JP2014018266A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner which is excellent in portability with an easy-to-grip handle part.SOLUTION: By disposing a handle part 5 at a roughly U-shaped notched part 17 formed at a rear part of a dust collecting chamber lid 3 and providing a turning shaft 18 of the dust collecting chamber lid 3 behind a position of the handle part 5, a turning center when the dust collecting chamber lid 3 is opened and closed is behind the handle part 5, and a large turning radius can be taken. Thus, there is no risk that the dust collecting chamber lid 3 is brought into contact with the handle part 5, the handle part 5 can be projected more upwards from an outer shell upper surface of an upper body 4, and by forming an easy-to-grip handle part 5, a cleaner body 1 can be easily lifted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner provided with a handle for lifting a vacuum cleaner body.

  Conventionally, this type of vacuum cleaner has a built-in electric blower for sucking dust behind the main body and a cord reel for winding and storing the power cord, and collecting dust for collecting dust in the front. The chamber is provided so as to communicate with the electric blower, and includes a handle portion and a lid body that is pivotally supported with respect to the main body so as to be rotatable with respect to the main body and opens and closes the dust collecting chamber ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-172626 A

  However, in the above-described conventional configuration, the pivot center for opening and closing the lid body is the same as the handle portion or provided in front of the handle portion, so that the pivot radius is small and there is a risk of contacting the handle portion when the lid is opened and closed. Therefore, the height of the handle portion had to be set low, and the handle portion was difficult to grasp and the transportability was poor. In addition, it is necessary to form a deep recess in the lower part of the handle. However, if the recess that interferes with the inside of the vacuum cleaner body is formed deeply, the vacuum cleaner body itself becomes larger as a result and transportability may deteriorate. It was. This invention solves the said subject, and it aims at providing the vacuum cleaner with a sufficient transportability by the handle part which is easy to grasp.

  A main body including an electric blower for sucking dust, a cord reel for winding a power cord, and a dust collecting chamber for collecting dust, a handle provided above the main body, and a rotating shaft And a lid that is pivotally supported with respect to the main body and opens and closes the dust collecting chamber, and a substantially U-shaped notch is provided at a rear portion of the lid, and the notch is provided with the notch. A handle portion is provided, and the pivot shaft of the lid is provided behind the handle portion, so that the pivot center when the lid is opened and closed is behind the handle portion and the radius of rotation. Therefore, it is possible to prevent contact between the lid and the handle when the lid is opened and closed.

  For the same reason, the handle portion can be formed by projecting upward from the upper surface of the outer shell of the main body, and the cleaner main body can be easily lifted by forming a handle portion that is easier to grip.

  In addition, when a concave portion is formed in the outer shell of the main body below the handle portion, it is possible to prevent the vacuum cleaner main body from becoming large by minimizing the concave portion that interferes with the inside of the vacuum cleaner main body, and a grip portion that is easier to grip The vacuum cleaner body can be easily lifted by forming

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an electric vacuum cleaner that is easy to grip and has good transportability.

The top view of the vacuum cleaner in Embodiment 1 of this invention Side view of the vacuum cleaner Rear view of the vacuum cleaner AA sectional view in FIG. AA sectional view in FIG. 1 with the dust collection lid open Perspective view with the dust cover opened and the paper pack removed

  A first invention includes a main body including an electric blower for sucking dust, a cord reel for winding a power cord, and a dust collecting chamber for collecting dust, and a handle portion provided above the main body. And a lid that is pivotally supported with respect to the main body and opens and closes the dust collecting chamber, and a substantially U-shaped notch is provided at the rear of the lid The handle portion is disposed in the notch portion, and the rotation axis of the lid body is provided behind the handle portion, so that the rotation center when the lid body is opened and closed is more than the handle portion. Since the turning radius is large at the rear, there is no concern of contact with the handle, and contact between the lid and the handle when the lid is opened and closed can be prevented.

  Further, for the same reason, the handle portion can be formed by projecting upward from the upper surface of the outer shell of the main body, and the cleaner main body can be easily lifted by forming a handle portion that is easier to grip.

