JPH0639622Y2 - Vacuum cleaner dust collection chamber structure - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a dust collecting chamber structure of an electric vacuum cleaner.

<Prior Art> In the conventional chamber structure of an electric vacuum cleaner, a soft packing is always required between the main body of the dust collection chamber and the opening / closing lid for taking out the dust collection bag, in order to maintain the sealing property. It is fixed with adhesive or screws. Further, the support body of the dust collecting bag is also fixed to the dust collecting chamber body by screwing.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the dust collecting chamber of the conventional electric vacuum cleaner, the packing is fixed by an adhesive or a screw, so that the cost is increased. Further, the attachment of the support of the dust collecting bag is also troublesome since it is screwed.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention is an electric vacuum cleaner that can securely fix the packing, does not require adhesives or screws when mounting the packing and the support, and can be easily mounted. The purpose is to provide the structure of the dust collection chamber.

<Means for Solving Problems> As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the means for solving the problems according to the present invention includes a support plate receiving piece 3 and a packing receiving piece 4 on the upper portion 2a of the front chamber wall 2 of the dust collecting chamber 1. Is formed, the packing 5 is fitted to the packing receiving piece 4, the upper portion 6a of the supporting plate 6 is fitted to the supporting plate receiving piece 3, and the packing pushing piece 7 is sandwiched between the upper portion 6a of the supporting plate 6. An attachment piece 8 is formed, and attachment means 9 for attaching the support plate 6 is provided on a part of the front chamber wall 2 and the support plate 6, and the attachment means 9 is provided on the front chamber wall 2 or the support plate 6. It is composed of a protrusion 10 formed on either one and a mounting hole 11 formed on the other side of the front chamber wall 2 or the support plate 6 so as to be fitted into the protrusion 10, and the protrusion 10 and the mounting hole 11 are At least one of the peripheral portion is elastically deformable.

<Operation> In the means for solving the above problem, the support plate 6 is attached to the front chamber wall 2 of the dust collecting chamber 1 as follows.

First, when the support plate 6 is fitted from above along the support plate receiving piece 3 of the front chamber wall 2, the lower end of the support plate 6 comes into contact with the protrusion 10 formed on the front chamber wall 2. Next, when the support plate 6 is further fitted, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower end of the support plate 6 is elastically deformed in the direction A along the tip of the protrusion 10. Then, the tip of the projection 10 is caught in the mounting hole 11 formed in the support plate 6, the lower end of the support plate 6 is elastically restored in the B direction, and the mounting hole 11 is fitted into the projection 10 to complete the mounting.

That is, as the attachment means 6, the attachment hole 11 formed in the support plate 6 is elastically deformed and fitted into the projection 10 formed in the front chamber wall 2, so that the support plate 6 is attached to the front chamber wall 2. This eliminates the need for adhesives or screws.

<Embodiment> An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a dust collecting chamber of an electric vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a vertical section of the main part, and FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of the electric vacuum cleaner. is there.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the structure of the dust collecting chamber of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention is
A support plate receiving piece 3 and a packing receiving piece 4 are formed on an upper portion 2a of the front chamber wall 2 of the dust collecting chamber 1, and a packing 5 having a cross-section inverted concave shape is fitted to the packing receiving piece 4 and the supporting plate receiving piece 4 is fitted. The upper portion 6a of the support plate 6 is fitted to the piece 3, the packing pressing piece 7 and the sandwiching piece 8 are formed on the upper portion 6a of the support plate 6, and the front chamber wall 2 and part of the support plate 6 are A mounting means 9 for mounting the support plate 6 is provided, and the mounting means 9 has a projection 10 formed on the front chamber wall 2 and a mounting hole 11 formed in the support plate 6 so as to fit the projection 10. And the projection 10 and the mounting hole 11
At least one of the peripheral portion and the peripheral portion is elastically deformable.

Generally, the vacuum cleaner having the dust collecting chamber structure according to the present invention has a third structure.
As shown in the figure, it is composed of an electric vacuum cleaner main body 12, the dust collecting chamber 1 formed in the front portion of the main body 12, and a mechanism chamber 13 formed in the rear portion of the main body 12.

The dust collecting chamber 1 is formed so that its upper surface is open, and a main body lid 14 is arranged at the upper surface opening portion of the dust collecting chamber 1. A rear portion of the main body lid 14 is rotatably attached to a panel 15 fixed to the main body 12 about a shaft 16, and a clamp 18 that swings about a shaft 17 is provided on a front portion of the main body cover 14. Has been.

