JPH10248779A - Suction tool for vacuum cleaner provided with wiping function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide both of a function for sucking dust and the function for wiping stains stuck to a floor surface and to improve cleaning efficiency by arranging an elastic member capable of dividing a suction port into two opening parts and freely attachably and detachably attaching wiping cloth to the elastic member. SOLUTION: A holder 5 in a plate shape is provided so as to cross the suction port 4 to the left and right inside the suction port 4, the elastic member 6 for attaching the wiping cloth in the plate shape is attached sideways so as to divide the suction port 4 into the two front and back opening parts 4a and 4b on the lower surface of the holder 5 and the wiping cloth 7 for wiping composed of the fiber material of non-woven fabric or the like is freely attachably and detachably mounted to the elastic member 6. The holder 5 is composed of the hard material of metal or synthetic resin or the like, provided with a plate width narrower than the front-to-back width of the suction port 4 and provided freely movably inside the suction port 4 in back and forth directions by freely slidably fitting both ends in the longitudinal direction inside supporting grooves 11a and 11b cut on the inner side surfaces of left and right side walls 10 in a head part 2 in a front-to-back direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a suction device for a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a suction device for a vacuum cleaner having a wiping function using a wiping cloth.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A suction device for a vacuum cleaner which has been conventionally known generally has a dust suction port on a lower surface and a brush around the suction port, and slides the suction tool back and forth or left and right. By doing so, the dust swept by the brush is sucked and collected from the suction port.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned conventional suction device is suitable for sucking dust on the floor surface, but it is almost impossible to remove dirt attached to the floor surface.
After sucking and removing dust on the floor with a vacuum cleaner, the dirt attached to the floor had to be wiped off with a rag or a mop. As a result, the cleaning has to be performed by a plurality of different methods, so that the cleaning work is very troublesome and troublesome, and it is uneconomical because a plurality of types of cleaning tools must be prepared.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The main technical problem of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficient structure having both a function of absorbing dust on the floor surface and a function of wiping off dirt attached to the floor surface. An object of the present invention is to provide a suction device for a vacuum cleaner.

Another technical object of the present invention is to provide a suction device for a vacuum cleaner having a high cleaning efficiency, which is capable of wiping and cleaning a large and small refuse through a suction port with a wiping cloth. .

Another technical object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner suction tool which is easy to attach and detach a wiping cloth for wiping off dirt and which is excellent in handleability.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a suction device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention comprises a head having a dust suction port, and the suction port connected to a suction hose of the vacuum cleaner. An elastic member for attaching a wiping cloth is provided in the suction port so that the suction port can be divided into first and second openings.
A wipe is detachably attached to the elastic member.

In the suction device having the above-described structure, the connection pipe is connected to a suction hose of a vacuum cleaner, and cleaning is performed by reciprocating on the floor surface in the same manner as a normal suction device. At this time, dust on the floor is sucked from the openings on both sides of the elastic member, and dirt attached to the floor is wiped off by the wiping cloth attached to the elastic member.

As a result, both the suction of dust and the wiping with a wiping cloth can be performed simultaneously by a single cleaning by the vacuum cleaner, and the cleaning operation is simple and efficient. Moreover, since the openings of the suction port are formed on both sides of the wipe,
When the suction tool is moved in any of the reciprocating directions, the dirt after sucking the dirt at the opening is wiped with the wiping cloth, so that cleaning can be performed very efficiently. Also,
Since only the elastic member is provided in the suction port and the wiping cloth is attached, the structure as the suction tool is also simple.

In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the elastic member is movable between a wiping cloth attaching / detaching position for performing a wiping cloth attaching / detaching operation and a cleaning position for performing cleaning with the attached wiping cloth. It is. With this, when replacing the wipe,
By moving the elastic member to the attachment / detachment position, the work of replacing the wipe can be performed simply and reliably.

In the present invention, preferably, the elastic member is displaced in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the suction tool when the suction tool is reciprocated during cleaning, and an opening portion on the rear side in the moving direction of the suction tool. Is to be closed. Thus, when the suction tool is moved in any of the reciprocating directions, only the opening on the front side in the moving direction is opened to increase the suction force, so that dust can be sucked more reliably.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the elastic member has a flat plate shape, and is provided in the suction port so that the plate surface faces up and down.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the elastic member has a flat plate shape, and is provided vertically in the suction port with the plate surface facing left and right.

[0014]

1 to 3 show a suction device for a vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The suction device 1A according to the first embodiment includes a suction port 4 for dust. A head part 2 provided on the lower surface thereof, and a connection pipe part 3 extending obliquely rearward from near the center of the upper surface of the head part 2 for connecting the suction port 4 to a suction hose of a vacuum cleaner. Consists of

A plate-shaped holder 5 is provided inside the suction port 4 of the head portion 2 so as to cross the suction port 4 right and left, and a plate-shaped wiping cloth is provided on a lower surface of the holder 5. An elastic member 6 for attachment is mounted laterally with the plane facing up and down so as to divide the suction port 4 into two front and rear opening portions 4a and 4b. The cleaning cloth 7 for cleaning is detachably mounted.

