JP2003250722A - Set of auxiliary floorcloth for vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an auxiliary cleaner which easily cleans wet dust and/or stuck dust on a surface to be cleaned, and a vacuum cleaner including the same. <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner 100 includes a vacuum cleaner body 110, a suction port assembly 120 for sucking the dust on the surface to be cleaned, an extension pipe 130 for connecting between the vacuum cleaner body 110 and a suction port assembly 120, and an auxiliary floorcloth set 150 detachably provided on one end side of the extension pipe 130. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to an auxiliary rag set capable of removing wet dust and / or stuck dust on a surface to be cleaned, and a vacuum cleaner including the auxiliary dust rag set.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional vacuum cleaner 1
Reference numeral 00 denotes a vacuum cleaner body 110 having a suction motor (not shown) and a dust collecting filter (not shown) built therein, and a suction hole (not shown) for sucking air along with dust from a surface to be cleaned when the suction motor is driven. ) Is formed on the bottom surface of the main suction port assembly 120, and an extension tube for connecting the vacuum cleaner body 110 and the main suction port assembly 120 to form a passage through which the dust is sucked into the vacuum cleaner body 110. And 130. The main suction port assembly 120 may further include an auxiliary cleaning device 140 such as an auxiliary suction nozzle for cleaning a portion that cannot be cleaned. The auxiliary suction nozzle 140, which is an auxiliary cleaning device, is attached to the tip of the extension tube 130 along the surface to be cleaned instead of the main suction port assembly 120 and is used. When not in use, the auxiliary suction nozzle 140 is separately provided. The vacuum cleaner body 1 is stored while being attached to a detachable member (not shown)
It is stored and stored in another storage unit (not shown) provided in the unit 10.

However, when the conventional vacuum cleaner 100 having the above-mentioned structure is used for cleaning, the main suction port assembly 120 or the auxiliary suction unit provided in the vacuum cleaner 100 for sucking in air to clean dust. There is a disadvantage that the nozzle 140 alone cannot completely remove wet dust such as oil and water scattered on the surface to be cleaned and dust on the surface to be cleaned.

Accordingly, if a portion contaminated by the wet dust or the stuck dust is found during cleaning using the conventional vacuum cleaner 100, the user can clean the wet dust separately. There was the trouble that the above-mentioned wet dust and sticky dust had to be wiped off with a rag.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to easily clean wet dust and / or stuck dust on the surface to be cleaned. An auxiliary cleaning device and a vacuum cleaner equipped with the auxiliary cleaning device are provided.

[0006]

The auxiliary rag set according to one aspect of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a wet dust and dirt on the surface to be cleaned when cleaning the surface to be cleaned using a vacuum cleaner. Alternatively, it is characterized in that it includes an auxiliary rag member for wiping off cluttered dust, and a mounting device for detachably mounting the auxiliary rag member on the extension tube of the vacuum cleaner.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the mounting device is fixed to the extension pipe and a second fixing member which supports the auxiliary rag member and has a mounting protrusion on one side thereof. It is preferable to provide a first fixing member having a mounting groove complementary to the mounting protrusion.

On the other hand, a vacuum cleaner according to another aspect of the present invention connects a vacuum cleaner body, a suction port assembly for sucking dust on a surface to be cleaned, and the vacuum cleaner body and the suction port assembly. An extension pipe and an auxiliary rag set detachably provided on one side of the extension pipe, wherein the auxiliary rag set includes an auxiliary rag member capable of cleaning the wet dust and / or stuck dust, and the auxiliary rag member. A mounting device for detachably mounting the extension pipe.

According to this, it is possible to easily clean the surface to be cleaned, which is soiled by wet dust and / or sticky dust, by using the auxiliary rag set.

Here, the mounting device includes a second fixing member that supports the auxiliary rag member and has a mounting protrusion protruding from one side, and is fixed to the extension tube, and is hooked complementarily to the mounting protrusion. A first fixing member having a mounting groove to be joined.

The second fixing member has the same radius of curvature as the outer peripheral surface of the extension pipe on the side of the connecting surface connected to the first fixing member, and is formed in the longitudinal direction of the second fixing member. It is desirable to have a concave portion.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing an embodiment of the present invention, components having the same configurations and functions as those of the conventional vacuum cleaner shown and described in FIG. 1 will be referred to by using the same reference numerals, and the details thereof will be described. Detailed explanation is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the vacuum cleaner 100 according to the present invention (see FIG. 1) is a vacuum cleaner body 110.
(See FIG. 1), a main suction port assembly 120 that sucks dust on the surface to be cleaned, and an extension tube 130 that connects the main suction port assembly 120 to the vacuum cleaner body 110. Further, the auxiliary rag set 150 is detachably attached to the extension tube 130.

