JP2008220659A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner capable of accumulating sufficient amount of dust in a dust collection part even if lowering the height of the dust collection part. <P>SOLUTION: This vacuum cleaner is provided with: cleaner bodies 12 and 14 having an electric blower 13; a body suction port 21 provided in the cleaner body and sucking air and the dust by the electric blower 13; the dust collection part separating the air and the dust sucked from the body suction port 21 by a circulation flow, collecting the separated dust in a dust collection chamber P, and having a lower opening 41B communicating with the electric blower 13 on the downstream side; a pleated filter 60 provided on the downstream side opening 41B of the dust collection part and filtering the sucked air; and a suction port 45 at a position where the air sucked from the body suction port 21 flows in the dust collection chamber P. This vacuum cleaner is disposed with a plate part 44 preventing the passing of the air flowing from the suction port 45 is disposed near the suction port 45 on the upstream side of the pleated filter 60 along the direction where the air circulates the dust collection chamber 45. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner provided with a dust collecting part that separates dust and air by a swirling flow.

  Conventionally, a first case, a second case detachably mounted on the first case, an electric blower provided in the second case, and a dust collection chamber provided in the first case And a vacuum cleaner provided with a filter is known (see Patent Document 1).

In such a vacuum cleaner, the air sucked into the dust collection chamber from the suction port which is a hose connection port becomes a vortex flow, dust and air are separated by this vortex flow, and the separated dust is collected in the dust collection chamber, Air is sucked into the electric blower through the filter.
JP 2003-219997 A

  However, in such a vacuum cleaner, when the height of the dust collection chamber is lowered in order to reduce the size, the air sucked into the dust collection chamber from the suction port is low. A strong eddy current cannot be formed because it is immediately sucked into the filter. For this reason, there is a problem that the dust collected in the dust collection chamber cannot be sufficiently compressed, and the dust cannot be sufficiently accumulated in the dust collection chamber (dust collection unit).

  An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner that can accumulate sufficient dust in a dust collecting portion even if the height of the dust collecting portion is lowered.

The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner body having an electric blower, a main body suction port provided in the vacuum cleaner body for sucking air and dust by the electric blower, and swirling air and dust sucked from the main body suction port. A dust collecting part having a downstream opening communicating with the electric blower on the downstream side and the downstream opening of the dust collecting part provided in the dust collecting chamber and separating the separated dust by a flow A vacuum filter provided with a suction filter at a position where air sucked from the main body suction port flows into the dust collection chamber,
A non-ventilation region that does not allow air flowing in from the suction port to pass therethrough is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port and upstream of the filtration filter along a direction in which the air swirls in the dust collection chamber. .

  According to the present invention, sufficient dust can be accumulated in the dust collecting portion even if the height of the dust collecting portion is lowered.

  Hereinafter, an example which is an embodiment of a vacuum cleaner concerning this invention is described based on a drawing.

  A vacuum cleaner 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a cylindrical lower case (first case) 12 and an electric blower 13 and has a cylindrical shape that is detachably mounted on the lower case 12. An upper case (second case) 14 is provided. The lower case 12 and the upper case 14 constitute a vacuum cleaner body.

  An upper portion of the lower case 12 is opened, and a dust collection case 30 is detachably mounted in the opening 15. A base portion 16 is formed at the lower end of the lower case 12, and a caster K is attached to the base portion 16. The lower part of the lower case 12 is a storage part 12B for storing accessories.

  A flange 20 is formed at the lower portion of the upper case 14, and the flange 20 covers the outer peripheral side of the opening 15 of the lower case 12. A hose connection port (main body suction port) 21 is formed in the flange 20. On the upper surface of the upper case 14, a power switch S1 and an off switch S2 are provided. H is an exhaust port.

  One end of a dust collection hose 24 is detachably connected to the hose connection port 21, and an extension pipe 25 is detachably connected to the other end of the dust collection hose 24. A suction port 26 is detachably connected to the tip of the extension tube 25.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the dust collection case 30 is formed in a cylindrical shape having an open top, and a recess 32 having a predetermined length is formed on the outer peripheral side of the upper surface of the bottom wall 31 along the circumferential direction. ing. As shown in FIG. 5, a net filter body 40 is detachably attached to the opening 33 of the dust collecting case 30, and a pleated filter body 60 (see FIG. 3) is detachably attached to the net filter body 40. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the net filter body 40 includes a net filter frame lower part 41, a net filter 50, a packing 51, a net filter frame upper part 52, and the like.

