JP2012055613A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner for being never affected by microfine dusts such as carbon generated by an electric blower motor and for being able to prevent a temperature rise in an ion generator due to a heat generation in the electric blower motor, even when the vacuum cleaner is used for a long period of time, so that the ion can be generated stably.SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner includes: the electric blower having a fan for generating a suction air and a motor for rotating the fan; and an ion generator for generating ion. The electric blower is provided with a first opening for exhausting the suction air before passing the motor and a second opening after passing the motor. The ion can be emitted into atmosphere on the suction air exhausted from the first opening.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a vacuum cleaner equipped with an ion generator.

  Conventionally, in this type of vacuum cleaner, a configuration has been proposed in which ions are released into the atmosphere using exhaust air that has passed through the motor of an electric blower (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the vacuum cleaner main body 200 is disposed at the rear of the vacuum cleaner main body 200, and the electric blower chamber 202 containing the electric blower 201 and the front of the vacuum cleaner main body 200. A dust collection chamber (not shown) for storing a dust collection bag (not shown) for collecting dust, an ion generator 203 arranged at the upper rear portion of the electric vacuum cleaner body 200, and It is composed of In addition, on the rear surface of the vacuum cleaner body 200, a main exhaust port 204 that discharges exhaust air that has passed through a motor (not shown) of the electric blower 201 to the outside of the vacuum cleaner body 200, and ions in the atmosphere. And an ion discharge port 205 to be discharged.

  And as shown by the arrow in FIG. 6, while the exhaust air which passed the motor (not shown) of the electric blower 201 is exhausted from the main exhaust port 204 provided in the rear surface of the vacuum cleaner main body 200, Part of the exhaust air that has been configured to be guided to an ion generator 203 provided at the upper rear portion of the vacuum cleaner body 200 and that has passed through a motor (not shown) of the electric blower 201. , The ion generated in the ion generator 203 is discharged from the ion discharge port 205 to the outside of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 200.

JP 2008-212389 A

  However, the conventional vacuum cleaner still has room for improvement from the viewpoint of stably generating ions.

  That is, in the above conventional vacuum cleaner, a part of the exhaust air that has passed through the motor of the electric blower is guided to the ion generator, and a part of the exhaust air that has passed through the motor of the electric blower is used to generate ions. It is configured to discharge the ions generated in the vacuum cleaner to the outside of the main body of the vacuum cleaner, but the exhaust air that has passed through the motor of the electric blower is subject to extremely fine dust such as carbon generated by the motor of the electric blower. In some cases, when extremely fine dust such as carbon adheres to and accumulates on the ion generator due to long-term use, ions may not be stably generated by the ion generator.

  In addition, since the motor of the electric blower is a heat generating component, the exhaust air that has passed through the motor of the electric blower has a high temperature. Moreover, when dust accumulates in the dust collecting chamber and the flow of suction air becomes poor, the amount of heat generated by the electric blower increases, and the exhaust air exhausted from the electric blower also becomes higher in temperature. For this reason, the ion generator is heated by the exhaust air of the electric blower, the temperature of the ion generator rises, and ions may not be stably generated.

The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described conventional vacuum cleaner, and even when used for a long period of time, it may be affected by extremely fine dust such as carbon generated by a motor of an electric blower. Moreover, it aims at providing the vacuum cleaner which can prevent the temperature rise of the ion generator by the heat_generation | fever of the motor of an electric blower, and can produce | generate ion stably.

  In order to solve the problems of the conventional vacuum cleaner, the present invention provides an electric blower having a fan that generates suction air, a motor that rotationally drives the fan, an ion generator that generates ions, The electric blower is provided with a first opening for discharging the suction air before passing through the motor, and a second opening for discharging the suction air after passing through the motor, The ions provide a vacuum cleaner that is discharged into the atmosphere using suction air discharged from the first opening.

  As a result, the suction air discharged from the first opening, that is, the suction air before passing through the motor of the electric blower is used to release ions into the atmosphere. It is possible to prevent carbon and other fine dust generated by the motor from adhering to and depositing on the ion generator, and to prevent the ion generator from rising in temperature due to the heat generated by the motor of the electric blower. It can be generated stably.

