JP2002112935A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner wherein a paper pack can be easily removed from a basket. SOLUTION: An electric blower and a dust collecting chamber 3 are formed in a cleaner body 1. Then, the basket 5 having a front wall 12 and a bottom wall 25 is detachably formed in the dust collecting chamber 3. In this case, a fixing plate 10 for the paper pack 4 is confronted with the front wall 12. The bottom wall 25 is extended from the lower section of the front wall 12 to a location under the paper pack 4. On the front wall 12 of the basket 5, a handle 16 and a clamp 17 which fastens the fixing plate 10 for the paper pack 4 are provided for this vacuum cleaner.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner having a basket for mounting a paper pack inside a dust collection chamber of a vacuum cleaner body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various vacuum cleaners having a paper pack mounted in a dust collection chamber have been proposed. In particular, in recent years, a vacuum cleaner having a paper pack mounting basket provided inside the dust collection chamber has been adopted so that the paper pack can be easily attached to and detached from the dust collection chamber.

[0003] Conventionally used baskets are box-shaped so that dust can be collected inside the basket even when a paper pack is not mounted, and openings for ventilation are formed in the side walls and bottom surface of the basket. A filter or the like is attached to this opening.

In a vacuum cleaner equipped with such a basket, when the paper pack is discarded after cleaning, first remove the basket from the dust collection chamber, remove the paper pack fixing clamp on the trash box, and remove the basket. Upside down and discard the paper pack, or remove the clamp with the basket attached to the cleaner body, and then remove only the paper pack from the dust collection chamber.

[0005]

However, since the paper pack mounted on the basket is surrounded by the four side walls of the basket, the basket must be turned upside down.
There is a problem that the paper pack cannot be discarded and the paper pack is difficult to discard.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner that can easily discard a paper pack.

[0007]

The vacuum cleaner of the present invention comprises:
An electric blower and a dust collecting chamber are formed inside the cleaner main body, and have a front wall facing the fixing plate of the paper pack, and a bottom wall extending from a lower portion of the front wall to a position below the paper pack. A basket is detachably formed in the dust collecting chamber.

It is preferable that a clamp and a handle for detachably locking the fixing plate of the paper pack are formed on a front wall of the basket, and the clamp is disposed in a space surrounded by the handle.

[0009] It is preferable that the center of gravity is arranged so that the rear portion of the bottom wall rotates downward when the front wall is lifted by gripping the handle with the paper pack mounted on the front wall.

It is preferable that a clamp is provided on the front wall of the basket so that the fixing plate of the paper pack can be detachably engaged from above, and a groove for fixing the lower end of the fixing plate of the paper pack is provided on the bottom plate of the basket. .

Preferably, an upright wall is formed behind the bottom wall of the basket.

It is preferable that an opening for ventilation is formed in the bottom wall of the basket.

It is preferable that a projection is formed on the bottom wall of the basket to prevent the bottom wall from being in close contact with the paper pack.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing an embodiment of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention in a state where a lid of the vacuum cleaner body is opened, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the basket of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a basket of FIG. , FIG. 4 is a side view of the basket of FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the basket of FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional explanatory view showing a state where a paper pack is mounted on the basket of FIG. FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway side view in a state where a basket and a paper pack are mounted on the cleaner body of FIG. 1 and FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway plan view in a state where a basket is mounted on the cleaner body of FIG.

The electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 7 to 8 includes an electric blower 2 and a dust collecting chamber 3 inside a cleaner main body 1.
A basket 5 for mounting a paper pack 4 (see FIG. 7) is detachably provided inside the dust collection chamber 3.

A lid 6 for opening and closing the dust collection chamber 3 is provided at an upper portion of the cleaner body 1. In addition, the cleaner body 1
Wheels 7 are provided at the lower part of the cleaner so that the cleaner body 1 can be moved by rolling on the floor. Furthermore, the vacuum cleaner body 1
A suction port 1a is opened on the front surface of the device, and a hose or the like (not shown) is connected to the suction port 1a. Also,
An exhaust port 3b communicating with the electric blower 2 is formed on an inner wall surface 3a on the rear side of the dust collecting chamber 3.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the basket 5 has a substantially box shape with an upper portion and a rear portion opened.
The rear opening is an outlet 9. An upright wall (rear wall) 8 is formed at a lower opening edge of the outlet 9. Basket 5
It is made of a synthetic resin or the like. Further, the basket 5 has a handle 16 for pulling out and transporting the basket 5 and a clamp 1 for fixing the paper pack 4.
7, and a circular packing 1 for maintaining the sealing property of the basket 5 with respect to the cleaner body 1 and the paper pack 4.
4 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, when the paper pack 4 is set in the basket 5, the fixing plate 10 fixed to the paper pack 4 may be fitted between the groove 15 and the clamp 17. Conversely, when the paper pack 4 is taken out and discarded, it is only necessary to rotate the clamp 17 upward.

