JP2006204350A - Electric vacuum cleaner, floor suction tool for vacuum cleaner, rotor for floor suction tool, attachment, and vacuum cleaner provided with the floor suction tool, rotor for floor suction tool and attachment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool, an attachment, and the vacuum cleaner provided with the floor suction tool and the attachment, for making allergens harmless by adding an antiallergenic agent to the suction air path of the electric vacuum cleaner, the floor suction tool and the attachment, etc., inactivating the allergens of shells and feces of tick or pollen stuck to a surface to be cleaned and sucking them together with dust. <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner comprises: a vacuum cleaner body 1 provided with a motor-driven blower 2 and a dust collecting chamber 3 inside; a hose unit 5 connected to the vacuum cleaner body 1; an extension pipe 9 connected to the hose unit 5; and the floor suction tool 10 connected to the vacuum cleaner body 1, the hose unit 5 or the extension pipe 9. The whole or a part of the suction air path from the floor suction tool 10 to the dust collecting chamber 3 is added with a substance to inactive the allergens, or is provided with a member to which the substance is added. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool for a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool, a rotary rotor, an attachment, and a vacuum cleaner provided with the floor suction tool, a rotary rotor for a floor suction tool, and an attachment, More specifically, the present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner or the like provided with a means for inactivating allergens harmful to the human body.

Conventionally, it is known that microorganisms harmful to the human body such as ticks pass through the bellows hose at high speed when sucked by a vacuum cleaner, and are killed by impact when colliding with the irregularities of the bellows hose.
However, surviving ticks may exist in the dust collection chamber, so a vacuum cleaner that kills mites contained in the dust accumulated in the dust collection chamber by returning the exhaust heat from the electric blower to the dust collection chamber. Has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, a cyclone type electric vacuum cleaner that directly collects dust including mite carcasses and feces in a dust collection chamber without using a dust collection bag has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  However, conventional vacuum cleaners can kill mite and other harmful microorganisms, but mite dead bodies and mite feces contained in dust can only be collected in a dust bag or dust collection chamber. In addition, as described above, the stronger the impact when colliding with the irregularities in the bellows hose, the more likely the mite carcasses that have become dry and crushed are more likely to be crushed. There is also a risk that dead bodies of mites will leak from the small ventilation holes of the filter.

  For this reason, when the dust accumulated in the dust bag or the dust collection chamber is discarded or during cleaning, fine dust from air exhausts into the air, and the sneezing symptom is caused by inhaling the contaminated air. May come out. This is caused by allergic rhinitis caused by mite carcasses and allergens in feces, as introduced in Joint Publishers' “Tick is the main cause, how to cure atopic dermatitis”. Because. Furthermore, it is also considered to cause diseases such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. Moreover, this allergen is also contained in pollen and is related to the onset of hay fever.

  As countermeasures against such allergens, an antiallergen composition containing an allergen inactivating agent and an inhalable composition, and an antiallergen filter material or sheet obtained by processing the antiallergen composition, and a vacuum cleaner filter As an example, an invention has been proposed in which the electric blower is mounted on the upstream side and the downstream side of the electric blower (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP-A-62-127026 JP 2001-104223 A JP 2002-326944 A

The techniques of Patent Documents 1 and 2 can kill harmful microorganisms such as mites, but mite carcasses and feces are only collected in a dust collection chamber, and no countermeasure is taken against allergens.
Moreover, since the technique of patent document 3 has a possibility that the dead body of the tick crushed by the impact may pass through a filter as mentioned above, there is a possibility that it may be released into the indoor air together with the exhaust. It is insufficient as a countermeasure for inactivation. In addition, since there is no measure for preventing inactivation of allergens contained in fine dust when discarding dust in a vacuum cleaner such as a cyclone method that directly discards dust, allergens may be scattered in the air.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an anti-allergen agent is added to a suction air passage of a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool, a rotary rotor for a floor suction tool, an attachment, etc. Vacuum cleaner, vacuum cleaner floor suction tool, floor suction tool rotation that inactivates allergens of mites and feces or pollen attached to the surface and sucks them together with dust to make them allergenic An object of the present invention is to provide a rotor, an attachment, and a vacuum cleaner including the floor suction tool, a rotary rotor for the floor suction tool, and the attachment.

