JPH0884695A

JPH0884695A - Easily storable veccum cleaner hose

Info

Publication number: JPH0884695A
Application number: JP25773194A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Yuko Inanaga; 優子稲永
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1994-09-14
Filing date: 1994-09-14
Publication date: 1996-04-02

Abstract

PURPOSE: To store a vacuum cleaner in a small space without using any man hour for disassembling or the like of the vacuum cleaner when it is stored, by attaching a freely inwardly-foldable frameworks to the inside or the outside of the hose of the vacuum cleaner, by making the hose an unfoldable pipe during vacuum cleaning and making the hose a folded hose when it is stored. CONSTITUTION: A inwardly-foldable framework 2 is attached to the inside or the outside of a hose by making its pipe part freely foldable bellows. The inwardly--foldable framework 2 is made unfoldable when it is used and consequently the bellows hose is not made unfoldable to play a role for the hard pipe of a vacuum cleaner. The inwardly-folded framework 2 is used as an original freely inwardly--foldable framework when it is stored and consequently the bellows hose becomes freely foldable, thereby the vacuum cleaner can be stored in a small space without using any man hour for disassembling or the like of the vacuum cleaner when it is stored.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】この発明は、掃除機のホースに中折れ式の骨組みを付け
たものである。従来、掃除機は図１に示すような形状な
ので、手元より先のパイプ部分が長く堅いため、収納す
る場合、大きなスペースに納めるか、またはパイプを分
解して収納する等の不便があった。本発明はこの欠点を
除くために発明されたものである。これを図面で説明す
ると、図１のパイプの部分を図２のような折り曲げ自在
な蛇腹ホースにして、図３のように中折れ式骨組みをホ
ースの内または外に付ける。使用時には簡単な操作で中
折れ式骨組みを折れ曲がらないようにし、結果として蛇
腹ホースも曲がらなくなり掃除機の堅いパイプとしての
役目をはたす。収納時には簡単な操作で中折れ式骨組み
を元の中折れ自在にし、結果として、蛇腹ホースは折れ
曲がり自由になり、収納時に分解等の手間をかけなくて
も簡単な操作で小さなスペースに納めることが出来る。
中折れ式骨組みが図４の場合には使用時に簡単な操作で
骨組みのなかにあるワイヤー等を引っ張ることで小さな
パイプが隣のパイプに挿入されることで骨組みが曲がら
ないようになる。収納時にはワイヤーを緩めることで骨
組みは隣どおし離れ自由に曲がりようになる。中折れ式
骨組みが図５の場合、二組以上の骨組みを使い、使用時
には骨組みの曲がる方向が異なるように骨組みを回転さ
せることで、結果として蛇腹ホースはどの方向にも曲が
らなくなり掃除機の堅いパイプとしての役割をはたす。
収納時には骨組みの曲がる方向を一致させるように骨組
みを回転させ結果として蛇腹ホースは一方向に自由に曲
がり、収納時に分解等の手間をかけなくても小さなスペ
ースに納めることが出来る。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a hose of a vacuum cleaner provided with a center-folding frame. Conventionally, since the vacuum cleaner has a shape as shown in FIG. 1, since the pipe portion ahead of the hand is long and rigid, it has been inconvenient to store it in a large space or disassemble the pipe for storage. The present invention was invented to eliminate this drawback. This will be described with reference to the drawings. The pipe portion of FIG. 1 is formed into a bendable bellows hose as shown in FIG. 2, and a center-folding frame is attached to the inside or outside of the hose as shown in FIG. When using it, the middle foldable frame is prevented from bending with a simple operation, and as a result, the bellows hose also does not bend and it functions as a rigid pipe of the vacuum cleaner. When storing it, the middle foldable frame can be bent freely in the original with a simple operation, and as a result, the bellows hose can be bent freely, and it can be stored in a small space with a simple operation without disassembling it when storing. I can.
In the case of the middle foldable frame as shown in FIG. 4, a small pipe is inserted into an adjacent pipe by pulling a wire or the like in the skeleton during use so that the skeleton is not bent. By loosening the wires during storage, the skeletons can be separated from each other and bent freely. In the case of the middle folding type frame as shown in Fig. 5, two or more frames are used, and the frames are rotated so that the bending directions of the frames are different during use. As a result, the bellows hose does not bend in any direction and the vacuum cleaner is stiff. Play a role as a pipe.
By rotating the skeleton so that the bending directions of the skeleton coincide with each other during storage, the bellows hose flexes freely in one direction, and can be stored in a small space without disassembling or the like during storage.

[Brief description of drawings]

【図１】一般的な掃除機の外観図である。FIG. 1 is an external view of a general vacuum cleaner.

【図２】本発明の外観図である。FIG. 2 is an external view of the present invention.

【図３】本発明の透視図である。FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention.

【図４】本発明の骨組み例の拡大図である。FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a skeleton example of the present invention.

【図５】本発明の骨組み例の拡大図である。FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a frame example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

１は掃除機のホース２は中折れ自在の骨組み 1 is a hose of a vacuum cleaner 2 is a frame that can be bent in the middle

Claims

[Claims]

1. A hose for a vacuum cleaner, which is provided with a frame (2) which can be bent inside and outside the hose (1) of the vacuum cleaner, and which has a pipe that does not bend when cleaning and a bendable hose when storing. .

2. A hose for a vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the frame (2) that can be bent in the middle is the "assembly of small pipes that are partially nested with the next" in FIG.

3. A skeleton (2) that can be bent in the middle is shown in FIG. 5 as "an assembly of connected small pipes that freely bends in only one direction".
The hose of a vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, which is easy to store.