  In addition, when a concave portion is formed in the outer shell of the main body below the handle portion, it is possible to prevent the vacuum cleaner main body from becoming large by minimizing the concave portion that interferes with the inside of the vacuum cleaner main body, and a grip portion that is easier to grip The vacuum cleaner body can be lifted easily by forming

  According to a second aspect of the invention, in particular, in the first aspect of the invention, the rotation shaft is provided on the inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion, so that the rotation shaft provided on the inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion Assembling / disassembling work for attaching / detaching to / from the shaft support hole provided in the outer shell of the main body is easy to bend because both ends of the substantially U-shaped notch part are separated, and the work can be performed very easily.

  In the third invention, in particular, in the first or second invention, the handle portion is arranged so that both ends of the handle portion are close to the inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion, that is, substantially U-shaped. The vacuum cleaner main body can be lifted in a very balanced manner by arranging the handle portion in the left-right direction of the substantially central portion of the main body so as to bridge the handle portion toward the inner walls on both sides of the cutout portion. .

  According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in particular, in any one of the first to third aspects of the invention, a recess is formed in the outer body of the lower portion of the handle portion disposed in the substantially U-shaped notch, so that a hand is inserted by the handle portion. The vacuum cleaner body can be lifted easily.

  According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in particular, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, a recess is formed in the outer shell of the main body below the handle portion disposed in the substantially U-shaped notch, and the rear of the recess is opened. Thus, it is possible to easily insert the hand into the handle portion from the rear of the main body, and the vacuum cleaner main body can be lifted more easily.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in particular, in any one of the first to fifth aspects, the handle portion is disposed on the upper portion of the cord reel that winds up the electric blower and the power cord. By disposing the handle portion on the upper portion, the handle portion can be provided at a position closest to the center of gravity of the cleaner body, and the cleaner body can be easily lifted.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in particular, in any one of the first to sixth aspects of the invention, the handle is provided with a main body switch for controlling the operation of the electric blower and a push button for controlling the operation of the cord reel. It is not necessary to form a hole through which the main body switch and the push button pass in the cover body that covers the entire upper surface of the vacuum cleaner body by providing the shaft behind the handle portion, improving the appearance and facilitating the operation of the main body switch and the push button. can do.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
The vacuum cleaner in the 1st Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated using FIGS. 1 is a plan view of the electric vacuum cleaner according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1 with the dust collection lid open, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view with the paper collection pack removed with the dust collection lid open.

  In the electric vacuum cleaner according to the present embodiment, reference numeral 1 denotes a vacuum cleaner main body, and main outer parts of the vacuum cleaner main body 1 include a lower main body 2, a dust collection chamber lid 3, and an upper main body 4, such as synthetic resin. It is formed by.

  A partition 6 is provided inside the lower body 2, and an electric blower chamber (not shown) that houses an electric blower 7 and a cord reel 8 for winding a power cord are housed on the rear side of the partition 6. The cord reel chambers that are not to be separated are partitioned, and a dust collection chamber 10 that communicates with the suction side of the electric blower 7 through a communication port 9 provided in the partition 6 is defined on the front side of the partition 6. A dust collection bag such as a paper pack 11 is detachably disposed in the dust chamber 10. In the case of a cyclone vacuum cleaner or the like, a dust collecting device such as a dust collecting cup is detachably disposed.

  Large-diameter traveling wheels 12 for traveling of the cleaner body 1 are rotatably supported on both sides of the lower body 2. In addition, a main body suction port 13 to which a connecting side of a hose body having a floor nozzle and an extension pipe (not shown) is detachably connected is provided in front of the lower main body 2 so as to communicate with the dust collection chamber 10.

  A dust collection chamber lid 3 as a lid is pivotally supported on the upper main body 4 so that the dust collection chamber 10 can be opened and closed. A substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17 is formed at the rear portion of the dust collection chamber lid 3, and rotation shafts 18 are provided on inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17. 4 is inserted into a shaft support hole 19 formed in the upper part of 4 and is rotatably supported.

