KR100302432B1 - Suction member of an electric vacuum - Google Patents

Abstract

In the conventional inlet member which can be rotated 90 ° left and right due to the twisting of the user's wrist, a brush is not provided on the lower surface of the inlet member, so that the wooden floor or the like cannot be cleaned.

Therefore, in the present invention, a connection pipe having a suction passage rotatable with the suction port main body having the suction port on the lower surface and communicating with the suction port is provided, and below the suction port main body of the suction port main body according to the movement of the connection pipe. By installing wheels and brushes that protrude downwards, they have a function of wiping wooden floors and the like and improved operability.

Description

Intake member of vacuum cleaner {SUCTION MEMBER OF AN ELECTRIC VACUUM}

The present invention relates to an inlet member of an electric vacuum cleaner.

The inlet member used in the conventional vacuum cleaner is rotatably connected to one end of the inlet member to the rear of the inlet member, and the casing is bent in an approximately L shape toward the upper end thereof, and is connected to the casing and rotatably connected in the circumferential direction. The connecting pipe provided with a suction inlet coupling was provided, and it was comprised so that the suction inlet might rotate about 90 degrees each left and right by the torsion operation of a handle operation part.

However, in the conventional inlet member, the other end portion of the casing bent in an L shape is bent upward, and the inlet coupling is connected to this portion, so that the height direction dimension of the inlet member is increased so that it is under the bed or the sofa. It was difficult to put the inlet member in a place such as the bottom, and the operability was also poor.

Moreover, since a part of the casing bent in substantially L-shape was formed by the other member, assembling property was not good. And no brush was provided on the lower surface of the inlet member, so that the wooden floor and the like could not be cleaned.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric cleaner which reduces the height dimension of the inlet member while maintaining the operability in which the suction port is rotated by the torsional operation of the handle operation unit, and further improving the operability and assemblability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a feature of the present invention includes a suction port body having a suction port on a lower surface thereof, and a connection tube having a suction passage rotatable with the suction port body and in communication with the suction port. The wheel and the brush which protrude toward the lower side of the said suction port main body according to the movement of the said connection pipe are provided in below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The bottom view of the suction port main body which concerns on an example of embodiment of this invention.

2 is a plan view of the inlet body;

3 is a front view of the inlet body;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the upper case in the state removed in FIG.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1;

6 is a bottom view of the material coupling portion.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 1; FIG.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 1; FIG.

9 is a bottom view and a side view of the casing;

10 is a sectional view and a bottom view of the coupling cover;

11 is a bottom view and a sectional view of the coupling fixing member.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line E-E in FIG. 1; FIG.

Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line E-E in Fig. 1;

14 is a sectional view of a front wheel;

Fig. 15 is a side view of the inlet member suspended by using the inlet coupling.

Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line F-F in Fig. 1;

17 is an external perspective view of an electric vacuum cleaner according to an example of embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

101: inlet body

102: lower case

103: bumper

104: inlet coupling

105: coupling cover

106: front wheel

107: rear wheel

108: wheel for horizontal movement

109, 117: cleaning brush

110: wheel base

112: suction flow path

113: wind guide

114: wind guide groove

115: suction opening

116: inlet

118: material coupling part

201: upper case

202: intake vent

203 casing

401: intake flow path

402 horizontal axis of rotation

501: coupling fixing member

502 casing flange

503: casing tube

504: coupling flange

505: coupling part

506: coupling fixing part

701, 702: rotary bearing

801: rotation control projection

904: Rotation Regulating Rib

1001: fixed recess

1101: screw boss support

1201: Shielded Rib

1202: shielding plate

1401: tire part

1402: bearing part

1501: cleaner body

1502: Hose

1503: hose handle

1504: extension pipe

1505: inlet member

1506: switch control panel

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, one example of embodiment of this invention is described with reference to an accompanying drawing.

17 shows an external perspective view of an electric vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, where reference numeral 1501 denotes a cleaner body in which a control circuit and an electric blower are incorporated, and reference numeral 1502 denotes a suction part of the cleaner body 1501. Connected hose, reference numeral 1503 is a part which is held by the user and at the same time the hose handle portion for connecting the hose to one end side, reference numeral 1504 is an extension tube connected to the other end side of the hose handle portion 1503, reference numeral 1505 is an extension tube ( A suction port member connected to 1504, 1506, shows a switch operation portion formed in the hose handle portion 1503. As shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described. When the user of the vacuum cleaner operates the switch operation unit 1506 formed on the hose handle 1503, the vacuum cleaner passes through a control circuit built into the cleaning main body 1501. To control.

