JP2016067459A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner being readily used, being lightweight, and capable of accommodating to a long-time use.SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner includes: a vacuum cleaner body 100; a suction hose 200; a handle 300; an extension pipe 400; and a suction body 500. The vacuum cleaner body 100 includes: a cleaner body 110 having a dust collector 113, a blower unit 114, and a handle part 115; and a canister part 120 for attachably/detachably supporting the cleaner body 110. A power supply unit includes a first power supply part 118 provided on the cleaner body 110, and a second power supply part 190 provided on the canister part 120.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to an electric vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a cordless type electric vacuum cleaner that can take a plurality of cleaning forms by one unit.

  Conventionally, as a cordless type vacuum cleaner capable of taking a plurality of cleaning forms by one unit, for example, vacuum cleaners described in Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 are known.

  The vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 1 can be used as a canister type vacuum cleaner, a stick type vacuum cleaner, and a handy type vacuum cleaner. Cleaning is performed in a form that matches the cleaning location.

  On the other hand, the electric vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 2 is a self-propelled vacuum cleaner provided with a detachable handy vacuum cleaner. When cleaning a high place such as a table or a shelf, the vacuum cleaner main body performs a handy vacuum cleaner. The machine is removed and cleaned.

JP 2003-290098 A JP 2007-282834 A

  The vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 1 needs to lift the main body of the vacuum cleaner when used with a stick type vacuum cleaner or a handy type vacuum cleaner. There may be a burden.

  Further, the electric vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 1 is basically used as a canister type vacuum cleaner, and is used as a stick type vacuum cleaner or a handy type vacuum cleaner. Since it is necessary to put on and take off, it is not considered about using a stick type vacuum cleaner or a handy type vacuum cleaner quickly.

  On the other hand, since the electric vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 2 can remove the handy type vacuum cleaner from the main body of the vacuum cleaner, the handy type vacuum cleaner can be used quickly. However, the electric vacuum cleaner described in Patent Document 2 has a power supply unit provided in the handy type vacuum cleaner, and when used as a self-propelled cleaner, power is supplied from this power supply unit. There is no consideration for long-term use of the vacuum cleaner. Further, Patent Document 2 does not disclose use as a stick-type vacuum cleaner.

  Then, the objective of this invention is providing the vacuum cleaner which can use a vacuum cleaner quickly, and can respond also to a long-time use of light weight.

  In order to achieve the above object, a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a vacuum cleaner body including a dust collector, a blower, and a power supply unit, and one end attached to the vacuum cleaner body and communicating with the dust collector. A suction hose that is connected to the other end of the suction hose and communicates with the suction hose, and an extension tube that is attached to the other end of the hand handle and communicates with the hand handle. And a suction body having one end attached to the other end of the extension pipe and communicating with the extension pipe, and the electric vacuum cleaner body includes the dust collector, the blower, and a handle portion. A main body part, and a canister part that detachably supports the vacuum cleaner main body part, wherein the power source part includes a first power source part provided in the cleaner main body part and a second power source provided in the canister part. The power supply And characterized in that it is.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the vacuum cleaner which can use a vacuum cleaner quickly, and can respond also to use for a long time is lightweight.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the use condition of a vacuum cleaner. It is a figure which shows an example of the use condition of a vacuum cleaner. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a cleaner main-body part. It is a side view which shows schematic structure of a canister part. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of a vacuum cleaner main body. It is a figure which shows the accommodation state of a vacuum cleaner.

  Hereinafter, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same site | part, an arrow, etc. are shown with the same code | symbol, and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

  First, a schematic structure of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 and 3 are diagrams showing an example of a usage state of the electric vacuum cleaner.

  In FIG. 1, a canister type vacuum cleaner generally indicated by reference numeral 1 is a vacuum cleaner body 100 having a dust collecting device 113, a blower device 114, and a power supply unit (not shown), and one end of the vacuum cleaner. A flexible suction hose 200 that is attached to the machine main body 100 and communicates with the dust collector 113, a hand handle portion 300 that is connected to the other end of the suction hose 200 and communicates with the suction hose 200, and one end at hand The extension tube 400 is attached to the other end of the handle 300 and communicates with the hand handle portion 300, and the mouthpiece 500 is attached to the other end of the extension tube 400 and communicates with the extension tube 400. Further, the electric vacuum cleaner 1 can perform cleaning by changing the direction of the mouthpiece 500 by twisting the hand handle 300 along the central axis P <b> 1 of the extension pipe 400.