  The lower net filter frame 41 has a cylindrical frame body 42 having a predetermined height and having an upper opening 41A and a lower opening (downstream opening) 41B. A rib is formed in the lower opening 41B of the frame body 42. 43 is formed, and a plate portion (non-venting region) 44 is formed in a substantially fan shape on the left side (in FIG. 6) of the lower opening 41B. A suction tube portion 46 having a suction port 45 is provided on one side of the plate portion 44. That is, the plate portion 44 is provided in the vicinity of the suction port 45 and is provided along the direction of the air flowing from the suction port 45, that is, the direction of the swirling flow (see FIG. 9). The plate portion 44 is disposed on the upstream side of a pleated filter 63 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 8, a half-dome-shaped dome wall 47 is formed on the back surface of the plate portion 44 so as to cover the suction port 45 about half and the opening 47 a is outward and facing in the circumferential direction. A guide wall 48 extending continuously toward the other side of the plate portion 44 is formed. As shown in FIG. 2, the dome wall 47 is located above the concave portion 32 of the dust collection case 30 and generates a swirling flow in the air sucked into the dust collection chamber P described later from the suction port 45.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the upper net filter frame 52 includes a plurality of ring frames 53, 54, a plurality of radiation frames 55, 56 formed integrally with the ring frames 53, 54, and the radiation frames 55, 56. A plate portion 57 that is integrally formed and faces the plate portion 44 under the net filter frame 41 and a hose connection tube 58 provided on the other side of the plate portion 57 are provided. The hose connection cylinder 58 faces the hose connection port 21 of the upper case 14, and the suction cylinder portion 46 of the lower net filter frame 41 is fitted into the hose connection cylinder 58.

  The net filter 50 is formed in a shape that matches the shape of the opening on the lower surface of the net filter frame lower 41, and is placed on the end of the rib 43 or the plate portion 44 of the net filter frame lower 41 and inside the net filter frame lower 41. Attach to.

  And the packing 51 is attached in the net filter frame lower part 41, the net filter frame upper part 52 is inserted in the net filter frame lower part 41 from this, and the net filter body 40 is assembled | attached. At this time, the suction tube portion 46 below the net filter frame 41 is fitted into the hose connection tube 58 on the net filter frame 52.

  That is, the net filter body 40 is assembled by sandwiching the net filter 50 between the net filter frame lower 41 and the net filter frame upper 52 via the packing 51.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the pleated filter body 60 includes a pleated filter frame 62 having a rectangular opening 61 and a circular outer diameter, and a pleated filter (filtration filter) 63 attached to the opening 61. The guide rail 64 has a central portion that extends horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the opening 61, and a dust removal member 65 that is mounted on the guide rail 64 and is movable along the guide rail 64. The dust removing member 65 is provided with a protrusion 65 </ b> A that applies vibration to the pleated filter 63 when moved along the guide rail 64.

  The outer surface of the pleated filter frame 62 is formed with a recess 62A into which the hose connection cylinder 58 on the net filter frame 52 is inserted. Concave portions 66, 66 are formed, and both end portions of the guide rail 64 are inserted into the pair of concave portions 66, 66, and the guide rail 64 is attached to the pleated filter frame 62. Further, a support member 67 is horizontally mounted on the opening 61 in the short direction, and a pleated filter 63 is attached from below the opening 61. The support member 67 prevents deformation of the pleated filter 63 at the time of negative pressure.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the hose connection cylinder 58 on the net filter frame 52 is inserted into the recess 62 </ b> A of the pleat filter frame 62, and the pleat filter body 60 is below the net filter frame 41 of the net filter body 40. The net filter body 40 is detachably attached to the opening 33 of the dust collecting case 30. As shown in FIG. 2, a space (dust collection chamber) P below the dust collection case 30 below the net filter frame 41 and a dome wall 47 arranged in the dust collection chamber P A dust collecting portion is formed, and the dust collecting portion has a lower opening 41B under the net filter frame 41 which is a downstream side opening.

The dust collection part has a substantially flat shape with a low height.
[Operation]
Next, operation | movement of the vacuum cleaner comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper case 14 is placed on the lower case 12, and the upper case 14 is fixed to the lower case 12 with a clamp G. Further, one end of the dust collection hose 24 is connected to the hose connection port 21 of the upper case 14. By this connection, the dust collection chamber P of the dust collection case 30 and the dust collection hose 24 are communicated, and the dust collection chamber P is communicated to the suction port body 26 via the dust collection hose 24 and the extension pipe 25. When the upper case 14 is placed on the lower case 12, the suction opening 13 </ b> A of the electric blower 13 communicates with the dust collection chamber P of the dust collection case 30 via the pleat filter 63 and the net filter 50.