On the other hand, a suction hose (not shown) is provided at the center of the main body lid 14.
A suction port 19 into which the end of is inserted is formed, and in the suction port 19,
A shutter 20 is provided that slides and closes the suction hose when it is removed. On the back side of the body lid 14, a lid packing
The back cover 22 is fixed via 21 and the suction port 19 at the center of the back cover 22 is fixed.
The mouthpiece packing 23 is attached to the portion corresponding to.

In the mechanism chamber 13, the suction port 19 passes through the dust collection chamber 1 and the exhaust port 24.
A motor (not shown) that forms an air flow to the. An intake grill 26 is provided at a communication port 25 between the mechanism chamber 13 and the dust collection chamber 1, and an intake filter 27 is provided behind the intake grill 26.

A dust bag 28 is arranged inside the dust chamber 1. The dust-collecting bag 28 includes a dust-collecting bag main body 28a that is made of a material having air permeability for collecting dust and the like, and a paper edging member 29 that is fixed to the opening of the dust-collecting bag main body 28a and has a rectangular shape in plan view. It consists of and. An intake port 29a having substantially the same shape as the suction port 19 is bored in the central portion of the rim member 29, and the periphery of the intake port 29a is in contact with the suction port packing 23.

A support arm 31 to which one end 29b of an edge member 29 of the dust collecting bag 28 is attached is attached to a rear chamber wall 30 of the dust collecting chamber 1 so as to be rotatable around a shaft 32.

On the other hand, the upper portion 2a of the front chamber wall 2 of the dust collecting chamber 1 is formed in a concave shape in cross section by the supporting plate receiving piece 3 and the packing receiving piece 4 as shown in FIGS. An engaged piece 33 that is engaged with the engaging portion 18a of the clamp 18 is formed at a substantially intermediate portion of the packing receiving piece 4. In addition, the protrusion formed on the support plate 6 side is formed at a substantially middle portion of the front chamber wall 2.
10 is provided, and the tip of the protrusion 10 is formed to be inclined obliquely downward.

An upper portion 6a of the support plate 6 is formed in an inverted concave shape by the packing push piece 7 and the sandwiching piece 8. The sandwiching piece 8
A mounting piece 34 is formed on the upper part of the dust collecting bag 28 so that the other end 29c of the edge member 29 of the dust bag 28 is placed on the edge member 29 side. Further, a mounting hole 11 into which the projection 10 of the front chamber wall 2 is fitted is formed in the middle of the sandwiching piece 8, and the lower end of the front chamber wall 2 is inclined toward the front chamber wall 2 side. Is formed.

In FIG. 3, reference numerals 35 and 36 are moving wheels, and 37 is a shock absorbing bumper.

In the above structure, the support plate 6 is attached to the front chamber wall 2 of the dust collecting chamber 1 as follows.

First, when the support plate 6 is fitted from above along the support plate receiving piece 3 of the front chamber wall 2, the lower end of the support plate 6 comes into contact with the protrusion 10 formed on the front chamber wall 2. Next, when the support plate 6 is further fitted, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower end of the support plate 6 is elastically deformed in the direction A along the tip of the protrusion 10. Then, the tip of the projection 10 is caught in the mounting hole 11 formed in the support plate 6, the lower end of the support plate 6 is elastically restored in the B direction, and the mounting hole 11 is fitted into the projection 10 to complete the mounting.

At this time, as the mounting means 6, the mounting hole 11 formed in the support plate 6 is elastically deformed to fit into the projection 10 formed in the front chamber wall 2, and the support plate 6 is attached to the upper portion 2a of the front chamber wall 2. It is received from the lower side by the supporting plate receiving piece 3 formed on
Since the support plate 6 is sandwiched by the sandwiching pieces 8 formed on the upper portion 6a of the support plate 6, when the support plate 6 is attached to the front chamber wall 2, there is no need for an adhesive agent or screwing, and it is easy. It can be attached by holding the support plate from above and pushing it in.

Also, the packing 5 is received from below by the packing receiving piece 4 formed on the upper portion 2a of the front chamber wall 2, and the side surface of the packing 5 is received by the packing pushing piece 7 formed on the upper portion 6a of the support plate 6. Since it is pushed to the side of the piece 4, the packing 5 can be securely fixed.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the vertical section of the main part of the dust collecting chamber of the electric vacuum cleaner according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the figure, in the structure of the dust collecting chamber of the electric vacuum cleaner according to the present embodiment, a mounting hole 11 is formed in an intermediate portion of the front chamber wall 2, and the supporting plate 6 is provided.
The protrusion 10 is formed at a position corresponding to the mounting hole 11 of the. Other configurations, operations, and effects are similar to those of the first embodiment.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and many modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiment within the scope of the present invention. You may form a nail.