The suction inlet member 1505 connects the suction inlet body 101 with the suction inlet 116 to suck in dust, and the suction inlet body 101 to the extension pipe 1504, and a hose handle part which is transmitted through the extension pipe 1504. The material which operates so that the bottom surface of the inlet body 101 always contacts the bottom surface with respect to the movement of the 1503, and communicates with the air stream containing the dust sucked from the inlet body 101 to be guided to the extension pipe 1504. The coupling part 118 is comprised.

The material coupling portion 118 is rotatably connected in the high and low directions Y and the left and right directions X of the hose handle 1503 about the inlet member 1505 and at the same time, the hose handle 1503 is twisted. A mechanism for transmitting the rotation P1 of the operation to the rotation P2 of the suction port main body 101 as it is is provided.

In the present embodiment, the material coupling portion 118 is rotatably attached to the inlet body 101 to allow the casing 203 to rotate in the high and low direction Y, and one end thereof is attached to the extension pipe 1504. The end is comprised with the inlet coupling 104 attached so that rotation of the casing 203 and the left-right direction X is possible.

By doing in this way, the direction of the suction port member 1505 can be changed by the operation of the hose handle part 1503.

That is, the inlet member 1505 can be rotated 90 degrees (rotation P2) by turning the hose handle portion 1503 by 90 degrees (rotation P1) as shown by the dotted line in FIG.

In this state, if the normal front-back direction operation is performed, the clearance of the suction port main body 101 to the width | variety of the short direction can be cleaned.

In this state, when the front edge of the inlet body 101 is brought into contact with the wall edge and the hose grip portion 1503 is moved in the normal front-back direction, the inlet body 101 moves along the wall surface, so that the wall edge Can be cleaned efficiently.

Next, the structure of the suction port member 1505 will be described with reference to FIGS.

1 is a bottom view of the inlet body 101 according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the inlet body 101, FIG. 3 is a front view of the inlet body 101, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the material coupling portion 118, FIGs. 7 and 8 are sectional views taken along line BB in FIG. 9A and 9B are bottom and side views of the casing 203, and FIGS. 10A and 10B are cross-sectional and bottom views of the coupling cover 105, and FIGS. (b) and (c) are the bottom view and sectional drawing of the coupling fixing member 501, FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are EE sectional drawing in FIG. 1, FIG. 14 is sectional drawing of the front wheel 106, FIG. A side view of the state in which 1505 is suspended by using the inlet coupling 104, and FIG. 16 is a sectional view taken along line FF in FIG.

The inlet main body 101 is divided into two parts up and down at its approximately center height position, and is formed by a lower case 102 forming an outer housing and an upper case 201 disposed above the lower case 102. It is.

A bumper 103 is attached to the outer circumference of the position where the lower case 102 and the upper case 201 are in contact with each other, while maintaining airtightness and preventing scratches on furniture and the like.

The bumper 103 is made of hydrogenated styrene butadiene rubber and a polypropylene alloy as a base material, and is formed of a high sliding resin containing fluorine resin powder and silicone oil. Secures high sliding mobility when it comes into contact with the wall surface.

In this embodiment, 5% tetrafluoroethylene and 5% silicone oil are added to the base material as the fluororesin powder, but 2-20% fluororesin powder and 2-20% silicone oil, depending on the required sliding performance. You may adjust between.

Moreover, you may use perfluoroalkoxy, fluorinated ethylene propylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene ether, etc. as fluororesin powder.

And as an additive for obtaining sliding mobility, inorganic aggregates such as tark, calcium titanate, graphite, molybdenum disulfide, and organic aggregates such as wax, organic fatty acid metal salts and fatty acid amides may be added to the base material.

As the base material, in addition to those described above, nylon 12 elastomer, polyurethane elastomer, polyester elastomer, polyolefin elastomer, polystyrene elastomer, soft polyethylene and the like may be used.

In addition, the nylon 12 elastomer may be used alone without adding an additive since the nylon 12 elastomer is slippery.

As described above, since the bumper 103 is formed of a high sliding movable material, the operability when moving the inlet member 1505 while the shock absorbing bumper 103 comes into contact with the wall, such as when cleaning the wall edge, can be improved. have.

The material coupling part 118 is arrange | positioned behind the inlet main body 101. As shown in FIG.

The material coupling portion 118 is composed of a substantially cylindrical casing 203, an inlet coupling 104, a coupling cover 105, and a coupling fixing member 501.

A casing flange portion 502 and a casing cylinder portion 503 are formed in the casing 203, and a coupling flange portion 504 and a coupling cylinder portion 505 are formed in the inlet coupling 104.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the coupling cover 105 is formed with a coupling fixing portion 506 and a fixing concave portion 1001 having a substantially C shape.