The auxiliary rag set 150 includes the auxiliary rag member 1
51, and a mounting device 152 for detachably mounting the auxiliary rag member 151 to the extension tube 130.

The auxiliary rag member 151 is for wiping off the surface to be cleaned when it is dirty due to wet dust or sticky dust. The auxiliary rag member 151 in the present embodiment is formed of a foaming synthetic resin material such as sponge, and other woven material such as rag and cloth which can absorb liquid well can be used.

The mounting device 152 is for removably mounting the auxiliary rag member 151 on one side of the extension tube 130. The mounting device 152 according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a second fixing member 157 provided on one side of the extension tube and a second fixing member 1.
57 and a first fixing member 153 that is detachably coupled to the extension tube 130 by being coupled to 57.

Here, an auxiliary rag member 151 is detachably attached to the first fixing member 153. According to this, as the first fixing member 153 is attached while the auxiliary rag member 151 is supported by the second fixing member 157 fixedly mounted on the extension pipe 130, the auxiliary rag member 151 is detachably attached to the extension pipe 130. To be done.

The second fixing member 157 is formed in a tubular shape having a through hole in the center. Since the through hole is sandwiched by the extension tube 130, the second fixing member 157 is attached to the extension tube 130.
Fixed to. A predetermined cutout portion 158 is formed on one side of the outer periphery of the second fixing member 157, and a predetermined mounting groove 159 is formed when the second fixing member 157 and the extension tube 130 are coupled. In addition, if the second fixing member 157 includes the mounting groove 159 and the first fixing member 153 can be removably mounted, various modifications can be made.

The first fixing member 153 includes a seat 154 formed on the upper surface and a recess 155 formed on the lower surface that contacts the extension tube 130. The auxiliary cloth member 151 is seated on the seat portion 154, and a predetermined seating means is provided so that the auxiliary cloth member 151 can be detachably mounted. The seating means in this embodiment is composed of a seat 154 and an auxiliary rag member 15.
The adhesive 160 applied or attached to the one contact surface is used, so that the user can detachably attach the auxiliary rag member 151 to the attachment portion 154. In addition, the auxiliary rag member 151 is formed to have a volume larger than that of the seat 154, and the auxiliary rag member 151 is seated in the seat 154.
The first fixing member 1 such that
There is no limit to the method for detachably mounting the auxiliary rag member 151 on the 53.

The recess 155 has a first fixing member 157 and a first fixing member 157.
The fixing member 153 is formed so as to face the extension pipe 130 when the fixing member 153 is coupled and to have a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the first fixing member 153. Here, the recess 155 is formed of a curved surface having a radius of curvature of the same size as the radius of curvature of the extension tube 130. As a result, the concave portion 155 has the first fixing member 153 and the extension pipe 130.
At the time of coupling, the extension pipe 130 is wrapped in a part of the outer peripheral surface. According to this, the contact area between the first fixing member 153 and the extension tube 130 is increased, so that the mounting protrusion 156 and the mounting groove 1 described later are formed.
It firmly supports the bonded state of 59. In addition, the extension pipe 130
The effect that the volume of the first fixing member 153 and the auxiliary rag member 151 mounted on the extension tube 130 on one side can be reduced is also achieved.

On the other hand, a mounting protrusion 156 is provided at a substantially central portion of the recess 155. The mounting protrusion 156 is the second fixing member 1.
The front end is bent and formed in the longitudinal direction of the second fixing member 157 so that a gap 156a with a predetermined interval is formed between the lower surface of 57 and the lower surface of 57.

The first fixing member 153 thus configured
In order to attach the mounting protrusion 156 to the extension tube 130, the mounting protrusion 156 is placed above the mounting groove 159.
3 is brought into close contact with the extension pipe 130, and then the first fixing member 153
Is slidably moved to the lower side of the extension tube 130, and the mounting protrusion 156 may be hooked to the mounting groove 159. The connection state of the first fixing member 153 as described above is as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the auxiliary rag member 151 may be attached to the extension tube 1 by various methods other than the method using the mounting device 152 described above.
It can be detachably attached to 30. For example, similar to the method of connecting the auxiliary rag member 151 and the first fixing member 153, the auxiliary rag member 151 and the extension tube 130 are directly applied or attached to the extension rag 130 by attaching or detaching the auxiliary rag member 151 to or from the extension tube 130. The connection method may be variously modified such that it can be freely mounted.

The second fixing member 157 has a plurality of connecting means so that the auxiliary cleaning device 140 (see FIG. 1) other than the auxiliary rag member 151 can be attached to the side surface of the extension tube 130.
(Not shown).

The cleaning method using the vacuum cleaner 100 according to the present invention having the above-described structure is as follows.

