JP2005185584A - Upright vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an upright vacuum cleaner easily operated by both of a right-handed user and a left-handed user and allowing the user to easily perform cleaning while carrying a body with a hand. <P>SOLUTION: This upright vacuum cleaner 1 is provided with a handle 2a for carrying in one end of a cleaner body 2, and the handle part 2a is provided with a body switch 7 for tuning on/off an electric blower 3 in the cleaner body 2. The body switch 7 is provided in the central part of the handle 2a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention, in the upper portion of the cleaner body, it relates to an upright type electric vacuum cleaner handle for carrying is provided.

Conventionally, upright type electric vacuum cleaner (vertical electric vacuum cleaner) is cleaner and has a suction port body to the lower body, removably disposed a extended to the cleaner main body rear portion communicates with the suction port body Dust contained in the outside air is collected by sending outside air from the pipe to the dust collecting cup in the vacuum cleaner body through the dust collecting hose.

Also, when cleaning the corners or high places in the room, remove the extension pipe from the vacuum cleaner body and attach the required attachment to the tip of the extension pipe to collect dust without going through the suction port. Is going.

A carrying handle is provided at the upper end of the cleaner body, and a body switch for operating or stopping the electric blower in the cleaner body is provided on the side of the handle attached to the cleaner body. (See Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-5155.

However, in the conventional vertical vacuum cleaner, the main body switch is biased to the mounting portion of the carrying handle for the vacuum cleaner main body, which is convenient for right-handed users but left-handed users Had the problem of being inconvenient. Also, during normal use of a vacuum cleaner, the main body switch may be hidden by an extension pipe or dust collecting hose, etc., and when the vacuum cleaner main body is cleaned by hand while removing the extension pipe from the vacuum cleaner body Is
There was a problem that it was difficult to operate the body switch.

The present invention is up with ease by operating the main switch to either a right-handed user and left-handed, and easy to the on-off operation of the main switch while carrying by hand cleaner body, and easy to clean It aims at providing a light type vacuum cleaner.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, the invention according to claim 1, the suction port body to form a suction chamber having a suction opening in the bottom surface, is connected to the suction plug mouth member and converging A vacuum cleaner main body having a dust chamber and an electric blower, a dust collection hose communicating the suction port body and the dust collection chamber, and an upper end portion of the vacuum cleaner main body and progress in use of the vacuum cleaner main body a handle for carrying, which is provided along a direction orthogonal to the direction, a body switch for turning on and off the provided et been pre Symbol electric blower to said handle, a upright vacuum cleaner of Ru with a The main body switch is provided at the center of the handle.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the main body switch is provided at the center of the carrying handle at the upper part of the cleaner main body, it becomes easy for both right-handed and left-handed users to operate the main body switch. In addition, since the handle for carrying is at the top of the main unit and the main unit switch is at the center of the handle, it is easy to turn on and off the main unit switch while carrying the vacuum cleaner by hand. Becomes easy.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical-type vacuum cleaner (upright type electric vacuum cleaner) shows a perspective view of one.
The electric vacuum cleaner 1 has an electric blower 3 built in a vacuum cleaner body 2, and collects dust from the outside air sucked by the electric blower 3 on the upstream side of the communication air passage of the electric blower 3. A dust cup 4 is detachably mounted. A dust collection chamber 5 is formed in the dust collection cup 4.

A suction port body 6 is attached to the lower end of the cleaner body 2. A pair of rollers (the other is not shown) 8 that can roll on the floor surface F are provided on both sides of the rear portion of the suction port body 6. Further, a suction chamber (not shown) having a known suction opening is provided on the bottom surface of the suction port body 6.

A base end portion 10a of a dust collecting hose 10 is connected to a communication air passage 9 communicating with the dust collecting chamber 5 of the dust collecting cup 4.
Is connected, and an operation tube 12 having a handle 11 integrally is provided on the dust collecting hose 10 on the free end 10b side.

A base end 13a of an extension pipe 13 is detachably attached to the operation pipe 12, and the extension pipe 13 is composed of two telescopic pipes. A distal end 13 b (lower end in FIG. 1) of the extension pipe 13 is mounted in an extension pipe connecting portion 14 that is integrally provided at the lower back of the cleaner body 2.

A connecting pipe 1 in which the tip 13b of the extension pipe 13 is fitted inside the extension pipe connecting portion 14.
5 and the air passage of the connecting pipe 15 communicates with the suction port body 6 described above.

In addition, a hook 16 a is provided at an intermediate portion of the extension pipe 13. The hook 16a is detachably locked to a locking portion 16b provided on the rear side of the cleaner body 2. Locking means 1 for locking the extension pipe 13 to the cleaner body 2 by the hook 16a and the locking part 16b.
6 is configured.