As shown in Fig. 11, the coupling fixing member 501 is provided with a coupling pressing portion 507 and a screw boss supporting portion 1101. As shown in Figs.

Then, the coupling cylinder portion 505 of the inlet coupling 104 is inserted into the casing cylinder portion 503 of the casing 203, and the casing flange portion 502 of the casing 203 is coupled to the inlet coupling 104. The coupling cover 105 is inserted in the direction A of FIG. 5 while the ring flange portion 504 is inserted into the coupling fixing portion 506 of the coupling cover 105.

After that, the coupling fixing member 501 is inserted into the screw boss 901 of the casing 203 while the screw boss supporting portion 1101 is inserted into the fixing recess 1001 of the coupling cover 105. , By casing the casing 203, the casing 203 and the inlet coupling 104 are fixed in the B and C directions of FIG. 5, are rotatably disposed about the D axis, and the coupling cover 105. Is fixed with respect to the casing 203.

Such a structure ensures good rotationality by the casing cylinder portion 503 and the coupling cylinder portion 505, and the coupling fixing portion is provided around the entire periphery of the casing flange portion 502 and the coupling flange portion 504. 506 and the coupling press part 507 are pinched, and high strength can be ensured.

In addition, since the inlet coupling part 118 can be disassembled by removing the screw 601, even if dust is clogged in one flow path, it can remove.

And since the inlet coupling 104 is arrange | positioned under the casing 203, the height direction dimension of the inlet member 1505 can be made small, and a bed, a sofa, etc. can be cleaned.

In the inlet port body 101 side portion of the casing 203, a pair of rotary cylinder portions 902 that enable rotation around the horizontal rotating shaft 402 shown in Fig. 4 is formed.

Then, the casing 203 is formed by forming the rotary bearing parts 701 and 702 in the upper case 201 and the lower case 102, respectively, and inserting the rotary cylinder part 902 into the rotary bearing parts 701 and 702. The suction port main body 101 is rotatably connected around the horizontal rotation shaft 402.

The horizontal rotating shaft 402 is disposed inside the rectangular frame of the suction port member and at the front side than the rear end 102a in the longitudinal direction of the suction port member.

As a result, the inlet member is well balanced, and when the inlet member is lifted from the cleaning surface, the inlet member does not rotate around the horizontal rotation axis 402 unintentionally, and thus the angle of the inlet member and the connecting tube can be maintained when lifted. Operability is improved.

The lower case 102 includes a pair of front wheels 106 and rear wheels 107 to move the inlet body 101 in the front-back direction and maintain a predetermined distance between the lower surface and the cleaning surface of the inlet body 101. It is arranged.

The front wheel 106 is arrange | positioned with the rotating shaft having the angle of about 30 degrees with respect to the longitudinal direction of the inlet body 101. As shown in FIG.

In this manner, since the front wheel 106 is always rotated even when the inlet member 1505 is operated in either the longitudinal direction or the short direction, since the outer circumference of the front wheel 106 wears equally without uneven wear, You can suppress rattles.

In addition, the front wheel 106 is composed of a tire portion 1401 and a bearing portion 1402 as shown in FIG. 14, and the tire portion 1401 is formed of a high sliding and high wear resistant material.

By doing in this way, good running | running property can be ensured in any cleaning surface, the durability of the front wheel 106 can be maintained, and the formation of a scratch on a cleaning surface can be prevented.

The horizontal rotation shaft 402 is positioned so as to be between the front wheel 106 and the horizontally moving wheel 108. This is for the user's operating force transmitted to the connection pipe to be distributed to the front wheel 106 and the horizontally moving wheel 108 when the suction port member is moved in the lateral direction (the longitudinal direction of the suction port member). As a result, the operating force when the suction port member is moved in the lateral direction can be reduced, and wear of the front wheel 106 and the horizontal wheel 108 can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, the front wheel 106 is formed by molding the bearing portion 1402 with POM and pressing a tube formed of polytetrafluoroethylene into the bearing portion 1402, but the periphery of the bearing portion 1402 is reduced. The tire portion 1401 may be formed of a tetrafluoroethylene-based material by secondary molding, or the tire portion 1401 and the bearing portion 1402 may be integrally formed of a tetrafluoroethylene-based material.

In addition, the lower case 102 has a pair of wheel bases having horizontally moving wheels 108 and washing brushes 109 pivoted at right angles to the rear wheels 107 on both sides of the material coupling portion 118. 110 is pivotally pivoted.