The holder 5 is made of a hard material such as metal or synthetic resin, and has a plate width narrower than the front-rear width of the suction port 4. By slidably fitting into support grooves 11a and 11b cut in the front-rear direction on the inner surface of
The inside of the suction port 4 is movable in the front-back direction. And, when the holder 5 is located in the middle of the suction port 4,
First and second opening portions 4a and 4b are opened on both sides thereof, and when the holder 5 moves to any side before or after the suction port 4, the opening portion on the moved side is closed. I have.

On the other hand, the elastic member 6 is formed of a flexible elastic material such as synthetic resin foam or rubber and has a width substantially equal to or larger than that of the holder 5 and is adhered to the lower surface of the holder 5. It is attached by attaching means 12 such as a tape. In this case, the entire surface of the elastic member 6 is
As shown in the drawing, only the central portion is partially adhered without being adhered to the non-adhered portion 6a at the front and rear ends and the holder 5 to form a fastening portion. It is desirable to be able to pinch the end,
This makes it possible to securely attach the wiping cloth 7 and prevent the wiping cloth 7 from being sucked through the suction port 4. Further, the elastic member 6 is disposed such that the lower end thereof projects slightly below the grounding portion 10a at the lower end of the side wall of the suction tool 1A in a state where it is not cleaned. Can be pressed against the floor surface with an appropriate force.

The operation of attaching and detaching the wiping cloth 7 to and from the elastic member 6 can be performed while the elastic member 6 is located in the suction port 4. However, in order to facilitate the operation, the elastic member 6 is detached. It is desirable to perform the operation in a state in which the suction port 4 is moved to a detachable position where the whole or a part is exposed. For this reason, in the first embodiment, the elastic member 6 is
So that it can be taken out together with

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, at least one of the support grooves 11a and 11b into which both ends of the holder 5 are fitted is made deeper, and the elastic member 6 is formed on the inner surface of the side wall 10. Of the holder 5 while compressing the support groove 11a.
Once, the other end of the holder 5 is disengaged from the support groove 11b on the opposite side and taken out of the suction port 4, and then the holder 5 is moved in the opposite direction so that the opposite end is removed. By extracting the holder 5 and the elastic member 6 from the support groove 11a, the holder 5 and the elastic member 6 can be extracted from the suction port 4. When the holder 5 does not need to be removed, the elastic member 6 contacts the inner surface of the side wall 10 to restrict the movement of the holder 5, so that the holder 5 does not come off accidentally.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the mechanism for enabling the holder 5 to be taken out. In the holder 1B of this second embodiment, the groove bottom wall 11c of the support groove 11a is changed in groove depth. In the direction of movement (inward and outward directions).
Pressing the groove bottom wall 11c with the holder 5 allows the holder 5 to be taken out in the same manner as in FIG.

The suction tools 1A, 1B having the above-described structure are:
The connection pipe section 3 is connected to a suction hose of a vacuum cleaner, and cleaning is performed by reciprocating in the front-rear direction on the floor surface in the same manner as a normal suction tool. At this time, debris on the floor is removed from the opening portions 4a and 4b that open frontward or rearward of the elastic member 6.
The dirt that is sucked through and adheres to the floor is wiped off by the wiping cloth 7 attached to the elastic member 6.

To explain this point in more detail, as shown in FIG. 3, when the suction tools 1A and 1B move forward,
Due to friction between the wiping cloth 7 and the floor, the holder 5
The dust is sucked through the front first opening 4a to relatively move rearward in the insides a and 11b and close the second opening 4b. On the other hand, the suction tools 1A, 1B
Is retracted, the holder 5 is supported by the support grooves 11a, 11a.
B relatively moves toward the front of the suction tool in b, and the first opening 4a is closed, so that dust is sucked through the second opening 4b.

As described above, when the suction tool moves in any of the front and rear directions, the opening on the rear side in the moving direction is closed and only the opening on the front side is opened. The power increases, and large and small refuse can be sucked reliably. In addition, since dirt is wiped off with the wiping cloth 7 after dust is sucked at the opening, the cleaning efficiency is very good.

Thus, the suction tools 1A and 1B can simultaneously perform both the suction of dust and the cleaning with the wiping cloth 7 by themselves, and the cleaning operation is simple and efficient. The replacement of the cleaning cloth 7 contaminated by cleaning is performed with the holder 5 removed from the suction tool, and after the replacement, the holder 5 is reattached to the suction tool.

The elastic member 6 may be fixedly disposed at the center of the suction port 4 by locking or fixing the holder 5 at a predetermined position.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show a third embodiment of the present invention.
Is moved to a position where the wiping cloth 7 can be easily attached and detached without completely taking it out.

That is, the holder 15 for holding the elastic member 6
Is composed of a plate-shaped first member 15a movable along the support grooves 11a and 11b, and a plate-shaped second member 15b for attaching the elastic member 6. The first member 15a has a pair of guide portions 16, 16 extending downward near the both ends in the longitudinal direction (lateral direction).
The second member 15b is disposed between the guide portions 16 and 16 so as to be vertically movable, and the second member 15b is raised to a cleaning position indicated by a solid line in FIG. , And the wiping cloth 7 is exchanged while being lowered to the attachment / detachment position indicated by the chain line.