  According to the vacuum cleaner of the present invention, even if it is used for a long period of time, it is not affected by extremely fine dust such as carbon generated in the motor of the electric blower, and ions generated by the heat generated by the motor of the electric blower The temperature rise of the generator can be prevented, and ions can be generated stably.

Whole perspective view which shows Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention Sectional drawing which shows the vacuum cleaner main body in Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention. The perspective view which shows the vacuum cleaner main body in Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention. The fragmentary sectional view which shows the electric blower in Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention The fragmentary sectional view which shows the electric blower in Embodiment 2 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention Sectional drawing which shows the conventional vacuum cleaner

  A first invention includes an electric blower having a fan that generates suction air and a motor that rotationally drives the fan, and an ion generator that generates ions. The electric blower includes a fan before passing through the motor. The first opening for discharging the suction air and the second opening for discharging the suction air after passing through the motor are provided, and the ions are sucked out from the first opening. The vacuum cleaner is released into the atmosphere using wind.

  Thereby, in order to discharge | release ion in air | atmosphere using the suction | inhalation wind discharged | emitted from the 1st opening part which discharges | sucks the suction | inhalation wind before passing through the motor of an electric blower, long time use of electric blower It is possible to prevent carbon and other fine dust generated by the motor from adhering to and depositing on the ion generator, and to prevent the ion generator from rising in temperature due to the heat generated by the motor of the electric blower. It can be generated stably.

  In a second aspect of the invention, particularly in the first aspect of the invention, the ion generator is arranged in the flow path of the suction air discharged from the first opening.

As a result, it is possible to prevent the fine dust such as carbon generated in the motor of the electric blower from being used for a long time from adhering to and accumulating on the ion generator, and the ion generator caused by the heat generation of the motor of the electric blower. Since temperature rise can be prevented, ions can be generated stably.

  In the third invention, particularly in the first or second invention, a plurality of the first openings are provided.

  Thereby, the suction | inhalation wind discharged | emitted from a 1st opening part can be efficiently guide | induced to an ion generator, and ion can be stably produced | generated with an ion generator.

  According to a fourth aspect of the invention, particularly in the first to third aspects of the invention, the first opening is provided at least on the outer peripheral side of the fan.

  Thereby, the flow path for guiding the suction air discharged from the first opening to the ion generator can be simplified, and the suction air discharged from the first opening is reliably generated with a simple configuration. To the vessel.

  According to a fifth aspect of the invention, particularly in the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the first opening is provided at least on the bottom side of the fan.

  Thereby, it can prevent that the high frequency sound produced when the fan of an electric blower rotates at high speed leaks to the upstream of an electric blower, and can improve silence.

  In a sixth aspect of the invention, particularly in the first to fifth aspects, the ion generator is an electrostatic atomizer that generates charged fine particle water.

  Thereby, by adding the charged fine particle water to the dust floating in the room, the dust floating in the room can be dropped to the floor surface and collected by the suction tool. Deodorization and sterilization of dust can be performed, and air cleaning performance can be improved.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a vacuum cleaner of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing Embodiment 1 of the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention. Moreover, FIG. 2 is sectional drawing which shows the vacuum cleaner main body in Embodiment 1 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention. Further, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the main body of the electric vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 1 of the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the electric blower in Embodiment 1 of the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, an electric vacuum cleaner 100 includes an electric vacuum cleaner main body 1 containing an electric blower (not shown) for generating suction air, a suction tool 2 for sucking dust on a surface to be cleaned, and one end thereof. A telescopic or jointable extension tube 3 detachably connected to the suction tool 2, one end is detachably connected to the other end of the extension tube 3, and the other end is provided at the front portion of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1. The hose 4 is detachably connected to the suction port 1a.

Wheels 5 for traveling are rotatably attached to both side surfaces on the rear side of the vacuum cleaner body 1. A traveling caster 6 is attached to the front part of the lower surface of the vacuum cleaner main body 1. Furthermore, a main body handle 7 used when a user carries the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1 is provided at an upper front portion of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1.

  The suction tool 2 includes a rotary brush 8 that scrapes dust on the surface to be cleaned and a drive motor 9 that rotationally drives the rotary brush 8.

