JPH03222924A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To successively add a proper amount of aroma to an exhaust air flow, by a method wherein an aromatic box with pinholes which communicates between the exhaust air side and exhaust air openings in a fan-stowing chamber, is removably located in a cleaner main body, and an aromatic member containing an aromatic agent is stowed in the aromatic box. CONSTITUTION:By the operation of an electric fan 9, suction air containing dust is led into a paper-made bag filter 16 through a suction port 13, and the dust is separated from the air by the paper-made bag filter 16, and only the suction air passes through a dust-collecting chamber 4 and is sucked in the electric fan 9, and after that, the suction air is exhausted to the exterior of a cleaner main body 1 through exhaust air openings 7 in a fan-stowing chamber 8. At this time, aroma diffused out of an aromatic metal 34 follows into the fan-stowing chamber 8 through pinholes 33 and spreads gradually, following which a proper amount of the aroma is mixed into an exhaust air flow on the exhaust air side thereof, and is exhausted to the exterior of the cleaner main body 1. In this way, a definite amount of the aroma can be successively added to the exhaust air flow for a long time. In addition, since a flow way of the suction air is not impeded by the aromatic metal 34. The suction performance of the suction air is not deteriorated.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner with an aromatic function.

(B)? ; Obsolete technology As a technology prior to the present invention, for example, Utility Model Application No. 63+210
．． ) No. 0 discloses a vacuum cleaner in which a filter containing an aromatic agent is housed in a dust collection chamber.

However, in this TJT technology, the filter containing the air freshener is stored in the dust collection chamber, so when adding or replacing the air freshener, the dust collection chamber must be opened and closed, resulting in unclean conditions. In addition, a large amount of intake air hits the aromatic agent, and the aroma contained in the exhaust gas is too strong and the aroma does not last long.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention is an easy-to-use product that allows adding and replacing a fragrance agent easily and cleanly, as well as continuously imparting an appropriate amount of fragrance to an exhaust stream. The purpose is to get a vacuum cleaner.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The vacuum cleaner of the present invention houses a dust collection chamber and an electric blower in the vacuum cleaner body, and has a blower storage having an exhaust port communicating with the exhaust side of the electric blower. an aromatic box having a small hole that communicates between the exhaust side of the blower storage chamber and the exhaust port is removably disposed on the vacuum cleaner body;
The aroma box is characterized in that an aroma member containing an aroma agent is housed in the aroma box.

Further, the structure may include an opening degree adjustment section that adjusts the opening area of the small hole.

(E) Effect With the above configuration, the electric blower operates! & The air sucked into the dust chamber is exhausted from the exhaust side of the electric blower to the outside of the vacuum cleaner body through the exhaust port. At this time, the fragrance emitted from the aromatic member gradually spreads into the blower storage chamber through the small holes of the aroma box, and an appropriate amount is mixed with the exhaust flow from the exhaust side and is discharged outside the vacuum cleaner body.

In addition, by adjusting the OH opening area of the small hole using the opening adjustment section, the amount of aroma flowing into the blower storage chamber can be adjusted to R.
It can be arranged.

(f) Examples Hereinafter, the vacuum cleaner of the present invention will be explained based on examples shown in the drawings.

( ) is the vacuum cleaner body of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention, and the front part has a dust collection chamber (4) with a top opening (3) that can be opened and closed with a dust collection lid (2).
In the rear part, there is ventilation D (
(3) and are each provided with a blower storage chamber (8) which communicates with each other through a vent (3) and has an exhaust port (7) formed in the rear wall.

(9) is an electric blower stored in the blower storage chamber (8), the intake side (10) is airtightly connected to the dust collection chamber (4), and the exhaust side (11) is connected to the exhaust port (7). ).

(12) is a suction port that is provided in the dust collection unit (2) and connects the suction hose, and includes a suction port (13) and a hose connection tube (1, 1) that rotatably holds the suction hose; It consists of a sliding shutter plate (15) located above the hose connection tube (14) to open and close the suction port (13).

(16) is a paper bag filter that is removably housed in the dust collection chamber (4), and the paper bag filter (16) is attached to the suction opening ( 12) and is arranged and equipped on the back side of the dust collector M(2). In addition, (19) is the vent hole (6).
(20) is an exhaust filter. Furthermore, (2]) is a high-performance filter disposed between the exhaust side (11) and the exhaust port (7) in the blower storage chamber (8), and the high-performance filter (21) is in the exhaust gas. The filter body (22
) and a seal part (23). Moreover, this filter integral part (22) is impregnated with a deodorant. (24
) is a UT-type handle, and (25) is a dust meter for notifying dirt clogging.

(26) is a parts storage chamber provided above the blower storage chamber (8), and the parts storage chamber (26) is closed with a lid (27) that can be opened and closed, and a gap suction tool (28) is provided inside. ) to store cleaning acumentation parts such as

(29) is the exhaust side (11) of the blower storage chamber (8).
) and the exhaust port (7), and the aroma box (29) has an elongated rectangular cylindrical shape and has an opening/closing lid on the top surface that can open and close the top opening (30). (31), and a small hole (33) is bored in the bottom surface (32).

The parts storage chamber (26) and the blower storage chamber (
8) By attaching the small hole (33) to the small hole (34) formed on the top surface, the small hole (33) is connected to the blower storage chamber (8).
is arranged between the exhaust side (11) of the vacuum cleaner main body (1) and the high-performance filter (21) in communication between the exhaust side (11) and the exhaust port (7) of the vacuum cleaner body (1). Ru.