The means for locking the second member 15b at the cleaning position or the detachable position is optional.
Protrusions are provided at appropriate places such as the inner surfaces of 6, 16 and the edge frame 16a,
There are a method of elastically locking the second member 15b to the protrusion, a method of adsorbing the two members 15a and 15b with a magnet, and the like. Since other configurations and operations are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
The third embodiment differs from the third embodiment in that a substantially plate-shaped elastic member 6 is provided in a horizontal direction (horizontal), whereas a similar elastic member 26 is provided in a vertical direction (vertical). . That is,
A holder 2 having a groove-shaped cross section is provided inside a horizontally elongated head portion 22.
5 is fixedly attached in the longitudinal direction at the center of the suction port 24, the rectangular plate-shaped elastic member 26 is attached to the holder 25, and a wiping cloth 27 is attached to the elastic member 26. , This elastic member 2
6, the suction port 24 is divided into two front and rear opening portions 24a,
24b.

The lower end of the elastic member 26 is connected to the suction port 24.
The protruding portion functions like a broom to sweep dust and wipe off dirt with the wiping cloth 27 attached to the protruding portion. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, the elastic member 26 bends rearward in the moving direction due to the forward and backward movement of the suction tool 1D, and the rear opening 4b is formed.
, So that the dust swept and collected by the elastic member 26 is sucked through the opening 24a on the front side in the moving direction. It is desirable that the end of the wiping cloth 27 be locked by being sandwiched between the side wall 25a of the holder 25 and the elastic member 26.

A wiping cloth 27 for the elastic member 26 is provided.
The attachment / detachment is performed by removing the elastic member 26 from the holder 25 once, attaching the wiping cloth 27, and then attaching the elastic member 26 to the holder 25 again, or making the holder 25 detachable by the same mechanism as in the first or second embodiment. Alternatively, the holder 25 can be removed from the head section 22 once and the wiping cloth 27 can be attached thereto. Further, the holder 25 can be moved up and down along a guide provided on the side wall 20 without completely removing the holder 25 and the elastic member 26 as in the third embodiment.
7 may be attached and detached.

In the suction device 1D of the fourth embodiment, the head portion 22 is formed in a horizontally long state, and the elastic member 26 is also mounted in a horizontally long state, which is similar to that of the first to third embodiments. Is moved back and forth for cleaning.
11 and the suction tool 1E of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the head portion 32 is formed in a vertically long shape similar to the broom in the front-rear direction, and the elastic member 36 is formed in the suction port 34 in the vertically long state. It is also possible to adopt a construction in which the wiping cloth 37 is attached to the garment and the garment is cleaned while reciprocating left and right like a broom.

[0033]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, two kinds of cleaning, that is, suction of dust and wiping of dirt can be simultaneously performed by one suction tool, so that cleaning can be performed efficiently in a short time. can do. Moreover, the structure is simple because it is only necessary to attach an elastic member to the suction port and attach the wiping cloth. In addition, when the suction tool is moved in any of the reciprocating directions, dirt is wiped off with the wiping cloth after the dust is sucked at the opening, so that cleaning is easy and efficient. Further, since the elastic member is movable between the wiping cloth attaching / detaching position and the cleaning position, the attaching / detaching operation of the wiping cloth is easy and the handling property is superior.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing a first embodiment of a suction tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the suction tool of FIG. 1 in a used state.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a main part of a second embodiment of the suction tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a partially broken front view showing a third embodiment of the suction tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a partially broken front view showing a fourth embodiment of the suction tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the suction tool of FIG. 7 in a used state.

FIG. 10 is a partially broken side view showing a fifth embodiment of the suction tool according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the suction tool of FIG. 10;

[Description of Signs] 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E Suction Tool 2, 22, 32 Head 3 Connecting Pipe 4, 24, 34 Suction Ports 4a, 4b, 24a, 24b Open Portion 6, 26, 36 Elastic Member 7,2
7,37 wipes

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A head portion having a dust suction port, and a connection pipe portion for connecting the suction port to a suction hose of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the suction port is provided in the suction port with first and second suction ports. An elastic member for attaching a wiping cloth is provided so as to be partitioned into the second two openings, and a wiping cloth is detachably attached to the elastic member. Vacuum cleaner suction tool. 2. The suction tool according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a wiping cloth attaching / detaching position for attaching / detaching the wiping cloth.
One that can be moved between a cleaning position where cleaning is performed with the attached wiping cloth. 3. The suction tool according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is movable in a direction opposite to a moving direction of the suction tool at the time of cleaning, and is provided on a rear side in a moving direction of the suction tool. One that can close the opening. 4. The suction tool according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a flat plate shape and is provided laterally in the suction port. 5. The suction tool according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member has a flat plate shape and is provided vertically in the suction port.