  The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a vacuum cleaner body provided with an electric blower and a dust collection chamber therein, a hose unit connected to the vacuum cleaner body, and an extension pipe connected to the hose unit. A floor suction tool connected to the vacuum cleaner body, hose unit, or extension pipe, and allergen is not contained in all or part of the suction air passage from the floor suction tool to the dust collecting chamber. A material to be activated is added, or a member to which the material is added is provided.

Moreover, the floor suction tool and attachment according to the present invention are obtained by adding an anti-allergen agent to a portion that contacts the surface to be cleaned.
Furthermore, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes the floor suction tool, the floor suction tool rotating rotor, the attachment, or any one thereof.

  The present invention adds an anti-allergen agent to a suction air passage of a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool, a rotary rotor for a floor suction tool, an attachment, and the like, and a mite adhering to a surface to be cleaned such as a floor or a carpet during cleaning. Anti-allergen agent was inactivated by contacting dead bodies, feces or pollen, etc., and sucked into the dust collection chamber together with dust, so even if it lives on the surface to be cleaned and is scattered when dust is discarded There is no allergic infection.

[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1 incorporates an electric blower 2 as a power for sucking air together with dust, and a dust collecting chamber 3 is provided on the upstream side of the electric blower 2. The dust collection chamber 3 may be provided outside the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1. Further, the vacuum cleaner body 1 is provided with a hose unit 5 for the purpose of extension, and a connecting portion that is detachably connected to the vacuum cleaner body 1 at one end of the bellows hose 6 constituting the hose unit 5. 7 is provided, and a hand handle 8 is provided at the other end. An extension pipe 9 is detachably connected to the hand handle 8, and a floor suction tool 10 is detachably connected to the upstream side of the extension pipe 9 so that the electric blower 2 is collected from the floor suction tool 10. A negative suction air passage is formed between the dust chamber 3 and an exhaust air passage between the downstream side of the dust collection chamber 3 and an exhaust port (not shown).

In the present embodiment, the anti-allergen agent is a substance that inactivates or suppresses (hereinafter referred to as inactivation) allergen in the above-described negative pressure suction air passage, that is, the section from the floor suction device 10 to the dust collection chamber 3. The part to which the anti-allergen agent is added is arranged so that the anti-allergen agent is exposed to the suction air passage.
Here, adding an anti-allergen agent means that an anti-allergen agent is applied for the purpose of coating the surface of the member or part constituting the vacuum cleaner, or the anti-allergen agent is mixed into the raw materials constituting the member or part. Say. In addition, the mixing ratio of the anti-allergen agent is appropriately selected as necessary.

  In this case, each of the merits is that the anti-allergen agent adheres to the entire surface even if the former surface coating has a small amount of anti-allergen agent, so the probability of contact with the allergen increases and the allergen inactivation effect is great. In addition, mixing into the latter raw material increases the amount of anti-allergen agent used compared to surface coating, but the anti-allergen agent is also contained inside the member. Can last.

  The anti-allergen agent is not particularly specified, but preferably does not require an aqueous solution. For example, polyphenols such as tannic acid, gallotannin, epicatechin garade, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epigallocatechin galade, 2, 5 -Hydroxybenzoic acid compounds such as dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid or salts thereof, and tea extract, persimmon astringent, gallic acid, etc. .

  According to the present embodiment configured as described above, the dust sucked into the suction air passage from the floor suction tool 10 by the operation of the vacuum cleaner is included in, for example, dead mites, feces, pollen, and the like. Even if the allergen is present, the allergen is inactivated by contact with an anti-allergen agent provided in the suction air passage, or changes into a large or small innocuous protein or encapsulates the allergen. As a result, the allergen does not directly touch the human body, the water-soluble allergen is insolubilized and does not dissolve in the mucous membrane wet with the nose, and the dust accumulated in the dust collection chamber 3 The amount of allergens can be reduced.

