essentially Fig. 1 corresponding side view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 according to an embodiment, in which, however, this is brought from the operating position or operating position by tilting by the predetermined angle ⁇ in the tilt position.
  • the other wheel 240 no longer touches the ground 130, but is "in the air".
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 contacts the floor 130 via the two points of contact 180 of the two wheels 170 and a point of contact 350 of the projection 210.
  • This tilt position as shown in FIG Fig. 5 is stable, since the center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 has been moved behind a plane 360 by tilting, which includes the axes of the wheels 170.
  • the center of gravity moves by the tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 by the predetermined angle ⁇ in the half-space facing the rear side surface 140, which is formed by the plane 360.
  • the center of gravity may also be in front of the plane 360 in the in Fig. 5 remain shown Verkipp too. In such a case, the situation would not be stable and the vacuum cleaner housing would fall or fall back on the further wheel 240 at a decrease in the force causing the tilting.
  • the above-described configuration of the protrusion 210 such that the soldering point of the center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 between the points of contact 180 of the wheels 170 and the contact point 350 of Projection 210 is located, so may optionally reduce a caused by the falling back load of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 or the other wheel 240 and its storage 340, possibly even completely avoided.
  • the predetermined angle for vacuum cleaner housings 100 is typically between 5 ° and 25 °. In other embodiments, the respective predetermined angle may also be between 8 ° and 16 °.
  • the tilt angle, as in Fig. 5 is shown here is 12 °. This was, as described, determined from the force acting on the vacuum cleaner housing 100 overturning moment and the position of the center of gravity of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the design of the projection 210 can ensure that the vacuum cleaner can not roll over the round rear contour during use. Due to this function of the projection 210, this is referred to not only as a spoiler, but also as a stop means.
  • the protrusion 210 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 is also designed such that it is at least partially bale-shaped on a side facing the bottom 130. As a result, it is possible for the vacuum cleaner housing 100 to rotate around the bale-shaped side of the projection 210 about a rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the floor when the vacuum cleaner housing 100 is tilted beyond the predetermined angle ⁇ .
  • FIG. 6 is a rear view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 similar to the illustration Fig. 2 shows.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 has been tilted by an angle about the transverse direction 200, that is beyond the rolling range of the wheels 170, so that the vacuum cleaner housing 100 now touches the floor 130 only with the contact point 350 of the bale-shaped underside of the projection 210. Due to the tilt beyond the predetermined angle ⁇ , at least one of the two wheels 170-1, 170-2 loses contact with the floor 130
  • Fig. 6 is a force substantially along the longitudinal direction 120 (not shown in FIG Fig. 6 ) has been applied to the vacuum cleaner housing 100, so that both wheels 170 have lost contact with the floor 130 here.
  • the device can now be rotated or pivoted about the axis of rotation drawn as a dashed line 370. If, for example, by a corresponding force acting on the hose and thus over the port 250 to a tilting of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 beyond the predetermined angle addition, the vacuum cleaner housing by a rotational movement about the axis of rotation 370 a corresponding force effect .sequences. As a result, a tilting or tipping over of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 can likewise be avoided.
  • a contact line of the tread surface (side 220 of the projection 210) is convex toward the bottom 130, so that preferably with a raised device on a carpet, the vacuum cleaner housing 100 rotates about this, for example, central point of contact 350 to the ground.
  • the device therefore tends to not fall down when pulling on the suction hose, but rotates in the raised position, such as in Fig. 6 is shown around this point of contact 350 and the axis of rotation 370 passing therethrough.
  • the protrusion 210 thus constitutes a pivot point with a convex contour, which also serves as a step surface for holding down the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the projection 210 thus forms an extreme point which, in the operating position or use position, faces the base 130 and is formed on its side 220 as a tread surface.
  • the extreme point also allows for a train on the suction hose in the rearward direction, ie to the rear side surface 140 that the device, for example, on a carpet around this extreme point, ie the corresponding contact point 350 rotates.
  • the projection 210 is designed to be spherical or convex for this purpose. As a result, if necessary, a tilting or falling over of the device can be effectively avoided.
  • the protrusion 210 allows preventing or even preventing tipping or falling over of the canister vacuum cleaner with the associated vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • the protrusion 210 is attached to the rear side surface 140 of the vacuum cleaner such that it as a stop means between a horizontal use situation or operating position and a vertical storage or storage position is arranged.
  • the projection 210 forms a further, rear extreme point, which is designed as a support point and thus allows a safer parking in the storage position for the vacuum cleaner with the corresponding vacuum cleaner housing.
  • the support points are here, as will be explained below, arranged on two substantially perpendicular to each other intersecting lines (diagonal axes).
  • Fig. 7a a rear view of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in the storage position, which is different from that shown previously and in connection with the Fig. 1 to 4 described operating position characterized in that the vacuum cleaner housing 100 has been brought substantially by 90 ° in an upright position.