An arch-shaped carrying handle 2a is integrally provided on the upper portion of the cleaner body 2 so that the cleaner body 2 can be carried. The handle 2 a is provided vertically above the cleaner body 2.

Moreover, the said handle 2a is provided along the direction orthogonal to the advancing direction at the time of use of the vacuum cleaner 1 (arrow direction of FIG. 2 (A)). For this reason, it is easy to carry the cleaner body 2 and clean it while holding the cleaner body 2.

A main body switch 7 is provided at the center of the handle 2a. The body switch 7 is a slide switch that can slide in the direction of arrow a. For this reason, it is easy to clean with the vacuum cleaner body 2 held, and the electric blower 3 in the vacuum cleaner body 2 is easily turned on and off.

In the state where the extension pipe 13 is attached to the cleaner body 2 as described above, the suction port body 6 is connected to the extension pipe connection portion 14 via the connection pipe 15, the extension pipe 13, the operation pipe 12, the dust collecting hose 10, and the like. And communicated with the dust collection chamber 5 in the cleaner body 2. That is, the floor surface F can be cleaned by the suction port body 6 while moving the vacuum cleaner 1 in the front-rear direction on the floor surface F.

The tip 13b of the extension pipe 13 has various attachments A such as corners and brushes.
(Refer to FIG. 2 (B)) can be attached and detached for use.

[Action]
The operation of the upright type vacuum cleaner configured as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2 (A), the upright type vacuum cleaner 1 moves the extension pipe 13 and the cleaner body 2 slightly rearward to move (or move back and forth) on the floor F in the direction of the arrow. As a result, outside air is sucked in from the suction port body 6. The sucked air is guided to the dust collecting chamber 5 (see FIG. 1) through the extension pipe 13, the operation pipe 12, the dust collecting hose 10 and the like by the suction negative pressure by the electric blower 3 in the cleaner body 2. Dust on the floor surface F contained in the air is collected.

When cleaning a narrow place or high place other than the floor F, the extension pipe 13 is removed from the cleaner body 2 as shown in FIG. This is performed with the attachment A such as a brush attached.

In this case, the vacuum cleaner 1 can be carried to a required place by holding the handle 2a for carrying the vacuum cleaner body 2, and the main body switch 7 can be easily operated while holding the handle 2a by the user's hand. Can be made easier.

Since the main body switch 7 for turning on / off the operation of the upright type vacuum cleaner 1 is disposed at the center of the handle 2a as described above, it can be operated with either the right hand or the left hand of the user. The main body switch 7 is always easily visible.

That is, it is easy to operate the main body switch 7 in the same manner for both right-handed and left-handed users.

Moreover, since the main body switch 7 is in the center part on the upper side of the handle 2a, the main body switch 7 is not hidden by the extension pipe 13, the dust collecting hose 10, and the like, so that it is easy to see. In particular, when the extension pipe 13 is removed from the cleaner body 2 and cleaning is performed using the attachment A, the on / off operation of the body switch 7 can be facilitated.

Since the main body switch 7 is a slide switch, the main body switch 7 can be easily turned on / off in addition to being able to perform cleaning while holding the cleaner body 2, thereby facilitating cleaning. .

It is a perspective view of the upright type electric vacuum cleaner concerning the present invention. (A) is a perspective view of an upright type vacuum cleaner when using a suction port body, (B) is a perspective view of the upright type vacuum cleaner in a state where an attachment can be connected to an extension pipe.

Explanation of symbols

1 Upright type vacuum cleaner 2 Vacuum cleaner body 2a Carrying handle 3 Electric blower 5 Dust collection chamber 6 Suction port 7 Body switch 10 Dust collection hose

Claims (2)

A suction port body having a suction chamber having a suction opening on the bottom surface, a device body detachably connected to the suction port body and having a dust collection chamber and an electric blower, and provided in the device body to the suction chamber. Communicating connecting pipe, a pipe-shaped extension pipe whose tip is detachably connected to the connection pipe, and one end connected to the rear part of the extension pipe and the other end connected to the apparatus main body A dust collecting hose that communicates between the extension pipe and the dust collecting chamber; a handle for carrying is provided at an upper end of the cleaner body; and the electric blower in the cleaner body provided at the handle An upright type electric vacuum cleaner with a main body switch for turning on and off,
The said main body switch is along the direction orthogonal to the advancing direction at the time of use of the said vacuum cleaner, and is provided in the center part of the said handle.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the main body switch is a slide switch.

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