  Also, in the case of a dust collection system that directly discards dust, such as a cyclone vacuum cleaner, the amount of allergens that are scattered in the air when the dust is discarded is reduced, so sneezing occurs even if it is inhaled from the nose. It becomes difficult and the risk of getting allergies is reduced. In addition, even if allergens such as dead mite carcasses that have been dried and crushed pass through the filter of the vacuum cleaner body 1 and are mixed with air and discharged into the room, the allergens should be inactivated. It is harmless to the human body and can prevent allergic infections.

[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
The floor suction tool 10 according to the present embodiment includes a lower case 11 having a dust suction port 12 at a lower portion and provided with a connecting pipe 13 connected to an extension pipe 9 (or a hand handle 8 or the like). An upper case 14 mounted so as to cover the upper part of the lower case 11, and a rotary rotor provided with flocking, blades or raised cloth 16 (hereinafter referred to as flocking) on the outer periphery and rotatably accommodated in the lower case 11 15, a buffer member 17 projecting outward from the lower case 11, a flocked or brushed cloth or a spatula 18 (hereinafter referred to as flocked or spatula) fixed to the bottom surface of the lower case 11, and a bottom surface of the lower case 11 The anti-allergen agent described in the first embodiment is added to a portion that contacts the carpet 40 and the like when the carpet 40 and the like are cleaned.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the gap nozzle 20, which is an attachment that is detachably connected to the hose unit 5 and the extension pipe 9, has a suction port on the opposite side of the connection portion to the hose unit 5 and the extension pipe 9. 21 and the vicinity thereof have flocks 16 or the like, or, as shown in FIG. 4, there is a movable flocking table 22 provided on the suction port (not shown) side provided with flocks 16 or the like. In the embodiment, an antiallergen agent is added to the flocks 16 and the like.

  According to the floor suction tool 10 or the attachment 20 according to the present embodiment, the allergen contacts the member to which the anti-allergen agent is added at the same time as the dust containing the allergen adhering to the surface to be cleaned is sucked. Allergens can be inactivated and the amount of allergens in the sucked dust can be reduced.

Further, even if allergens that could not be sucked remain on the surface to be cleaned, the allergens are inactivated by contact with the member to which the anti-allergen agent is added, so that the amount of allergen remaining on the surface to be cleaned can be reduced. .
As described above, the present embodiment can obtain substantially the same effect as that of the first embodiment.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, of the members that are in contact with the surface to be cleaned, only the member that is a direct cleaning means, such as dusting, wiping, and applying vibrations, and only the portion that is in contact with the surface to be cleaned. If allergen agents are added, costs can be reduced. Specifically, for example, an anti-allergen agent is added to the flocking 16 or the like, or the flocking or spatula 18.

[Embodiment 3]
Next, a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The component structure of the floor suction tool 10 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment, but in the present embodiment, the floor suction tool 10 is provided on the rotary rotor 15 that exhibits the most effect during cleaning. This is a product obtained by adding an anti-allergen agent to 16 such as flocking.

  With this configuration, the flocks 16 provided on the rotating rotor 15 that rotates several thousand revolutions per minute come into contact with the surface to be cleaned while rotating. At this time, while raising the carpet 40, the allergen sinking on the surface of the carpet 40 or the base is brought into contact with the flocking 15 added with an anti-allergen agent or in contact with the allergen sinking in the back of the tatami groove. Or allergens attached to the floor can be contacted many times.

  For this reason, the inactivation effect of allergen is very high, and most allergens can be inactivated without adding anti-allergen agents to the parts where there is little chance of contact with allergens, which is efficient and cost effective. Can be suppressed. If the rotary rotor 15 can be rotated forward and reverse, the hair of the carpet 40 can be laid or raised, so that the hair of the carpet 40 will fall asleep and reach allergens that cannot be reached only by forward rotation. The inactivation effect of allergen can be further enhanced. If a plurality of rotating rotors 15 are provided, the effect can be increased several times. Further, by adding the pile allergen agent to the rotary rotor 15, the chance that the sucked allergen comes into contact with the rotary rotor 15 increases, so that the inactivation effect of the allergen can be further enhanced.