The wheel base 110 is pushed downward by the spring 1601 and when the inlet member 1505 is operated in the shorter direction, that is, the angle α is between about 25 ° and 80 ° in FIG. The rotation control projection 801 formed on the wheel base 110 is locked to the rotation control rib 904 formed on the casing 203 so that the rotation range of the wheel base 110 is regulated when the The wheel base 110 is set in such a manner that the horizontally moving wheel 108 is floated about 1.5 mm in the lowest position.

In addition, when the inlet member 1505 is operated in the longitudinal direction, that is, when the angle α is about 90 ° in FIG. 5, the rotation restricting projection 801 and the casing 203 formed on the wheel base 110 are provided. The locking fixation of the formed rotation regulating rib 904 is released, and the wheel wandering projection 903 formed on the casing 203 pushes the wheel base 110 downward so that the wheel base 110 protrudes toward the lower surface of the lower case. The rear wheel 107 is set to float from the bottom surface of about 2 mm when the angle α becomes the maximum.

In this way, when the inlet member 1505 is moved in the longitudinal direction, the casing 203 is rotated to the uppermost portion, that is, the angle α is maximized, so that the rear wheel 107 rises from the bottom surface, and instead Since the horizontal movement wheel 108 pivoted at approximately right angles with respect to the rear wheel 107 is grounded, good traveling performance can be obtained even when the vehicle is moved in the longitudinal direction.

In addition, when the inlet member 1505 is operated in the shorter direction, the horizontally moving wheel 108 is floated at an interval of about 1.5 mm or more from the bottom surface, so that it is not a resistance during operation and can maintain good operability. .

In addition, the suction port 116 is formed in the substantially center of the lower case 102, and the suction flow path 112 having a substantially semi-circular cross section is formed on the left and right sides thereof.

In addition, a suction opening 115 is provided at a side surface of the lower case 102, and a wind guide groove 114 and a wind guide port 113 communicating with the suction flow path 112 are formed at both sides.

The pressure control panel 111 is disposed in front of the suction passage 112, and the cleaning brush 117 is disposed behind the suction passage 112.

The inlet 202 is formed in the upper case 201.

An intake flow path 401 is formed in the inlet port body 101 to communicate the wind induction port 113 and the intake port 202, and a shielding rib 1201 is formed in the middle of the intake flow path 401.

Moreover, the shielding plate 1202 is formed integrally with the wheel base 110 opposite the shielding rib 1201.

Next, the dust collection method of this suction port member is demonstrated.

On the wooden floor, the cleaning brushes 109 and 117 come into contact with the wooden floor surface as shown in Fig. 13, and the upper surface of the wooden floor can be wiped by moving the suction inlet body 101 in the front-rear direction. The cleaning brushes 109 and 117 are alternately arranged as shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the washing brush 117 is disposed in the front side and the washing brush 109 in the rear side with respect to the operation direction (advancing direction) of the suction port member. As a result, when the suction inlet member is moved laterally, the cleaning brush 109 and 117 can be used to wipe the wood floor widely.

At this time, since the intake flow path 401 is almost closed by the shielding rib 1201 and the shielding plate 1202 as shown in FIG. Without passing through, the static pressure in the suction flow path 112 is raised to obtain an appropriate dust collecting performance.

In addition, since the washing brushes 109 and 117 are continuously woven in the present embodiment, there is an effect of maintaining the static pressure in the suction flow path 112.

Incidentally, the cleaning brushes 109 and 117 in this embodiment are made of a brush material in which soft hairs are continuously woven, but a brushed cloth, a paper towel, or the like may be used.

Next, a description will be given of the dust collection method on the rug, and since the front wheel 106 and the rear wheel 107 sink to the hair of the rug, the cleaning brush 109 is raised to the position of FIG.

At this time, since the relationship between the shielding rib 1201 and the shielding plate 1202 is as shown in Fig. 12, the intake air flow passage 401 is opened, and the upstream flow from the wind induction port 113 to the intake flow passage 112 is increased. 1203 flows in, and at the same time, a downward flow 1204 flows from the wind guide groove 114.

The counter-clockwise swirl flow in FIG. 12 is generated by the shear action of the wind between the upstream 1203 and the downstream 1204.

In addition, the wind guide port 113 and the wind guide groove 114 is formed to guide the wind at an angle of 0 ° to 60 ° with respect to the front and rear direction in the center direction of the suction port body 101, the suction opening on the side The air flow from the 115 flows into the suction port 116 as a spiral whirlwind whirlwind without being impeded in the suction flow path 112 in the suction flow path 112.

In the carpet phase as described above, whirlwind vortex flow is generated in the suction flow path 112, and dust is swept up, thereby improving dust collection performance.

Moreover, since the intake flow path 401 is opened and the static pressure in the suction flow path 112 falls, operation force can be reduced.