In the present embodiment, since the outlet 9 is formed on the rear surface of the basket 5, the paper pack 4 mounted inside the basket 5 can be easily discarded by the natural fall through the outlet 9. As a result, convenience is improved. In addition, even if the paper pack 4 is swollen by dust or the like and becomes almost full, the paper pack 4 is stuck on the four side walls (the rear wall 8, the side wall 11, and the front wall 12 in the case of the basket 5 of FIG. No defects.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the outlet 9 is formed on the rear surface is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the outlet 9 is formed on the side. In the same manner as described above, the paper pack 4 can be easily taken out of the basket 5 through the outlet 9 and discarded. Further, in order to simplify the configuration, the rear surface and the side surface may be formed in an open shape. Also in this configuration, since the outlet for taking out the paper pack is formed at the rear surface and side surface of the basket, the embodiment in which the outlet is formed in the rear surface described above and the embodiment in which the outlet is formed in the side surface are described. The paper pack can be easily discarded from the basket in the same manner as in the embodiment.

The front wall 12 of the basket 5 is formed with a connection port 13 communicating with the suction port 1a of the cleaner body 1, and a packing 14 is provided around the connection port 13.

The packing 14 shown in FIGS. 3 and 6
A ring-shaped ring portion 14a having a semicircular cross-section in contact with the fixing plate 10, an annular fitting portion 14b fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the connection port 13 into which the hose is inserted, and the connection port 13 And a ring portion 14d having a semicircular cross-section that comes into contact with the inner surface of the front wall 3c of the dust collecting chamber 3.

When the ring portion 14a comes into contact with the fixed plate 10 without any gap, the space between the front wall 12 and the fixed plate 10 is hermetically sealed. At the same time, the ring portion 14d comes into contact with the inner wall of the dust collecting chamber 3 without any gap, thereby hermetically sealing the space between the inner wall of the dust collecting chamber 3 and the front wall 12.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the basket 5 is provided with a rib 5a for receiving the semicircular maximum outer peripheral portion 14e of the ring portion 14d of the packing 14, so that the ring portion 14d is provided. It can prevent turning over and catching.

In the present embodiment, since a standing wall (rear wall 8) is formed at the lower opening edge of the outlet 9 of the basket 5, fine dust and the like are not collected in the paper pack 4 but are collected in the basket 5. Even if it accumulates, the dust and the like are guarded by the rear wall 8, so that fine dust does not spill when the paper pack 4 is discarded (the basket 5 is tilted).

The height of the rear wall 8 (in other words, the size of the outlet 9) is not particularly limited in the present invention. It is sufficient if it is left so that it does not catch.

When the outlet 9 is formed in the side wall 11, dust and the like do not spill into the dust collecting chamber 3 as described above, except for the vicinity of the lower end of the side wall 11.

In the present embodiment, the outlet 9 is formed on the rear surface (that is, on the side close to the electric blower 2), so that the outlet 9 separates the electric blower 2 and the paper pack 4 from each other. By communicating, suction performance can be improved.

Further, in this embodiment, the basket 5
A handle 16 and the clamp 17 are provided on the front wall 12 of the vehicle. Specifically, a handle 16 having an arched shape is fixed to the front wall 12 of the basket 5 by claws 18 (see FIG. 3) projecting downward from both ends of the handle 16. Inside the space surrounded by the handle 16,
The clamp 17 has a pair of shafts 19 projecting from both sides.
(See FIG. 3).
As shown in FIG. 6, the clamp 17 is constantly urged by a spring 20 in a direction to clamp the fixed plate 10.

With such a structure, when the paper pack 4 is discarded, it is performed as follows. First, with the paper pack 4 attached to the basket 5, the basket 5 is pulled out from the cleaner body 1 with the handle 16, and while holding the handle 16 by hand, the clamp 17 on the front wall 12 is rotated upward. Remove it. In this embodiment, the rear surface of the basket 5 is lowered when the handle 16 is held because the rear surface of the box-shaped basket 5 is the outlet 9 and the handle 16 is attached to the front end of the basket 5. As a result, paper pack 4
Can be easily disposed of by natural fall. Therefore, the paper pack 4 can be easily discarded without turning the basket 5 upside down while holding the handle 16 by hand. Further, the clamp 17 can be operated with one hand with the hand holding the handle 16, which is convenient.

On the other hand, when replacing the paper pack 4,
The paper pack 4 is mounted on the basket 5 outside the cleaner main body 1, and then the basket 5 can be easily mounted on the cleaner main body 1 by holding the handle 16.

Also, as shown in FIG.
Is located on the foremost side (front wall 12 side) of the basket 5, and when the basket 5 mounted on the cleaner body 1 is pulled up, the basket 5 is positioned behind the basket 5 due to the center of gravity of the basket 5. The side (the rear wall 8 side) tilts downward. As a result, the suction port 21 of the paper pack 4 is directed upward, so that dust and dust are less likely to leak when the basket 5 is transported.