[Embodiment 4]
Next, a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The component configuration of the floor suction tool 10 according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment. However, in this embodiment, only the flocks and spatulas 18 provided on the bottom surface of the lower case 11 are anti-allergens. The agent is added.

With this configuration, when the floor suction tool 10 is moved back and forth and left and right on the surface to be cleaned, the planted surface 18 is brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned, such as flocking and dry wiping. Allergens can be inactivated while operating. Thereby, allergen can be inactivated also in the suction tool 10 for floors which is not provided with the rotation rotor 15. FIG.
In addition, if the hair transplanter, spatula, etc. 18 are provided in parallel with at least one of the front and rear of the rotary rotor 15 having the hair transplant 16 and the like to which an anti-allergen agent is added, Since both the rotary rotor 15 and the flocking and the spatula 18 always come into contact with the surface to be cleaned during movement in the front-rear direction, the allergen inactivation effect can be further enhanced.

  Furthermore, the hair transplantation, spatula, etc. 18 to which the anti-allergen agent is added is attached to the bottom of the lower case 11 and is provided on a member that can be moved back and forth, left, right, up, down, etc. by an arbitrary mechanism. Compared with the case fixed to the bottom of the case 11, an impact or the like can be applied to the surface to be cleaned, so that the allergen is more likely to float on the surface layer and comes into contact with the anti-allergen agent. The inactivation effect can be further enhanced.

[Embodiment 5]
Next, a vacuum cleaner, a floor suction tool, and an attachment according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described.
In this embodiment, in the first to fourth embodiments, an anti-allergen agent that is effective immediately such as polyphenol is used as the anti-allergen agent added to the member. With this configuration, for example, allergens are deactivated at the same time that members such as flocking 16, flocking, spatula, etc. contact the surface to be cleaned, and the deactivated allergen is collected in the dust collection chamber 3 together with dust. (This embodiment can also be applied to each embodiment described below).

In the test of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the hose unit 5 is connected to the vacuum cleaner main body 1, and the handle 8 has air passages 24a and 24b that can be ventilated in the front and rear directions. A device in which a dust sampler 23 configured by sandwiching a sample 25 (hereinafter referred to as a sample sheet) made of a breathable sheet between the air paths 24a and 24b was used.
As the sample sheet 25, a two-layer paper pack filter generally used in a vacuum cleaner was used, and an anti-allergen composition containing an anti-allergen agent and a hygroscopic composition such as a salt was processed on the inner layer side having a rough mesh.

  Then, the vacuum cleaner main body 1 is driven to suck 0.02 g of dust mite allergen-containing dust for 1 minute. Immediately after that, after leaving for 60 minutes, mite allergen is extracted with 5 ml of PBS containing 10% skim milk, and the extract Was evaluated by ELISA. The evaluation results are shown in Table 1.

  In Table 1, the elapsed time of 5 minutes was started immediately after the suction of dust, but it took 5 minutes to prepare for the measurement, so Table 1 shows 5 minutes. The inactivation rate by ELISA washing is (blank mite allergen amount−magna allergen amount of evaluation sample) / blank mite allergen amount × 100. As is apparent from Table 1, the results measured immediately after aspiration and the results measured after leaving for 60 minutes are almost the same, and according to the present embodiment, it is confirmed that allergen inactivation is immediately effective. It was done.

  According to the present embodiment, even in a vacuum cleaner that does not inactivate allergens in the dust collection chamber 3, the allergens collected in the dust collection chamber 3 are inactivated and are harmless, There is no risk of allergic infection. In addition, the allergen that has not been sucked is immediately inactivated by contact with the member to which the anti-allergen agent is added, so that it remains harmless and remains on the surface to be cleaned. In this way, the amount of allergen remaining on the surface to be cleaned is also reduced, and there is no risk of allergic infection even if life is continued on the surface to be cleaned.