  The vacuum cleaner main body 100 includes a vacuum cleaner main body 110 provided with a dust collector 113, a blower 114, and a handle portion 115, and a canister 120 that detachably supports the vacuum cleaner main body 110. It can be moved via the suction hose 200 by a plurality of wheels (not shown). The power supply unit provided in the vacuum cleaner main body 100 includes a first power supply unit provided in the vacuum cleaner main body unit 110 and a second power supply unit provided in the canister unit 120. Yes. The operation control of the electric vacuum cleaner main body 100 can be performed by wiring a signal line to the suction hose 200 and transmitting an operation signal from the hand handle 300 to the electric vacuum cleaner main body 100 via the signal line.

  The suction hose 200 has a function as a transport passage for transporting dust to the dust collector and a function as a moving pulling means for moving the vacuum cleaner main body 100. One end of the suction hose 200 is provided with a main body connection portion 211 that is detachably connected to the vacuum cleaner main body 100 and an annular support 212 that is attached to the main body connection portion 211. The other end of the suction hose 200 is connected to the hand handle 300 through a connection member (not shown).

  The hand handle 300 has a function of communicating the suction hose 200 and the extension pipe 400, an operation control function and a movement function of the vacuum cleaner main body 100, and a function of controlling the movement of the mouthpiece 500. The hand handle 300 includes a connecting pipe part 310 that connects the extension pipe 400 and the suction hose 200, a grip part 320 provided above the connecting pipe part 310, and operation control of the vacuum cleaner body 100 and the suction body 500. And a trigger switch 340 that adjusts the length of the extension pipe 400, and a fixing release part 350 that releases and fixes the hand handle part 300 and the extension pipe 400. Hereinafter, in this embodiment, the side to which the extension pipe 400 of the hand handle 300 is connected is defined as the front (arrow V1 direction), and the side to which the suction hose 200 is connected is defined as the rear (arrow V2 direction).

  The extension pipe 400 includes a first extension pipe 410 having one end connected to the suction body 500, a second extension pipe 420 having one end connected to the connecting pipe portion 310, and the second extension and the other end of the first extension pipe 410. The other end of the tube 420 is fixed, and a lock mechanism 430 for releasing the fixation is configured. Further, the extension tube 400 operates the lock mechanism 430 to release the fixation of the first extension tube 410 and the second extension tube 420, so that the first extension tube 410 and the second extension tube 420 move relative to each other, It has a stretchable structure. In this embodiment, the first extension pipe 410 is accommodated in the second extension pipe 420.

  The mouthpiece 500 is connected to the mouthpiece body 510 having a suction mouth for sucking dust on the bottom surface, the mouthpiece body 510 and the extension pipe 400, and the operation of the hand handle 300 is connected to the mouthpiece body 510 via the extension pipe 400. It is comprised with the universal connection part 520 which transmits. And the suction body 500 is attached to the front-end | tip part of the extension pipe 400 through the lock mechanism 530 so that attachment or detachment is possible. Further, the suction mouth main body 510 can include therein a rotary cleaning body (not shown) and a driving device (not shown) for driving the rotary cleaning body.

  When the rotary cleaning body and the drive device are provided inside the mouthpiece main body 510, a signal line for transmitting an operation signal for operating the drive mechanism is wired to the extension pipe 400, and the signal from the hand handle unit 300 is connected to the extension pipe 400 via this signal line. An operation signal can be transmitted to the mouthpiece body 510.

  The universal connecting portion 520 includes a first arm portion 521 that moves the extension tube 400 up and down, and a second arm portion 522 that moves the extension tube 400 left and right. The bottom surface of the mouthpiece body 510 is always operated so as to contact the cleaning surface (floor surface). In addition, the universal connecting portion 520 allows the suction body 510 and the extension pipe 400 to communicate so that an air flow including dust sucked from the suction body 510 is guided to the extension pipe 400.

  And this vacuum cleaner 1 cleans by grasping the hand handle part 300 (grip part 420) and moving the suction mouth body 500 to V1 direction and V2 direction. Further, by twisting the hand handle 300 along the central axis P1 of the extension pipe 400 during cleaning, the suction body 500 can be changed in direction for cleaning.