  At the end of the hose 4 on the extension tube 3 side, a tip pipe 11 having a handle portion 10 that is gripped by a user during cleaning is provided. Moreover, the connection pipe 12 connected to the inlet 1a of the vacuum cleaner main body 1 so that attachment or detachment is possible is provided in the edge part by the side of the vacuum cleaner main body 1 of the hose 4. FIG.

  As shown in FIG.2 and FIG.3, the vacuum cleaner main body 1 has the lower member 13 which forms the lower surface of the vacuum cleaner main body 1, the upper member 14 which forms the upper surface of the electric blower chamber 18 mentioned later, and mentions later. The cover 15 covers the upper surface of the dust collection chamber 20 and the upper member 14 and forms the upper surface of the vacuum cleaner body 1, and the cover body 16 forms the side surface of the vacuum cleaner body 1. Yes. The rear portion of the lid 15 is pivotally supported by the upper member 14 so as to be rotatable. Further, the lid 15 is provided with a discharge port 15a through which charged fine particle water generated by an electrostatic atomizer 35 described later is discharged.

  At the rear of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1, an electric blower chamber 18 containing an electric blower 17 that generates suction air is provided. In addition, a dust collection chamber 20 in which a dust collection bag 19 for collecting dust is detachably disposed is provided at the front of the vacuum cleaner main body 1. The dust bag 19 is made of thermoplastic fibers such as polypropylene and is electret processed so that it is charged by friction such as air.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the electric blower 17 mainly includes a fan 21 that generates suction air, an air guide 22 that rectifies an airflow discharged from the fan 21, a motor 23 that rotationally drives the fan 21, and the fan 21. And a fan case 24 containing the air guide 22 and a motor case 25 containing the motor 23 and attached to the fan case 24 in a secret manner. The fan case 24 located on the outer peripheral side of the fan 21 is provided with a first opening 26 for discharging the suction air before passing through the motor 23 of the electric blower 17. Further, the motor case 25 is provided with a second opening 27 for discharging the suction air that has passed through the motor 23 of the electric blower 17.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an upper case 28 that covers the upper portion of the electric blower 17 and a lower case 29 that covers the lower portion of the electric blower 17 are provided on the outer periphery of the electric blower 17. It is arranged in the electric blower chamber 18 while being sandwiched between the upper case 28 and the lower case 29. The front and rear portions of the electric blower 17 are each provided with a front support 30 and a rear support 31 made of an elastic material. The front support 30 and the rear support 31 are an upper case 28 and a lower case, respectively. 29.

  The upper case 28 and the lower case 29 are configured to partition the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 and the suction air discharged from the second opening 27. In addition, a first discharge port 32 for discharging the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 is provided on the upper case 28. Furthermore, a second discharge port 33 for discharging the suction air discharged from the second opening 27 is provided at the lower portion of the lower case 29. Further, a main exhaust port 34 for discharging the suction air discharged from the second discharge port 33 to the outside of the vacuum cleaner body 1 is provided at the rear portion of the vacuum cleaner body 1.

A case 36 containing an electrostatic atomizer 35 that generates charged fine particle water is disposed in the upper part of the electric blower chamber 18. The case 36 includes an electrostatic atomizer 35 that generates charged fine particle water and a high-voltage device 37 that supplies power to the electrostatic atomizer 35. The voltage device 37 is electrically connected. In addition, a first communication port 38 communicating with the first discharge port 32 is provided at one end of the case 36, and a discharge port 15 a provided in the lid 15 is communicated with the other end of the case 36. A second communication port 39 is provided.

  About the vacuum cleaner comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated below using FIG.1, FIG.2 and FIG.4.

  When the operation of the vacuum cleaner 100 is started by the user, the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 is driven, the fan 21 is rotationally driven, and power is supplied from the high voltage device 37 to the electrostatic atomizer 35. The charged fine particle water is generated by the electrostatic atomizer 35.