Furthermore, in the floor suction tool 10 having the rotary rotor 15 as in the third embodiment, there are many opportunities to contact the allergen in a short time, and the inactivation is repeated at the same time as the contact. High activation effect.
The allergen inactivation procedure by the immediate-acting anti-allergen agent according to the present embodiment may be any means such as enveloping, decomposing, binding, or insolubilizing the allergen.

[Embodiment 6]
FIG. 6 is a sectional explanatory view of a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to this same part as Embodiment 2 (FIG. 2), and description is abbreviate | omitted.
In the present embodiment, an anti-allergen added with an anti-allergen agent in the vicinity of the rotary rotor 15, that is, on the top surface of the suction port 12 of the lower case 11 so as to contact the flocks 16 provided on the rotary rotor 15. An additional member 26 is provided.

In the present embodiment, the allergen adhering to the surface to be cleaned is removed from the surface to be cleaned while being swept up by the flock 16 or the like and attached to the flock 16 or the like. By making sliding contact with the anti-allergen addition member 26, the allergen is inactivated and sucked into the suction air passage. In the figure, black circles 27a indicate allergens and white circles 27b indicate inactivated allergens.
By being configured in this way, the allergen can be inactivated without being affected even if the flocks 16 are worn, so that the life of the allergen inactivating effect can be extended. Furthermore, if an anti-allergen agent is added to the hair transplant 16 or the like, the effect can be further enhanced.

  In addition, the techniques of the first to fifth embodiments and the present embodiment are combined with the anti-allergen-treated vacuum cleaner main body 1 in which filters, dust collection paper bags, and the like mounted on the air passages before and after the electric blower 2 are mounted. In combination, the allergen sucked without contacting the anti-allergen added to the floor suction tool 10 is also inactivated in the dust collection chamber 3 and the exhaust passage, so the allergen inactivation performance of the entire vacuum cleaner Can be increased.

[Embodiment 7]
FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory view of a vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, a rotary rotor 14 provided with a flock 16 or the like (not shown) set in a horizontally long main body case 31, an electric blower 2, a dust collecting chamber 3, a horizontally long suction opening that opens to the bottom surface, A reed-type cleaner such as a rechargeable cleaner provided with a pipe 32 and a handle 33 for operating the cleaner body 30 on the surface to be cleaned on the cleaner body 30 provided with flocking 16 directly or indirectly on the bottom surface. In this small vacuum cleaner, an anti-allergen agent is added to the portion that comes into contact with the surface to be cleaned including the flocks 16 and the like.

  Thus, it is possible to take allergen inactivation countermeasures even in the above-described small vacuum cleaners, and because the intake air is weak and the exhaust is weak or exhaust does not come out by exhaust circulation, the allergen on the surface to be cleaned Allergens can be inactivated without being exhausted by exhaust.

[Embodiment 8]
Next, a vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the present embodiment, an anti-allergen agent is directly added to a member constituting the suction air path in the section from the floor suction tool 10 to the dust collecting chamber 3 in the negative pressure suction air path, or the anti-allergen agent A member to which is added is disposed so as to be exposed to the suction air passage, and a hygroscopic member containing, for example, salts is disposed upstream of the member.

With this configuration, the moisture absorbed by the hygroscopic member is transferred directly or indirectly to the member to which the anti-allergen agent is added through air or the like, and the water-soluble allergen is dissolved using the moisture. Inactivate by reacting with anti-allergen.
According to the present embodiment, the allergen can be inactivated without replenishing water without using an anti-allergen agent that does not react if there is no water.

[Embodiment 9]
Next, a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, the flocking 16 provided on the rotary rotor 15 of FIG. 2, the flocking, spatula, etc. 18 provided on the bottom of the floor suction tool 10, or the gap nozzle 20 of FIGS. 3 and 4 are provided. The surface treatment material colored in a color different from the material color is added to the flock 16 or the like 16 or the flock 16 provided on the flocking table 22 and added thereto.

  The action in the present embodiment is the same as that in FIGS. Although the inactivation effect of allergen is reduced, the color of the anti-allergen agent changes from the color of the anti-allergen agent to the material color when the coating is peeled off. .