  One of the major features of the vacuum cleaner 1 according to this embodiment is that the vacuum cleaner main body 110 is detachably connected to the canister 120 and a power supply is provided for each of the vacuum cleaner main body 110 and the canister 120. In the configuration. Specifically, the power supply unit is characterized in that it includes a first power supply unit provided in the vacuum cleaner main body 110 and a second power supply unit provided in the canister unit 120.

  By adopting such a configuration, the cleaner main body 110 can be used as a handy cleaner as shown in FIG. 2 in a state where the cleaner main body 110 is removed from the canister 120. ing. Further, by attaching the vacuum cleaner main body 110 removed from the canister 120 to one end of the extension tube 400, as shown in FIG. 3, it can be used as a stick type vacuum cleaner.

  That is, in this embodiment, by attaching and detaching the cleaner body 110, a handy cleaner, a stick cleaner, and a canister cleaner can be obtained. In particular, when used as a handy type vacuum cleaner or stick type vacuum cleaner, there is no need to lift the canister 120, so the weight of the vacuum cleaner can be reduced. And since it can be set as a handy type vacuum cleaner or a stick type vacuum cleaner by attaching or detaching the vacuum cleaner main-body part 110, a vacuum cleaner can be used quickly.

  Furthermore, since the cleaner body 110 has an independent power supply (first power supply), it can be used cordlessly for a long time when used as a handy cleaner or stick-type cleaner. Become. Further, when used as a canister-type vacuum cleaner, power is supplied by the first power supply unit 118 and the second power supply unit 190, so that it can be used for a longer time.

  Next, the structure of the cleaner body will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is an external view of the cleaner body. FIG. 5 is an external view of the canister section. 6A and 6B are views showing the internal structure of the main body of the vacuum cleaner, in which FIG. 6A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 6B is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a storage state of the electric vacuum cleaner.

  2, 4, and 6, the vacuum cleaner main body 110 is attached to the cylindrical portion 111, and a cylindrical portion 111 having a dust collector 113, a blower device 114, and a first power supply portion 118 therein. And a handle portion 115.

  The dust collector 113 includes an inner cylinder 112a provided in front of the cylindrical portion 111, a dust collection basket 112b provided in the rear (V2 direction) of the inner cylinder 112a, and a flow path case 112c (see FIG. 6). It is configured. The dust collector 113 is detachably attached to the blower 114. By removing the dust collector 113 from the air blower 114, dust accumulated in the dust collecting basket 112b can be discarded.

  The air blower 114 includes a fan 116 and a motor 117 provided at the rear inside the cylindrical portion 111.

  The first power supply unit 118 is provided by a rechargeable battery provided around the inside of the cylindrical unit 111 and disposed around the motor 117.

  Moreover, the cylindrical part 111 is provided with the filter 140 provided between the dust collector 113 and the air blower 114, and the charging terminal 170 (refer FIG. 6) provided in the bottom back.

  The handle part 115 is a connection pipe part 115a that constitutes a conveyance path communicating with the dust collection part 113, a grip part 115b provided above the connection pipe part 115a, an operation control of the vacuum cleaner main body part 110, and the mouthpiece 500. The operation switch part 115c which performs this, and the fixing release part 115d which cancels | releases fixation and fixation with the cleaner main body part 110 and the canister part 120 are provided. Further, a rotatable auxiliary brush 119 is provided in the vicinity of the tip of the connecting pipe portion 115a. When the cleaner body 110 is used as a handy cleaner, the auxiliary brush 119 is covered so as to cover the connection port 145. Is rotated (see FIG. 2).

  5 and 6, the canister unit 120 includes a storage unit 121 that stores the cleaner body 110 on the upper surface, a connection unit 122 that is provided in front of the storage unit 121 and is connected to the connection port 145, and a storage unit. 121 includes a first charging terminal 123 provided behind 121 and a hose storage portion 125 provided along the outer periphery of the canister 120.

  The hose storage part 125 is a substantially U-shaped groove formed along the left and right side surfaces and the back surface of the canister part 120, that is, the outer peripheral surface of the canister part 120. A suction hose is provided in the groove part (hose storage part 125). The suction hose 200 is accommodated by winding 200.

  A protrusion 126 that protrudes upward is provided at the front of the canister 120. The protrusion 126 has a shape in which the upper surface 126a is curved, and the second charging terminal 124 is provided at the center of the curved portion.