Since the cleaning brush 109 is pressed downward by the spring 1601, the cleaning brush 109 has an effect of collecting dust.

Next, the operation at the time of rotating the inlet member 1505 will be described.

In Fig. 17, when the hose handle portion 1503 is gripped and the extension pipe 1504 is twisted counterclockwise around the E axis, the casing 203 rotates counterclockwise with respect to the inlet coupling 104. The inlet body 101 starts to rotate upward, and the inlet body 101 starts to rotate counterclockwise.

When the hose handle 1503 is twisted by about 90 °, the casing 203 is approximately upright with respect to the inlet body 101, that is, α is about 90 ° in FIG. 5, and the inlet body 101 is about 90 °. It rotates and the longitudinal direction of the suction port main body 101 becomes substantially parallel to an operation direction.

In this way, since the angle of the inlet body 101 can be controlled by the torsion angle of the hose handle 1503, the width of the inlet member 1505 with respect to the operation direction of the inlet member 1505 can be changed in various ways. The efficiency at the time of cleaning the back deep place can be improved.

Further, in the state where the suction inlet body is rotated by 90 degrees, the casing 203 is substantially upright with respect to the inlet body 101, that is, α is about 90 degrees in FIG. 5, so that the wheel base 110 is formed as described above. Since it protrudes from the lower case 102, the rear wheel 107 floats and the horizontal movement wheel 108 is grounded, good operability can be obtained.

In this state, if the front edge of the inlet body 101 is brought into contact with the wall surface and operated back and forth, the wall edge can be cleaned efficiently.

In this embodiment, since the center of rotation of the casing 203 with respect to the suction port main body 101 is set at approximately the center of the shorter direction, when the suction port member 1505 is lifted from the cleaning surface, as shown in Fig. 16, the suction port is shown. The lower surface of the main body 101 faces almost downward.

By doing in this way, even if the suction inlet member 1505 is lifted at the time of cleaning, since the lower surface of the suction inlet always faces downward, cleaning can be continued as it is, and handling property improves.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the height direction dimension of the inlet member 1505 can be lowered, cleaning of the bed or under the sofa can be performed, and the horizontally moving wheel 108 is appropriately protruded from the lower case. The operability of the lateral operation can be improved without impairing the operability of the normal direction, and the cleaning efficiency can be improved because the cleaning brush can be cleaned on the wooden floor.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the wheel and the brush protruding downward of the inlet body in accordance with the movement of the connection pipe under the inlet body are provided, the operability of the lateral operation is not impaired. Can improve and improve the cleaning efficiency.

Claims (5)

A suction pipe main body having a suction port at a lower surface thereof, and a connection pipe having a suction passage rotatable with the suction port main body and in communication with the suction port, And a wheel and a brush protruding downward of the inlet body according to the movement of the connection pipe below the inlet body. The first wheel which rotates in the advancing direction of the said suction port member, and the 2nd wheel different from the said 1st wheel are arrange | positioned below the said suction port main body, The said 2nd wheel is provided below the said suction port main body. Protruding toward the suction inlet member of the vacuum cleaner. The said connecting pipe is a casing which rotates up and down with respect to the said suction port main body, and an inlet coupling rotated about the circumferential direction of the said casing, The wheel is inlet member of the vacuum cleaner, characterized in that protrudes toward the lower side of the suction inlet body accompanying the rotation operation of the casing. A suction inlet body having an inlet on a lower surface thereof, a casing having a suction passage rotatable in an up-down direction with respect to the inlet body and communicating with the inlet, and an inlet coupling disposed rotatably in the circumferential direction of the casing; , A wheel die having wheels and brushes in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and pressing means for pressing the wheel die upwards to receive the wheels in the inlet body, The casing has a protrusion which contacts the wheel die when the casing is rotated upwards, And the projection is in contact with the wheel die so that the wheel disposed on the wheel die protrudes from the lower surface of the suction inlet body as opposed to the pressing force of the pressing means. A suction inlet body having a suction inlet and a first wheel for movement at a lower surface thereof, a casing having a suction passage rotatable in a vertical direction with respect to the suction inlet body and communicating with the suction inlet, and a suction inlet rotatably disposed in a circumferential direction of the casing With a coupling, A wheel die having a second wheel and a brush different from the first wheel, and a pushing means for pressing the wheel die upwards to receive the second wheel in the inlet body; The casing has a protrusion which contacts the wheel die when the casing is rotated upwards, And the protrusion contacts the wheel die so that the second wheel and the brush disposed on the wheel die protrude from the lower surface of the suction inlet body as opposed to the pressing force of the pressing means.