  As indicated by the arrows in FIG. 4, when the fan 21 is rotationally driven by the motor 23, outside air is sucked into the electric blower 17 from an intake port (not shown) provided in the electric blower 17. At 17, suction air is generated. The suction air generated by the electric blower 17 passes through the inside of the fan 21 and is discharged from the outer peripheral side of the fan 21 to the outside of the fan 21. The suction air discharged to the outside of the fan 21 is rectified by the air guide 22, passes through the inside of the motor 23, and passes from the second opening 27 provided in the motor case 25 to the outside of the electric blower 17. Discharged. At this time, of the suction air discharged from the outer peripheral side of the fan 21 to the outside of the fan 21, a part of the suction air before passing through the motor 23 is a first opening 26 provided in the fan case 24. To the outside of the electric blower 17.

  As shown by the arrow A in FIG. 2, the suction air discharged from the second opening 27 is discharged from the second discharge port 33 provided in the lower case 29. The suction air discharged from the second discharge port 33 is discharged from the main exhaust port 34 to the outside of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 1.

  On the other hand, as indicated by an arrow B in FIG. 2, the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 is a first discharge port 32 provided in the upper case 28 and a first air provided in the case 36. It flows into the inside of the case 36 through the communication port 38. The suction air that has flowed into the case 36 passes through the high voltage device 37 and the electrostatic atomizer 35 disposed inside the case 36, and then together with the charged particulate water generated by the electrostatic atomizer 35. The air is discharged from the second communication port 39 provided in 36 to the outside of the case 36, and is discharged from the discharge port 15 a provided in the lid 15 into the atmosphere. The charged particulate water discharged to the outside of the vacuum cleaner main body 1 together with the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 is diffused into the room by the suction air discharged from the main exhaust port 34 and floats in the atmosphere. Combined with the floating dust, the floating dust is charged, and the floating dust is dropped onto the surface to be cleaned.

  As shown in FIG. 1, floating dust that has fallen on the surface to be cleaned is sucked from a suction port (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the suction tool 2, and the vacuum cleaner is passed through the extension pipe 3 and the hose 4. It flows into the main body 1 and is collected by the dust bag 19.

  Thus, in this Embodiment, the electrostatic atomizer 35 is utilized using the suction | inhalation wind discharged | emitted from the 1st opening part 26 which discharge | releases the suction | inhalation wind before passing the motor 23 of the electric blower 17. FIG. Since the charged fine particle water generated in step 1 is released into the atmosphere, extremely fine dust such as carbon generated in the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 adheres to and accumulates on the electrostatic atomizer 35 due to long-term use. In addition, the temperature of the electrostatic atomizer 35 can be prevented from rising due to the heat generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17, and the charged fine particle water can be stably generated.

  In the present embodiment, a flow path through which the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 passes is formed by the case 36, and the electrostatic atomizer 35 and the high voltage device 37 are arranged in the case 36. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the extremely fine dust such as carbon generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 from being attached to the electrostatic atomizing device 35 and the high voltage device 37 and accumulating due to long-time use. Further, since the electrostatic atomizer 35 and the high voltage device 37 are cooled by the suction air discharged from the first opening 26, the electrostatic fog is not affected by the heat generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17. The conversion device 35 and the high voltage device 37 can be efficiently cooled. Therefore, the charged fine particle water can be stably generated.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 and the suction air discharged from the second opening 27 are partitioned by the upper case 28 and the lower case 29. The suction air discharged from the second opening 27 can be prevented from flowing into the case 36. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the ultra fine dust such as carbon generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 from adhering to and accumulating on the electrostatic atomizer 35 due to long-time use, and the motor of the electric blower 17. The electrostatic atomizer 35 and the high voltage device 37 can be efficiently cooled without being affected by the heat generated by the heat generator 23, and the charged fine particle water can be stably generated.

  In the present embodiment, since a plurality of first openings 26 are provided in a portion of the fan case 24 located on the outer peripheral side of the fan 21, the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 is The electrostatic atomizer 35 can be efficiently guided to the electrostatic atomizer 35 and the suction air discharged from the first opening 26 can be reliably guided to the electrostatic atomizer 35 with a simple configuration. The atomized device 35 can generate charged fine particle water efficiently and stably.

  Furthermore, the charged fine particle water generated by the electrostatic atomizer 35 is used to charge floating dust floating in the atmosphere and collected by the suction tool. Deodorization and sterilization can be performed, and air cleaning performance can be improved.