<Effect of the Invention> As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the support plate receiving piece, the dust collecting chamber body, and the dust collecting bag in which the upper part of the supporting plate is fitted on the upper part of the front chamber wall of the dust collecting chamber A soft packing for retaining a sealing property between the opening / closing lid for taking out and a packing receiving piece to which a soft packing is fitted are formed at a predetermined interval, and the packing receiving piece is attached to the upper end of the supporting plate receiving piece. An inclined part that is inclined toward the top is formed, and an inclined part that engages with the inclined part of the packing is provided on the upper part of the support plate to press the packing. And a sandwiching piece for sandwiching the slanted portion inclined toward the packing receiving piece and the upper end portion of the supporting plate receiving piece with the packing pressing piece and forming the sandwiching piece. On the upper part of the piece, a mounting piece on which the end of the edge material of the dust collecting bag is mounted is formed, A projection formed on either one of the front chamber wall or the support plate between the front chamber wall of the plate and the support plate, and a mounting hole formed on the other side of the front chamber wall or the support plate that fits the projection. The mounting means is provided, and at least one of the protrusion of the mounting means and the peripheral portion of the mounting hole is elastically deformable, and the protrusion and the mounting hole are elastically deformable for fitting. The protrusion and the mounting hole are provided at a position where the packing pressing piece on the upper part of the supporting plate presses the packing, and the upper part of the supporting plate is fitted to the supporting plate receiving piece formed on the upper part of the front chamber wall. Since the upper part of the anterior chamber wall is clamped by the packing pressing piece and the clamping piece formed on the upper part of the supporting plate, there is no need to use an adhesive or a screw when mounting the supporting plate to the anterior chamber wall. Moreover, it is easy to install and There are excellent effects such as may be attached simultaneously with a simple structure at a predetermined position of the front chamber wall a plate and Patsukin.

Further, the packing is fitted to the packing receiving piece formed on the upper part of the front chamber wall, the inclined portion of the support plate is fitted to the inclined portion of the upper end portion of the support plate receiving member, and the inclined portion of the packing is attached to the inclined portion. The inclined portion of the packing pressing piece of the support plate is engaged so that the projection of the mounting means and the mounting hole are elastically deformed and fitted, and the projection of the mounting means and the mounting hole are fitted by elastic deformation to support the support plate. Is pulled in the direction of the attachment means, and the pressing action of the packing pressing piece against the packing by the inclined part of the upper end of the supporting plate receiving part and the inclined part of the supporting plate and the inclination part of the packing and the inclination of the packing pressing part of the supporting plate. The packing is strongly engaged and pressed by the packing pressing piece on the upper part of the supporting plate due to the engaging and pressing action on the packing due to the engagement of the parts, and the supporting plate firmly and securely fixes the packing to the packing receiving piece. Can be with said support It can be firmly and securely fixed in position in the front chamber wall.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of a dust collecting chamber of an electric vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of a longitudinal section of the same main part, and FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of the electric vacuum cleaner. FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the vertical section of the main part of the dust collecting chamber of the electric vacuum cleaner according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 1: Dust collection chamber, 2: Front chamber wall, 2a: Upper part, 3: Support plate receiving piece, 4: Packing plate receiving piece, 5: Packing plate, 6: Supporting plate, 6a: Upper part, 7: Packing plate pressing piece, 8: Clipping piece, 9: Mounting means, 10: Protrusion, 11: Mounting hole.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A seal plate for retaining a sealing property between a support plate receiving piece having an upper part of a support plate fitted to an upper part of a front chamber wall of the dust collecting chamber, a dust collecting chamber main body, and an opening / closing lid for taking out the dust collecting bag. A soft packing is fitted with a packing receiving piece formed at a predetermined interval,
An inclined part that is inclined toward the packing plate is formed at an upper end of the support plate receiving piece, and an inclined part that engages with the inclined part of the packing is formed on an upper portion of the supporting plate to press the packing. The packing pusher, the slanted portion that is fitted to the slanted portion of the upper end portion of the support plate receiving piece, and the upper end portion of the support plate receiving piece is sandwiched by the packing pushing piece. And a mounting piece on which the end of the edge member of the dust collecting bag is mounted is formed on the upper side of the sandwiching piece, and the front chamber wall of the supporting plate and the supporting plate are formed. And a mounting means composed of a projection formed on either one of the front chamber wall or the support plate and a mounting hole formed on the other side of the front chamber wall or the support plate that fits into the projection. The
At least one of the protrusion of the attachment means and the peripheral portion of the attachment hole is formed so as to be elastically deformable, and the protrusion and the attachment hole are fitted to each other by the elastic deformation so that the packing plate pressing piece on the upper portion of the support plate is fitted. A dust collecting chamber structure for an electric vacuum cleaner, wherein the projection and the mounting hole are provided at a position where the packing is pressed.