[Embodiment 10]
A floor suction tool according to Embodiment 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the present embodiment, the flocking 16 provided on the rotary roller 15 in FIG. 2, the flocking provided on the bottom surface of the floor suction tool 10, the spatula 18 or the like, or the gap nozzle 20 in FIGS. For example, a material having hygroscopicity such as nylon is used as the material for the flocks 16 or the like and the flocks 16 provided on the flocking table 22.

  The action in the present embodiment is the same as in the case of FIGS. 2 to 4, but an anti-allergen agent that requires water to inactivate the allergen is added to the flocking 16 or the flocking, spatula 18, etc. Therefore, the anti-allergen agent that requires moisture can absorb moisture from the material itself without giving moisture, and can inactivate the allergen by helping the action of the anti-allergen agent. Further, since it is not necessary to transfer moisture by suction, allergens attached to the hair transplant 16 or the hair transplanter or the spatula 18 can be inactivated even when not being cleaned.

[Embodiment 11]
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the rotary rotor of the floor suction tool according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention.
In the present embodiment, the flocking 16 provided on the rotary rotor 14 is composed of a plurality of pairs of front and rear flocks 16a, 16b (four pairs are shown in the figure). The arrangement and the length are set so that the flocks 16a and 16b come into contact with each other when they come into contact with the cleaning surface. Then, an anti-allergen agent is added to either one of the front and rear flocks (for example, 16a), and the material of the other flocks 16b is made of a hygroscopic member containing, for example, salt or natural fibers such as cotton, nylon, etc. It comprised with the moisture retention member which consists of a chemical fiber.

  By comprising in this way, the allergen adhering to hair transplantation 16a, 16b during cleaning is melt | dissolved with the water | moisture content of a hygroscopic member or a moisture retention member, and also the allergen in which the anti-allergen agent melt | dissolved is inactivated. For this reason, the row | line | column of 16 flocks etc. becomes a double number in the case of FIG. 2, and the amount of rake-up and wiping is doubled, and the inactivation rate of an allergen can be improved.

[Embodiment 12]
Next, a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 12 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the present embodiment, the hygroscopic property that comes into secondary contact after flocking 16 or the like, which is obtained by adding an antiallergen agent provided on the rotary rotor 15 to the top surface of the suction port 12 of the lower case 11 contacts the surface to be cleaned. A member or a moisture retaining member (not shown) is provided.

  By having constituted in this way, the allergen adhering to the flocking etc. 16 will contact and melt with a hygroscopic member or a moisture retention member, and then the flocking etc. 16 which added the anti-allergen agent will contact, and an anti-allergen agent will become It reacts with the dissolved allergen and is inactivated. The hygroscopic member or the moisturizing member may be a hygroscopic or moisturizing material used as a raw material, or a hygroscopic agent or a moisturizing agent added thereto. In addition, if the hygroscopic member or the moisture retaining member is detachable, moisture can be replenished and dirt can be cleaned.

[Embodiment 13]
Next, a floor suction tool according to Embodiment 13 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the present embodiment, when the carpet 40 or the like is cleaned, an anti-allergen agent is added to a member outside the suction air passage, such as the buffer member 17 or the wheel 19 that contacts the carpet 40 or the like.
Thereby, it is possible to inactivate allergens that rub against and adhere to these members on the surface to be cleaned outside the suction air passage. And even if it peels off after adhesion | attachment, since the allergen has changed into the harmless substance, allergic infection can be prevented.

[Embodiment 14]
FIGS. 9-13 is explanatory drawings, such as a flock provided in the floor suction tool and attachment based on Embodiment 14 of this invention.
In the present embodiment, a member that is provided on the floor suction tool 10 or the attachment 20 and is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, for example, a material constituting the flocking 16 is formed by concentrating single fibers on a base fabric. is there.
By comprising in this way, since the density of hair is deep and the opportunity for an anti-allergen agent to contact an allergen increases, the inactivation rate of an allergen can be improved. Moreover, the density increases by flocking single fibers in a bundle or continuously, and the inactivation effect of allergen is enhanced.