  In the present embodiment, the charged fine particle water discharged from the discharge port 15a is diffused into the room by the suction air discharged from the main exhaust port 34. Therefore, the charged fine particle water is efficiently diffused into the room. Therefore, dust floating in the room can be collected efficiently.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, since the electret-processed dust collection bag is used, dust easily adheres to the dust collection bag, and the air cleaning effect can be improved.

(Embodiment 2)
Embodiment 2 of the vacuum cleaner of this invention is demonstrated using FIG. Note that the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.

  FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing an electric blower in Embodiment 2 of the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the electric blower 17 includes a fan 21 that generates suction air, an air guide 22 that rectifies the airflow discharged from the fan 21, a motor 23 that rotationally drives the fan 21, the fan 21, and the air The fan case 24 includes the guide 22, and the motor case 25 includes the motor 23 and is secretly attached to the fan case 24. An annular flat surface portion 40 extending outward from the motor case 25 is provided at the end of the motor case 25 on the fan case 24 side. And the 1st opening part 26 which discharges | emits the suction | inhalation wind before passing the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 is provided in the cyclic | annular plane part 40 of the motor case 25 located in the bottom face side of the fan 21. As shown in FIG.

  The suction air discharged from the first opening 26 is similar to the first embodiment described above, the first discharge port 32 provided in the upper case 28 and the first communication port 38 provided in the case 36. Along with the charged fine particle water generated by the electrostatic atomizer 35 after passing through the high voltage device 37 and the electrostatic atomizer 35 disposed inside the case 36. It is configured to be discharged from the second communication port 39 provided in the case 36 to the outside of the case 36 and discharged from the discharge port 15a provided in the lid 15 to the atmosphere.

  As described above, also in the configuration of the present embodiment, similarly to the above-described first embodiment, the suction air before passing through the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 is discharged from the first opening 26. Since the charged fine particle water generated by the electrostatic atomizer 35 can be discharged into the atmosphere by using the suction air, the fine particles such as carbon generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17 after long-term use. It is possible to prevent dust from adhering and accumulating on the electrostatic atomizer 35, and to prevent the temperature of the electrostatic atomizer 35 from rising due to heat generated by the motor 23 of the electric blower 17, Charged fine particle water can be generated stably.

  Even if the vacuum cleaner of the present invention is used for a long time, it is not affected by the fine dust such as carbon generated in the motor of the electric blower and the heat generation of the motor of the electric blower. Can be stably generated, and can be suitably applied to the fields and applications of household vacuum cleaners and industrial vacuum cleaners.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vacuum cleaner main body 1a Suction port 2 Suction tool 3 Extension pipe 4 Hose 5 Wheel 6 Caster 7 Main body handle 8 Rotating brush 9 Drive motor 10 Handle part 11 Tip pipe 12 Connection pipe 13 Lower member 14 Upper member 15 Cover 15a Release port 16 Cover Body 17 Electric Blower 18 Electric Blower Chamber 19 Dust Collection Bag 20 Dust Collection Chamber 21 Fan 22 Air Guide 23 Motor 24 Fan Case 25 Motor Case 26 First Opening 27 Second Opening 28 Upper Case 29 Lower Case 30 Before support 31 After support 32 First discharge port 33 Second discharge port 34 Main exhaust port 35 Electrostatic atomizer 36 Case 37 High voltage device 38 First communication port 39 Second communication port 40 Annular plane 100 Electric vacuum cleaner

Claims (6)

An electric blower having a fan that generates suction air and a motor that rotationally drives the fan;
An ion generator for generating ions;
With
The electric blower is provided with a first opening for discharging the suction air before passing through the motor, and a second opening for discharging the suction air after passing through the motor,
The vacuum cleaner is a vacuum cleaner in which the ions are released into the atmosphere using suction air discharged from the first opening.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the ion generator is disposed in a flow path of suction air discharged from the first opening.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of the first openings are provided.   The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the first opening is provided at least on an outer peripheral side of the fan.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first opening is provided at least on a bottom surface side of the fan.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the ion generator is an electrostatic atomizer that generates charged fine particle water.