In addition, since the clamp 17 is rotated while the rear side of the basket 5 is tilted as described above, the paper pack 4 is discarded through the outlet 9 on the rear side of the basket 5.
The paper pack 4 can be easily dropped.

As described above, the handle 16 of the basket 5
By providing the clamp 17, it is possible to improve the convenience of taking out, attaching, and transporting the basket 5 and attaching and discarding the paper pack 4.
Moreover, in the conventional basket, a rubber packing for preventing dust from leaking is provided on the periphery of the upper end of the basket so that dust can be collected without a paper pack, but the basket 5 of the present embodiment has the paper pack 4 attached thereto. Since it is intended to be used with
Further, attachment and detachment become easy.

Further, conventionally, when a basket with a filter is used without a paper pack, the suction performance is reduced due to clogging of the filter due to dust or the like. In the present embodiment, the suction performance is prevented from lowering. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, at least one ventilation opening 22 is formed in at least the side wall 11 of the basket 5 on the assumption that the paper pack 4 is used.

The present invention does not particularly limit the shape, number and arrangement of the ventilation openings 22. Therefore, the shape of the opening 22 may be a round hole as shown in FIG. 4 or a square hole. As shown in FIG. 4, the number of the openings 22 may be such that about 16 small-diameter holes are formed in each side wall, or one large-diameter hole is formed in each side wall 11 and the periphery of the hole is formed. A reinforcing rib may be formed on the base.
Further, the arrangement of the openings 22 may be such that a plurality of openings 22 are regularly arranged up, down, left, and right as shown in FIG.
They may be distributed.

As shown in FIG. 8, a slight gap 24 is formed between the basket 5 and the inner side wall 23 of the dust collecting chamber 3 of the cleaner main body 1. Therefore, the opening 22 of the side wall 11 of the basket 5 communicates with the electric blower 2 through the gap 24 and the exhaust port 3b. With this configuration, a flow path of air to the opening 22 is secured, so that the air can be uniformly sucked into the inside of the paper pack 4 and dust can be collected not only on the rear surface but also on the side surface of the paper pack 4, and the suction performance is reduced. Can be prevented.

The opening 22 can be formed in the bottom wall 25 of the basket 5 shown in FIGS. 2 and 7 to 8. In this case as well, a decrease in suction performance can be prevented as described above. Instead of forming the opening 22 in the wall 25, FIG.
And the paper pack 4 and the bottom wall 2 as shown in FIGS.
By protruding the planar protrusion 26 to prevent the close contact with 5,
Deterioration of suction performance can be prevented without dust or dust spilling from the basket 5 to the dust collection chamber 3.

As described above, the vacuum cleaner of the type in which the filter is attached to the basket without using the conventional paper pack by using the paper pack 4 and providing the opening 22 for ventilation and the planar protrusion 26. As compared with, the filter is not clogged, the suction performance can be prevented from lowering, and the number of parts can be reduced to reduce the cost.

[0040]

According to the structure of the present invention, the paper pack can be easily removed, the paper pack can be naturally dropped and discarded, and the convenience can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view showing a vacuum cleaner main body according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a lid of a vacuum cleaner main body is opened.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the basket of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the basket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the basket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the basket of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory sectional view showing a state in which a paper pack is mounted on the basket of FIG. 1;

7 is a partially cutaway side view in a state where a basket and a paper pack are mounted on the cleaner body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway plan view in a state where a basket is mounted on the cleaner main body of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vacuum cleaner main body 2 Electric blower 3 Dust collection chamber 4 Paper pack 5 Basket 8 Rear wall 9 Outlet 10 Fixing plate 12 Front wall 16 Handle 17 Clamp 25 Bottom wall

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Akihiro Yoneyama 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Fujiyoshi 2-chome, Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No.5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 3B062 AB38 AC06 AD01 AD14 AD32

Claims (7)

[Claims] An electric blower and a dust collecting chamber are formed inside a cleaner body, and a front wall facing a fixing plate of the paper pack;
A vacuum cleaner wherein a basket having a bottom wall extending from a lower portion of the front wall to a position below the paper pack is detachably formed in the dust collecting chamber. 2. A clamp formed on a front wall of the basket to detachably lock a fixing plate of the paper pack, and the clamp is disposed in a space surrounded by the handle. Vacuum cleaner as described. 3. A state in which a paper pack is mounted on the front wall,
2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a center of gravity is provided so that a rear portion of the bottom wall rotates downward when the handle is gripped and the front wall is lifted. 4. A front wall of the basket is provided with a clamp for engaging and disengaging a fixing plate of the paper pack from above, and a groove for fixing a lower end of the fixing plate of the paper pack is provided in a bottom plate of the basket. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 3, wherein: 5. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 3, wherein an upright wall is formed behind the bottom wall of the basket. 6. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 3, wherein an opening for ventilation is formed in a bottom wall of the basket. 7. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a projection is formed on a bottom wall of the basket to prevent the bottom wall from being in close contact with the paper pack.