FIG. 9 shows the shape of the single fiber 16c constituting the flocking 16 and the like, and it is easy to entangle and trap dust, and it is easy to collect allergens contained in the dust at the same time, so the allergen can easily come into contact with the anti-allergen agent. .
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, by twisting a plurality of single fibers 16c entangled with each other, dust can be easily captured between the single fibers 16c, and the allergen inactivation effect can be further improved.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 11, if a single fiber 16c having a tip branched in a branch shape is used, the dust capturing ability of the single fiber itself can be improved.

FIG. 12 shows another example of flocking 16 or the like, in which concave grooves 16d continuous in the longitudinal direction of the single fibers 16c are provided or formed in a radial cross section. By forming in this way, the cross-sectional area of the single fiber 16c can be increased, so that not only dust is easily trapped but also the anti-allergen agent enters the concave groove 16d, so that even if it contacts a carpet or the like, it peels off. It becomes difficult to be.
In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, even if a plurality of discontinuous recesses 16d are provided on the surface of the single fiber 16c, the same effect can be obtained.
In the above description, the case where an anti-allergen agent is added to the flocks 16 made of the single fibers 16c according to FIGS. 9 to 13 is shown. However, the flocks 16 according to the present embodiment are antibacterial agents for flocking and the like. It can also be applied to vacuum cleaner floor suction tools and attachments with deodorants added.

It is explanatory drawing of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is sectional explanatory drawing of the suction tool for floors which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the attachment which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the other example of the attachment which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the test apparatus of Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is sectional explanatory drawing of the suction tool for floors which concerns on Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on Embodiment 7 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the rotary rotor of the suction tool for floors concerning Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing, such as flocking of the floor suction tool which concerns on Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing, such as flocking of the floor suction tool which concerns on Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing, such as flocking of the floor suction tool which concerns on Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing, such as flocking of the floor suction tool which concerns on Embodiment 9 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing, such as flocking of the floor suction tool which concerns on Embodiment 9 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vacuum cleaner main body, 2 Electric blower, 3 Dust collection chamber, 5 Hose unit, 6 Bellows hose, 8 Hand handle, 9 Extension pipe, 10 Floor suction tool, 11 Lower case, 12 Suction port, 14 Upper case, 15 Rotation Rotor, 16 flocking, etc. 16c monofilament, 16d groove, 17 cushioning member, 18 flocking, spatula, etc., 19 wheels, 20 gap nozzle (attachment), 21 suction port, 26 antiallergen agent-containing member, 40 carpet, 41 Cleaning surface.

Claims (26)