  Thereby, the 2nd charge terminal 124 can be provided in the position (high position) protruded rather than the 1st charge terminal 123. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the connecting portion 122 has a concave portion 127 formed on the upper surface, and the front end portion 115f of the fixing release portion 115d is fitted into the concave portion 127, so that The canister 120 is fixed. Further, in order to release the fixation between the vacuum cleaner main body 110 and the canister 120, by operating (pushing in) the fixation release portion 115d, the fixation between the concave portion 127 and the tip portion 115f is released, and the vacuum cleaner main body portion. 110 can be removed from the canister 120.

  In FIG. 6, the canister unit 120 includes a large wheel 180 and a free wheel 181, and the vacuum cleaner main body 100 can be moved through the suction hose 200 by these wheels.

  In FIG. 6, the canister unit 120 includes a second power supply unit 190 inside, and supplies power from the second power supply unit 190 to the first charging terminal 123 and the second charging terminal 124 via the electric wire 195. Be able to. In this embodiment, the second power supply unit 190 includes a cord reel 191, a power cord 192 wound around the cord reel 191, and an outlet plug 193.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is not necessary to lift the canister unit 120 provided with the second power supply unit 190 when used as a handy type vacuum cleaner or a stick type vacuum cleaner. And operability can be improved.

  In particular, this embodiment is characterized in that it can be charged in the state of a stick-type vacuum cleaner and can be stored in the state of a stick-type vacuum cleaner, as shown in FIG. Specifically, a charging terminal (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the extension pipe 400 is brought into contact with the second charging terminal 124 arranged at a position higher than the first charging terminal 123 at the front part of the canister part 120. The two charging terminals are energized, and charging is performed by supplying electric power from the second power supply unit 190 via the electric wire 195. In this embodiment, the surface opposite to the surface on which the fixing release portion 430 is provided is defined as the bottom surface of the extension pipe 400.

  By adopting such a configuration, it can be used as a stick-type vacuum cleaner simply by removing it from the canister unit 120. Therefore, it is effective when performing quick (easy) cleaning, for example, daily cleaning. .

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, when storing in the state of a stick type vacuum cleaner, the extension tube 400 is leaned against the protruding portion 126 so that the charging terminal (not shown) provided on the extension tube 400 is changed to the second charging terminal. 124. Moreover, when using a stick type vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner leaning on the protrusion 126 is simply pulled out to the near side with the grip portion 115b, so that the vacuum cleaner can be quickly obtained.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when storing in the state of the stick type vacuum cleaner, it is necessary to consider the storing method of the suction hose 200 and the hand handle 300 removed from the extension pipe 400.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, the suction hose 200 is wound around the hose storage part 125 provided in the canister part 120 and the hook part 314 provided in the hand handle 300 is hooked on the annular support 212 to thereby perform suction. The hose 200 and the hand handle 300 are accommodated.

  By setting it as such a structure, since the suction hose 200 does not protrude large at the time of accommodation, the accommodation of the suction hose 200 can be improved. In addition, by improving the fit of the suction hose 200, the configuration in the storage state becomes compact, and the vacuum cleaner can be stored near the wall.

As described above, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention has a vacuum cleaner body including a dust collector, a blower, and a power supply unit, and one end attached to the vacuum cleaner body and communicates with the dust collector. A suction hose, a hand handle portion having one end attached to the other end of the suction hose and communicating with the suction hose, and an extension tube having one end attached to the other end of the hand handle portion and communicating with the hand handle portion A vacuum suction body having one end attached to the other end of the extension pipe and communicating with the extension pipe, the vacuum cleaner body having the dust collecting device, the blower, and a handle portion. And a canister part that detachably supports the vacuum cleaner main body part,
The power supply unit includes a first power supply unit provided in the cleaner body and a second power supply unit provided in the canister unit.

  Thereby, three forms (a handy type vacuum cleaner, a stick type vacuum cleaner, a canister type vacuum cleaner) can be taken with one electric vacuum cleaner. In particular, when used as a handy type cleaner or a stick type cleaner, it is not necessary to lift the canister part provided with the second power supply part, so that the weight of the cleaner can be reduced. And since the 1st power supply part independent was provided in the cleaner main-body part, when using as a handy type cleaner or a stick type cleaner, it becomes possible to use it cordlessly.