  When the power switch S1 is turned on, the electric blower 13 is driven, and the electric blower 13 is driven to collect the dust collecting case 30 through the pleat filter 63 (see FIG. 7) and the net filter 50 (see FIG. 6). The dust chamber P becomes negative pressure. The negative pressure acts on the suction port body 26 via the dust collection hose 24 and the extension pipe 25, and air and dust are sucked from the suction port body 26, and the air and dust are absorbed by the extension pipe 25 and the dust collection hose. 24, the air is sucked into the dust collection chamber P from the suction port 45 under the net filter frame 41.

  As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the air sucked into the dust collection chamber P from the suction port 45 is swirled by the dome wall 47 and flows in the arrow Q1 direction. Dust and air are separated by this swirling flow.

  Further, the air flowing in the direction of the arrow Q1 is not sucked upward as indicated by the arrow Q2 in FIG.

  For this reason, air with a strong wind speed flows along the inner peripheral wall Pa of the dust collection chamber P, and the dust from which the strong wind speed air is separated is pressed against the inner peripheral wall Pa of the dust collection chamber P. For this reason, the dust is compressed and a large amount of dust can be accumulated in the dust collection chamber P.

  Further, since the air flowing in the direction of the arrow Q1 is guided to the inner peripheral wall Pa side of the dust collection chamber P by the guide wall 48, the dust can be more strongly compressed and more dust can be accumulated.

  The air flowing in the direction of the arrow Q1 is sucked into the electric blower 13 through the net filter 50 and the pleated filter 63 as indicated by the arrow Q3, and the sucked air is exhausted from the exhaust hole 13a of the electric blower 13. The air is exhausted from the exhaust port H of the upper case 14.

  In order to discard the dust accumulated in the dust collection chamber P, first, the hose 24 is removed from the hose connection port 21 of the flange 20, the clamp G is removed, and the upper case 14 is removed from the lower case 12. And the dust removal member 65 (refer FIG. 3) is moved along the guide rail 64, and, thereby, the dust adhering to the pleat filter 63 is removed. Thereafter, the dust collection case 30 is removed from the lower case 12, and the net filter body 40 equipped with the pleated filter body 60 is removed from the dust collection case 30. Then, the dust accumulated in the net filter body 40 and the dust collection chamber P of the dust collection case 30 is discarded.

  The net filter 50 may be configured integrally with the net filter frame upper 52.

  In the above embodiment, the vacuum cleaner 10 in which the dust collection case 30 is attached to the lower case 12 and the electric blower 13 is provided to the upper case 14 has been described. However, the electric blower is provided to the lower case 12 and A case 30 may be attached. In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, the dust collection case 30 is inverted, and the suction port 45, the dome wall 47, and the guide wall 48 are provided in the bottom wall 31 of the dust collection case 30.

It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of the electric vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention. It is sectional drawing which showed schematically the structure of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of a dust collection case, a net filter body, and a pleat filter body. It is the perspective view which showed the external appearance of a dust collection case, a net filter body, and a pleat filter body from a different angle. It is sectional drawing which showed what attached | subjected the net filter body and the pleat filter body to the dust collection case. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the structure of the net filter body. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the structure of the pleat filter body. It is the perspective view which turned up the back of a dust collection case. It is explanatory drawing for showing a swirl flow. It is explanatory drawing which showed the flow of the air in a dust collection case. It is explanatory drawing which showed the dust collection case of another example.

Explanation of symbols

13 Electric blower 41B Lower opening (downstream opening)
44 Plate (Non-ventilated area)
45 Suction port 47 Dome wall P Dust collection chamber 63 Pleated filter (filtration filter)

Claims (1)

A vacuum cleaner main body having an electric blower, a main body suction port provided in the vacuum cleaner main body for sucking air and dust by the electric blower, and air and dust sucked from the main body suction port are separated by a swirl flow At the same time, the separated dust is collected in a dust collection chamber, and a dust collecting portion having a downstream opening communicating with the electric blower on the downstream side and the downstream opening of the dust collecting portion are sucked in. A vacuum filter provided with a suction port at a position where air sucked from the main body suction port flows into the dust collection chamber,
A non-ventilation region that does not allow air flowing in from the suction port to pass therethrough is disposed in the vicinity of the suction port and upstream of the filtration filter along a direction in which the air swirls in the dust collection chamber. Electric vacuum cleaner.

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