  • Fig. 7b shows a corresponding side view while Fig. 7c shows a view of the rear surface 140, which faces the bottom 130 in the storage position.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 is further formed such that the protrusion 210 extends so far along the longitudinal direction 120 beyond the rear side surface 140, that the protrusion 210, the two wheels 170-1 and 170-2 and another support point 380 on the back surface 140 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 lie in a plane.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 110 rests on the floor 130 via the two contact points 180-1 and 180-2 of the two wheels 170-1 and 170-2 as well as the support point 380 and the projection 210 or its contact point 350.
  • the two wheels 170, the support point 380 and the contact point 350 of the projection 210 thus form a total of four support points for the vacuum cleaner housing 100.
  • FIG. 7a to 7c the respective regions of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in different perspectives. So shows Fig. 7a in particular the two contact points 180-1 and 180-2 of the two wheels 170-1 and 170-2.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 rests substantially centrally on the floor 180 above the contact point 350 of the projection 210 and above the support point 380 on the rear surface 140 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 on the floor.
  • the support point 380 is in this case formed by the receptacle 270 for the floor cleaning head of the vacuum cleaner.
  • the receptacle 270 therefore also serves as a parking aid.
  • Fig. 7a the distribution of the contact points 180, 350, 380 along the transverse direction 200 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 has shown Fig.
  • FIG. 7c shows Fig. 7c the vacuum cleaner housing 100 from its rear surface 140 from. So are in Fig. 7c the two contact points 180-1 and 180-2 of the two wheels 170-1 and 170-2 as well as the contact point 350 of the projection 210 and the support point 380 on the rear side surface 140 and the receptacle 270 are illustrated by dashed lines.
  • the four support points 180-1, 180-2, 350 and 380 are located approximately in the middle of the lateral housing flanks.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 is so with a total of four support points on the floor 130 (not shown in FIG Fig. 7c ), which include the aforementioned Abstell Anlagen in the form of the receptacle 270 and its support point 380, the Radkanten (contact points 180 of the wheels 170) and the spoiler or the projection 210 and its contact point 350.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing 100 may allow it to rest in the storage position on an additional support point on the floor 130. While in conventional devices at the rear this typically rests on only three points, allows a vacuum cleaner housing 100 according to one embodiment due to the described configuration of the projection 210, the wheels 170 and the back surface 140 a support in the storage position on more than three support points, namely the described four points of support. As a result, the stability in the storage position can be considerably improved in some cases. There are thus four back extreme points available, which are arranged at substantially intersecting at 90 ° angles degrees, which is why they are also referred to as diagonal axes.
  • the projection 210 which is also referred to as a roll bar, thus prevents tilting and also serves as a fourth support point.
  • the projection 210 is integrated into the design of the rear end, in particular the rear side surface 140.
  • the projection 210 is integrally formed on the rear side of the housing and the housing bottom and serves as a stop means, which allows lifting of the vacuum cleaner housing 100 up to an angular position of about 12 degrees.
  • the pull-out 190 for the power plug is attached to the back surface 140 of the vacuum cleaner housing 100. In other embodiments, however, it can also be arranged at other locations, for example at a section of the vacuum cleaner housing 100, which faces the rear side surface 140, but lies opposite the bottom surface 110. In other words, the drawer 190 may also be part of the lid 260.
  • Embodiments of a vacuum cleaner housing can be used for example in connection with a vacuum cleaner with a suction air inlet, which is arranged on the front or on the upper side of the device. These tend in a pull on the suction hose to lift off the ground surface.
  • An exemplary embodiment of a vacuum cleaner housing 100 now makes it possible to implement a tilt protection which only permits a certain lifting angle, the predetermined angle ⁇ , between a horizontal use position or operating position and a raised, obliquely running position or tilt position. A lateral unwinding, but also falling over can optionally be avoided by the use of a vacuum cleaner housing 100 according to one embodiment.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing 100 can further ensure reliable accident protection in an upright storage or storage position.
  • a vacuum cleaner housing 100 in an embodiment also in a lateral or rearward pull on the suction hose also tilting or falling over of the device, in particular on a carpet avoid.
  • the vacuum cleaner housing 100 in such a case about the axis of rotation 370 follow the train on the suction hose.
  • an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner housing 100 may provide a tread surface in the form of side 220 of the projection 210, which may be formed, for example, in an extract of the Supply cable prevents lifting or tilting of the vacuum cleaner or at least made difficult. Embodiments of a vacuum cleaner housing thus serve to improve the anti-tipper.
  • the present invention allows so with simple constructive and inexpensive means easier exertion of a directed towards the ground force on the vacuum cleaner housing in the operating position. In this way, if necessary, damage to the vacuum cleaner housing can be avoided by placing the foot of the user. Alternatively or additionally, an operation of the vacuum cleaner housing can be facilitated for older and / or disabled users. Further, optionally, a visually pleasing and robust way of exercising a force directed toward the floor on the vacuum cleaner housing to allow.

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