An electric vacuum cleaner main body provided with an electric blower and a dust collection chamber inside, a hose unit connected to the electric vacuum cleaner main body, an extension pipe connected to the hose unit, the electric vacuum cleaner main body, and the hose unit Or a floor suction tool connected to the extension pipe,
A vacuum cleaner characterized by adding a substance that inactivates allergens or a member to which the substance is added to all or part of a suction air passage from the floor suction tool to the dust collecting chamber. .   2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the allergen-inactivating substance is composed of an anti-allergen agent that wraps, decomposes, binds or insolubilizes the allergen. An electric vacuum cleaner main body provided with an electric blower and a dust collection chamber inside, a hose unit connected to the electric vacuum cleaner main body, an extension pipe connected to the hose unit, the electric vacuum cleaner main body, and the hose unit Or a floor suction tool connected to the extension pipe,
A vacuum cleaner provided with a filter added with an anti-allergen agent on the upstream side and / or downstream side of the electric blower, and added with an anti-allergen agent on the flocked or raised cloth of the floor suction tool .   4. A hygroscopic member is provided on the upstream side of the dust collecting chamber, and moisture of the hygroscopic member is transferred to a member to which an anti-allergen agent is added when sucking dust. The vacuum cleaner as described in any one of. An electric vacuum cleaner main body provided with an electric blower and a dust collection chamber inside, a hose unit connected to the electric vacuum cleaner main body, an extension pipe connected to the hose unit, the electric vacuum cleaner main body, and the hose unit Or a floor suction tool connected to the extension pipe,
A vacuum cleaner characterized by adding an anti-allergen agent to a portion in contact with a surface to be cleaned.   It consists of a vacuum cleaner main body provided with an electric blower, a dust collection chamber, a rotating rotor, etc. in the main body case, and a handle provided via a pipe in the vacuum cleaner main body, and is in contact with the surface to be cleaned of the vacuum cleaner main body A vacuum cleaner characterized by adding an anti-allergen agent to the part to be used.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein an immediate-acting anti-allergen agent is used as the anti-allergen agent.   A floor suction tool comprising an anti-allergen agent added to a portion of the floor suction tool connected to a vacuum cleaner body, a hose unit, or an extension pipe that comes into contact with a surface to be cleaned.   A floor suction tool comprising an anti-allergen added to a flock, a raised cloth, or the like provided on a floor suction tool connected to a vacuum cleaner body, a hose unit, or an extension pipe.   An anti-allergen-adding member, a hygroscopic member, or a moisturizing member having a rotating rotor and in contact with a flock of the rotating rotor in the vicinity of the rotating rotor of a floor suction tool connected to a vacuum cleaner body, a hose unit, or an extension pipe Floor suction tool, characterized by providing a sex member.   Having a rotary rotor, providing a plurality of pairs of flocks on the rotary rotor of the floor suction tool connected to the vacuum cleaner main body, hose unit or extension pipe, adding an anti-allergen agent to one of the flocks of each pair, A floor suction tool comprising a hygroscopic member or a moisturizing member added to the other flock.   The material according to claim 9, wherein a material having hygroscopicity is used as a material for flocking a rotary rotor provided on the floor suction tool, such as flocking and raising cloth provided on the floor suction tool. Floor suction tool according to crab.   Add the anti-allergen agent to the surface treatment material colored in a color different from the material of the material of the rotating rotor provided in the floor suction tool, such as flocking and raised cloth provided in the floor suction tool. The floor suction tool according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the floor suction tool is provided.   The floor suction tool according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein an immediate-acting anti-allergen agent is used as the anti-allergen agent.   The rotary rotor of the floor suction tool connected to the vacuum cleaner main body, the hose unit or the extension pipe has a rotary rotor, and is provided with a flocking or blade, and an antiallergen agent is added to the flocking or blade. Rotating rotor for floor suction tool.   An attachment comprising an antiallergen added to a flocked or raised cloth provided on an attachment connected to an electric vacuum cleaner body, a hose unit or an extension pipe.   The attachment according to claim 15, wherein a material having a hygroscopic property is used as a material of the flocked or raised fabric.   The attachment according to claim 15 or 16, wherein an antiallergen agent is mixed and added to a surface treatment material colored in a color different from the color of the material on the flocked or raised cloth.   The attachment according to any one of claims 15 to 17, wherein an immediate-acting anti-allergen agent is used as the anti-allergen agent.   A floor suction tool or an attachment, wherein the flocking according to any one of claims 9 to 19 is formed by binding an aggregate of single fibers.   21. A floor suction tool or an attachment, wherein the single fiber constituting the flock according to any one of claims 9 to 20 is formed into a corrugated shape. A floor suction tool or attachment, wherein the flock according to claim 9 to 21 is formed by entwining and twisting single fibers.   23. A floor suction tool or attachment, wherein the flocked hair according to any one of claims 9 to 22 is formed by branching a tip end portion of a single fiber into a branch shape.   24. A floor suction tool or an attachment, wherein a concave groove is provided in the longitudinal direction of the single fiber constituting the flock according to claim 9 or the cross-sectional shape of the single fiber is formed radially.   A floor suction tool or attachment, wherein a plurality of discontinuous recesses are provided on the surface of a single fiber constituting the flock according to any one of claims 9 to 24. A vacuum cleaner comprising the floor suction tool according to any one of claims 9 to 25, a rotary rotor for a floor suction tool, an attachment, or any one thereof.

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