  The assembling / disassembling work for attaching and detaching the rotating shaft 18 provided on the inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped notch 17 to the shaft support hole 19 provided in the upper main body 4 is substantially U-shaped notch 17. Both ends are separated and are easy to bend and can be operated very easily.

  In addition, a concave portion 14 is formed in a substantially central portion of the upper portion of the upper body 4 so as to follow a substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17 formed in the rear portion of the dust collection chamber lid 3. A handle portion 5 is attached for an operator to hold and lift the cleaner body 1. Further, the rear side of the concave portion 14 is open so that a hand can be easily inserted into the handle portion 5 from the rear side of the cleaner body 1.

  The handle portion 5 is disposed so that both ends of the handle portion 5 are close to the inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17, that is, the inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17. In other words, the handle portion 5 is arranged in the left-right direction of the substantially central portion of the cleaner body 1 so that the handle portion 5 is bridged toward the electric fan 7 and winds up the power cord. Located above the cord reel 8.

Furthermore, a main body switch 15 for controlling the operation of the electric blower 7 and a winding push button 16 for winding the power cord for controlling the operation of the cord reel 8 are disposed on the handle portion 5.

  Further, as described above, both ends of the handle portion 5 are disposed close to the inner wall of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17 formed in the rear portion of the dust collection chamber lid 3, and the dust collection chamber lid 3 is provided behind the position of the handle 5, and the rotation shaft 18 of the dust collecting chamber lid 3 and the pivot support hole 19 are substantially located in the rear region of the cleaner body 1. The center is provided.

  Therefore, since the center of rotation when the dust collection chamber lid 3 is opened and closed is behind the handle portion 5 and the rotation radius is large, there is no concern that the dust collection chamber lid 3 contacts the handle portion 5. It is possible to prevent contact between the dust collection chamber lid 3 and the handle portion 5 when the dust collection chamber lid 3 is opened and closed.

  The operation of the vacuum cleaner configured as described above will be described. The electric blower 7 is supplied with power from a power source through a power cord, and by turning on a main body switch 15 that controls the operation of the electric blower 7, the air blower 7 sucks dust together with air through a hose body having a floor nozzle and an extension pipe (not shown). The sucked dust is accumulated in the paper pack 11 in the dust collecting chamber 10.

  Here, both ends of the handle portion 5 are disposed close to the inner wall of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17 formed at the rear portion of the dust collection chamber lid 3 and the dust collection chamber lid 3 is rotated. The shaft 18 is provided behind the position of the handle portion 5, and a rotation center composed of a rotation shaft 18 and a shaft support hole 19 of the dust collection chamber lid 3 is provided almost in the rear region of the cleaner body 1. With this configuration, the rotation center when the dust collection chamber lid 3 is opened and closed is behind the handle portion 5 and the rotation radius is large, so that the dust collection chamber lid 3 contacts the handle portion 5. Therefore, contact between the dust collection chamber lid 3 and the handle portion 5 when the dust collection chamber lid 3 is opened and closed can be prevented.

  Further, for the same reason, the handle portion 5 can be formed by projecting upward from the upper surface of the upper body 4, and the cleaner body 1 can be easily lifted by forming the handle portion 5 that is easier to grip. It is.

  Even when the upper body 4, which is the outer shell of the main body below the handle 5, is not formed with the recess 14, the upper shell 4 and the upper handle 5 of the upper main body 4 are formed by forming the handle 5 so as to protrude further upward. The vacuum cleaner main body 1 can be easily lifted by forming a handle portion 5 that allows a large space between and a handle portion 5 to be easily inserted and gripped.

  Moreover, although the recessed part 14 is formed in the upper main body 4 of the main body outline located under the handle part 5, the recessed part 14 which interferes in the inside of the cleaner body 1 is suppressed to the minimum size, so that the cleaner body 1 It is possible to suppress the increase in the dimension in the height direction, and it is possible to easily lift the cleaner body 1 by forming the grip portion 5 that is easier to grip.