First, the vacuum cleaner body 110 is driven to cause the main suction port assembly 120 to generate a predetermined suction force. Then, the main suction port assembly 120 is moved along the surface to be cleaned, and the dust scattered on the surface to be cleaned is sucked into the main suction port assembly 120 together with the ambient air. At this time, depending on the condition of the surface to be cleaned, a cleaning auxiliary device of the auxiliary suction nozzle 140 (see FIG. 1) having a narrow tip may be attached to the extension pipe 130 instead of the main suction port assembly 120 for use. You can also

On the other hand, as described above, when the surface to be cleaned is cleaned and the surface to be cleaned which is soiled due to wet dust such as water or oil or stuck dust is cleaned in the middle, the extension pipe 1
The first fixing member 153 attached to one side of the extension tube 30 is gripped and slid from the upper side of the extension tube 130. This allows
Auxiliary rag member 151 and first fixing member 1 that supports the rag member 151
53 is separated from the extension pipe 130, and the first fixing member 153
The cleaning is completed by wiping off the part contaminated by the wet dust with the auxiliary rag member 151 in the state of gripping. Here, the first fixing member 153 not only has the function of detachably mounting the auxiliary rag member 151 on the extension pipe, but also the auxiliary rag member 151.
Also plays the role of a handle.

As described above, the auxiliary wipe member 151 used at the time of cleaning includes the first fixing member 153 to the auxiliary wipe member 1.
It is possible to replace them by separating 51 and then washing and recycling it, or by mounting a new auxiliary rag member 151 on the first fixing member 153.

A vacuum cleaner 10 is provided for cleaning the surface to be cleaned which is extremely dirty.
When cleaning with 0, the outer contour of each component such as the vacuum cleaner body 110 may be soiled by the dust transferred from the surface to be cleaned. Also in this case, if the auxiliary rag member 151 is used, the dirty portion of the vacuum cleaner 100 can be easily cleaned.

On the other hand, although the present invention has been described by exemplifying a canister type vacuum cleaner, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to an upright type vacuum cleaner. That is, instead of the extension tube 130, the upright type vacuum cleaner body 11
The auxiliary rag set 150 can be detachably attached to the outer wall of No. 0.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the vacuum cleaner 100 is used for cleaning and the surface to be cleaned that is dirty due to wet dust and sticky dust is cleaned, the extension pipe 130 is used. It can be cleaned by wiping off the surface to be cleaned using the auxiliary rag member 151 that is detachably attached. As a result, the troublesomeness of cleaning the wet dust and the cluttered dust with another dust cloth is eliminated during the cleaning using the vacuum cleaner.

While the present invention has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments for illustrating the principles of the invention, it is not intended that the invention be limited to the exact construction and operation so illustrated and described. . On the contrary, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the claims.
Accordingly, all such suitable variations and modifications and equivalents should be considered within the scope of the present invention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a vacuum cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a mounted state of the auxiliary rag set of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 vacuum cleaner 110 Vacuum cleaner body 120 Main suction port assembly 130 extension tube 140 Auxiliary suction nozzle 150 auxiliary rag 151 Auxiliary rag member 152 mounting device 153 First fixing member 154 Azabu 155 recess 156 Mounting protrusion 156a gap 157 Second fixing member 158 excision 159 mounting groove 160 adhesive

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. When cleaning a surface to be cleaned using a vacuum cleaner,
An auxiliary wiper member for wiping off wet dust and / or sticky dust on the surface to be cleaned, and a mounting device for detachably attaching the auxiliary wiper member to the extension tube of the vacuum cleaner. Auxiliary rag set. 2. The mounting device comprises: a second fixing member which supports the auxiliary rag member and has a mounting protrusion protruding from one side; and a hook fixed to the extension pipe and complementary to the mounting protrusion. The auxiliary rag set according to claim 1, further comprising: a first fixing member having a mounting groove. 3. A vacuum cleaner including a vacuum cleaner body, a suction port assembly for sucking dust on a surface to be cleaned, and an extension pipe connecting the vacuum cleaner body and the suction port assembly, wherein wet dust and / Or a vacuum cleaner characterized by comprising an auxiliary rag set detachably provided on one side of the extension tube so as to clean a surface to be cleaned which is soiled by clogging dust. 4. The auxiliary rag set includes: an auxiliary rag member capable of cleaning the wet dust and / or stuck trash; and a mounting device for detachably mounting the auxiliary rag member to the extension tube. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 3, wherein: 5. The mounting device includes a second fixing member that supports the auxiliary rag member and has a mounting protrusion protruding from one side, and is fixed to the extension pipe, and is hooked complementarily to the mounting protrusion. 5. A vacuum cleaner according to claim 4, further comprising a first fixing member having a mounting groove formed therein. 6. The second fixing member has the same radius of curvature as the outer peripheral surface of the extension pipe on the side of the connecting surface connected to the first fixing member, and is formed in the longitudinal direction of the second fixing member. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 5, wherein the vacuum cleaner has a recess formed therein.