  Furthermore, when using as a canister type vacuum cleaner, it is possible to use two power supply units, that is, a first power supply unit provided in the cleaner main body unit and a second power supply unit provided in the canister unit. As a result, the vacuum cleaner can be used for a longer time.

  Further, in the electric vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, the canister part includes a plurality of charging terminals for charging the vacuum cleaner main body part, and the plurality of charging terminals are provided on an upper surface of the canister part. A first charging terminal provided at the rear and a second charging terminal provided at the front of the upper surface of the canister portion, the second charging terminal being provided to protrude from the first charging terminal. It is characterized by being.

  Thereby, it can charge or store in the state of a stick type vacuum cleaner, and can also use a stick type vacuum cleaner quickly.

  Furthermore, the electric vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is characterized in that the canister part includes a hose storage part formed in a substantially U shape along an outer peripheral surface thereof. Thereby, since a suction hose does not protrude greatly at the time of accommodation, it can be set as a compact accommodation form.

  Furthermore, the electric vacuum cleaner according to the present invention comprises a fixing means for fixing and releasing the fixing of the vacuum cleaner main body part and the canister part, and the fixing means is provided in the handle part. And Thereby, attachment and detachment of a vacuum cleaner main-body part and a canister part can be performed easily.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vacuum cleaner, 100 ... Vacuum cleaner main body, 110 ... Vacuum cleaner main body part, 111 ... Cylindrical part, 112a ... Inner cylinder, 112b ... Dust collection basket, 112c ... Flow path case, 113 ... Dust collector, 114 ... Air blower, 115: ... handle part, 115a ... connecting pipe part, 115b ... grip part, 115c ... operation switch, 115d ... fixing release part, 116 ... fan, 117 ... motor, 118 ... first power supply part, 119 ... auxiliary brush , 120, canister section, 121, storage section, 122, connection section, 123, first charging terminal, 124, second charging terminal, 125, hose storage section, 126, protrusion, 127, recess, 140, filter, 145 ... Connection port, 170 ... Charging terminal, 180 ... Large wheel, 181 ... Swivel wheel, 190 ... Second power supply unit, 191 ... Cord reel, 192 ... Power cord, 193 ... St. Plug, 195 ... Electric wire, 200 ... Suction hose, 211 ... Main body connection part, 212 ... Supporting tool, 300 ... Hand handle part, 310 ... Connecting pipe part, 320 ... Grip part, 330 ... Operation switch part, 340 ... Trigger switch , 350 ... fixing release part, 400 ... extension pipe, 410 ... first extension pipe, 420 ... second extension pipe, 430 ... lock release button, 500 ... mouthpiece, 510 ... mouthpiece body, 520 ... universal connection part, 521 ... First arm portion, 522... Second arm portion, 530... Lock mechanism, P1.

Claims (5)

A vacuum cleaner body provided with a dust collector, a blower, and a power source, a suction hose that is attached to the vacuum cleaner body and communicates with the dust collector, and one end is attached to the other end of the suction hose A hand handle portion communicating with the suction hose, an extension tube having one end attached to the other end of the hand handle portion and communicating with the hand handle portion, and one end attached to the other end of the extension tube. A mouthpiece that communicates with the pipe,
The electric vacuum cleaner main body includes a vacuum cleaner main body having the dust collecting device, the blower, and a handle, and a canister portion that detachably supports the vacuum cleaner main body.
The said power supply part is comprised by the 1st power supply part provided in the said vacuum cleaner main-body part, and the 2nd power supply part provided in the said canister part. The vacuum cleaner characterized by the above-mentioned. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein
The canister unit includes a plurality of charging terminals that charge the main body of the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 2,
The plurality of charging terminals are composed of a first charging terminal provided at the rear of the upper surface of the canister part, and a second charging terminal provided at the front of the upper surface of the canister part,
The vacuum cleaner, wherein the second charging terminal is provided to protrude from the first charging terminal. In the vacuum cleaner in any one of Claim 1 to 3,
The canister portion includes a hose storage portion formed in a U shape along an outer peripheral surface thereof. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein
A fixing means for fixing and releasing the fixing between the vacuum cleaner main body and the canister;
The vacuum cleaner, wherein the fixing means is provided in the handle portion.

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