  Further, the rotation shafts 18 provided on the inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped notch 17 are provided as the outer shell of the main body by providing the rotation shafts 18 on the inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped notch 17. Assembling / disassembling work for attaching / detaching to / from the shaft support hole 19 provided in the upper body 4 can be performed very easily because both ends of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17 are easily separated and bent. .

  Further, by providing both ends of the handle 5 close to the inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped notch 17, that is, toward the inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped notch 17, the handle 5 In other words, the cleaner body 1 can be lifted in a very balanced manner by disposing the handle portion 5 in the left-right direction of the substantially central portion of the cleaner body 1.

Further, the handle portion 5 is disposed in the substantially U-shaped cutout portion 17, and the concave portion 14 is formed in the upper body 4 of the main body outer wall located below the handle portion 5, so that the hand can be inserted by the handle portion 5. It can be made easy, and the vacuum cleaner main body 1 can be lifted easily.

  Furthermore, by opening the rear of the concave portion 14, it is possible to easily insert a hand into the handle portion 5 from the rear of the cleaner body 1, and the cleaner body 1 can be lifted more easily.

  Further, the handle portion 5 can be provided at a position closest to the center of gravity of the cleaner body 1 by disposing the handle portion 5 on the upper part of the electric blower 7 and the cord reel 8 that winds up the power cord. The vacuum cleaner body 1 can be lifted easily. In particular, by arranging the handle portion 5 near the center of gravity of the electric blower 7 and the upper portion of the cord reel 8 near the rotation shaft, the handle portion 5 is positioned closest to the center of gravity of the cleaner body 1. Thus, the cleaner body 1 can be lifted more easily.

  In addition, since the main body switch 15 for controlling the operation of the electric blower 7 and the push button 16 for controlling the operation of the cord reel 8 are arranged on the handle portion 5, the rotating shaft 18 is located behind the handle portion 5. It is no longer necessary to form a hole through which the main body switch 15 and the push button 16 pass in the dust collection chamber lid 3 that is provided and substantially covers the entire upper surface of the cleaner body 1, improving the appearance and operating each of the main body switch 15 and the push button 16. It can make it easy to do.

  In the above-described embodiment, a dust collecting device such as a cyclone dust collecting cup may be attached to the dust collecting chamber 10 instead of the dust collecting bag. Furthermore, it is not limited to what forms a recessed part in the main body outline below the handle part 5. FIG. In this case, it is needless to say that the same action and effect can be obtained by forming the handle portion 5 from the upper surface of the main body so as to protrude further upward from the upper surface of the main body.

  As described above, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is particularly useful for a vacuum cleaner that needs to be transported because it has a handle portion that is easy to grip and has good transportability.

1 Vacuum cleaner body 2 Lower body 3 Dust collection chamber lid (lid)
4 Upper body 5 Handle portion 7 Electric blower 8 Cord reel 10 Dust collection chamber 14 Recess 15 Body switch 16 Push button 17 Notch portion 18 Rotating shaft 19 Shaft support hole

Claims (7)

A main body with a built-in electric blower for sucking dust, a cord reel for winding the power cord, and a dust collecting chamber for collecting dust;
A handle provided above the body;
A lid that has a pivot shaft and is pivotally supported with respect to the main body to open and close the dust collection chamber;
A substantially U-shaped notch is provided at the rear of the lid, and the handle is disposed in the notch,
An electric vacuum cleaner characterized in that a pivot shaft of the lid is provided behind the handle portion. 2. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the rotation shaft is provided on inner walls at both ends of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the handle portion is arranged so that both ends of the handle portion are close to inner walls on both sides of the substantially U-shaped cutout portion. The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a concave portion is formed in a main body outline below a handle portion disposed in a substantially U-shaped cutout portion. The electric cleaning according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a concave portion is formed in a body outline below a handle portion disposed in a substantially U-shaped cutout portion, and a rear portion of the concave portion is opened. Machine. The electric vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a handle portion is disposed on an upper portion of a cord reel that winds up the electric blower and the power cord. The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein a main body switch for controlling the operation of the electric blower and a push button for controlling the operation of the cord reel are disposed on the handle portion.