(35) is an aromatic metal which is an aromatic member housed in the aromatic box (29), and the aromatic metal (35) is a sintered alloy M-shaped body having numerous ultra-thin cavities inside. The aromatic metal (35) is impregnated with the metal, and the aromatic agent gradually diffuses from the sintered metal disk body to generate a fragrance, and when the aromatic metal (35) is heated, the aromatic agent is diffused. Therefore, it can be easily replaced with a different type of fragrance.

The aromatic metal (35) stored in the aromatic box (29)
The aroma generated from ) gradually spreads between the exhaust side (11) of the blower storage chamber (8) and the exhaust port (7) through the small holes (33), and an appropriate amount is mixed with the exhaust flow and cleaned. Machine body (1
) is discharged outside.

With the above configuration, during cleaning, the electric blower (9) operates to guide the suction air containing dust from the suction port (11) to the paper bag filter (16), and the dust is removed from the paper bag filter (16).
16), and only the suction air passes through the dust collection chamber (4) and is sucked into the electric blower (9), and then from the exhaust port (7) of the blower storage chamber (8) to the outside of the vacuum cleaner body (1). It is exhausted towards the side. At this time, the aroma emitted from the aroma metal (35) flows into the blower storage chamber (8) through the small hole (33) and gradually spreads, and an appropriate amount is mixed with the exhaust flow coming out from the exhaust side (II) to clean the air. Since the air is exhausted directly from the machine body (1), a fixed amount of aroma can be continuously imparted to the exhaust stream over a long period of time. However, the flow path of the intake air is covered with an aromatic metal (3
5), so the suction performance of the suction air does not deteriorate.

In addition, when the aromatic agent has completely dispersed from the aromatic metal (35) or when you want to obtain a different aroma,
Open the lid (27) of 26), take out the aroma box (29), open the opening/closing lid (31), and add and impregnate the aromatic metal (35) with an aromatic agent, or impregnate it with a different aromatic agent. By replacing the aroma metal (35) with a fresh aroma metal (35), addition and replacement of aroma agents can be easily and cleanly performed.

Furthermore, embodiments of the pond of the present invention are shown in FIGS. 5 to 8.

In the same figure, (40) is an aromatic box that stores an aromatic metal (35), and the aromatic box (40) has an elongated cylindrical shape that can be opened and closed with a lid (42) that opens and closes a top opening (41). An elongated slit-like small hole (4) communicating with the blower storage chamber (8).
3) is formed on the side.

Further, (44) is an aroma box storage cylinder formed to protrude from the bottom surface of the parts storage chamber (26) into the blower storage chamber (8), and the side surface of the storage cylinder (44) has the small hole ( 43
) to adjust the opening area of the small hole (43).
] A slender adjustment hole (45) is formed as a degree adjustment section. and an aroma box storage cylinder (44) of the aroma box (40).
The opening area of the small hole (43) can be adjusted by rotating the aroma box (40) when storing the aroma box (40) and changing the degree of overlap between the small hole (43) and the elongated adjustment hole (45). , the amount of fragrance flowing into the blower storage chamber (8) is adjusted to arbitrarily adjust the intensity of the fragrance imparted to the exhaust flow.

(g) Effects of the Invention Since the vacuum cleaner of the present invention is configured as described above, an appropriate amount of the fragrance emitted from the aromatic member is mixed with the exhaust flow and exhausted outside the vacuum cleaner body, and an appropriate amount of the aroma is mixed with the exhaust flow and exhausted. The fragrance can be applied continuously over a long period of time, and the addition and replacement of the fragrance can be done easily.
By taking out an aromatic box from a blower storage chamber, adding an aromatic agent to an aromatic member, or replacing the aromatic member, the dust collection chamber can be easily and cleanly cleaned without opening and closing, and an easy-to-use product can be obtained.

By providing an opening adjustment section for the small holes of the aroma box, the intensity of the aroma imparted to the exhaust stream can be adjusted as desired.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Many of the drawings relate to embodiments of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a side sectional view, Fig. 2 is a plan view with the lid open, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the main parts, and Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the aroma box. Figures 5 to 8 are views of other embodiments. Figure 5 is a plan view of the main part with the lid open, Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the main part, and (A) shows the opening area. Enlarged cross-sectional view of large state, (b)
7 is an enlarged sectional view of a state where the opening area is small, FIG. 7 is a plan sectional view of the main part, FIG. 8 is a view of the aroma box, (A) is a side view, and (B) is a male-1 view. (1)...Vacuum cleaner body, (8)...Blower storage chamber, (
29), (4(1)...Aroma box, (33), (43)
... Small hole, (35) ... Aromatic metal (aromatic member).

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A vacuum cleaner body is provided with a dust collection chamber and a blower storage chamber that houses an electric blower and has an exhaust port communicating with the exhaust side of the electric blower, and the exhaust side of the blower storage chamber and the An aroma box with a small hole communicating with the exhaust port,
An electric vacuum cleaner, characterized in that an aromatic member having an aromatic agent is housed in the aromatic box, the aromatic member being removably disposed on the vacuum cleaner body. (2) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, further comprising an opening degree adjustment section that adjusts the opening area of the small hole.