KR100728501B1 - Steam and vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

A steam and vacuum cleaner is provided to clean using steam or mop by selecting a steam mode or a wet dustcloth mode with a steam control switch, to regulate moisture of a wet dustcloth by adjusting the steam amount, and to modularize a steam cleaning unit by connecting a steam module installation pipe between a base and an extension pipe. A steam vacuum cleaner includes a base(100) having an air intake port and a steam ejection port, a vacuum cleaning unit for sucking and collecting dust from the air intake port, a steam cleaning unit(200) generating steam and ejecting steam to the steam ejection port, and a steam control switch(500) controlling steam of the steam cleaning unit. The steam control switch has a steam mode and a wet dustcloth mode. The steam cleaning unit has a water container, a steam boiler connected to the steam injection port, and a pump supplying water from the water container to the steam boiler. A steam amount regulating range is formed between the steam mode and the wet dustcloth mode.

Description

Steam and Vacuum Cleaner

1 is a perspective view showing a combined steam cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the steam cleaning unit of Figure 1;

3 is a view showing a steam control switch according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a conventional steam combined vacuum cleaner.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a conventional mop combined vacuum cleaner.

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

100: base 110: air intake

200: steam cleaning unit 210: bucket

220: filter 230: pump

250: cover 260: steam boiler

261 steam discharge tube 263 steam injection port

270: heater 300: extension tube

400: handle 500: steam control switch (pump flow control member)

600: steam module mounting pipe 610: release button

Patent Document 1: Korean Patent Publication No. 1995--0030962

Patent Document 2: Korean Utility Model Publication No. 1996-0004691

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a steam combined vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a combined steam cleaner capable of performing vacuum cleaning, steam cleaning, and mop cleaning according to a state of a cleaning surface or a user's selection.

As a conventional steam combined vacuum cleaner, what is disclosed by the publication of patent document 1 is proposed, for example.

As shown in FIG. 4, the dual-purpose vacuum cleaner of Patent Document 1 discloses a motor and a filter installed therein, and is connected to the main body 2 and the hose 3 of the canister vacuum cleaner 1 by a brush at the end. The water tank (6) is installed to store and supply a certain amount of water to one side of the brush pipe (5) to which the (4) is connected, and the water stored in the water tank (6) to supply a fixed amount, constant pressure The water supply pump (7) installed for the purpose, the heater (8) for generating steam by boiling water supplied from the water supply pump (7) at a predetermined temperature, and the steam generated by the heater (8) of the brush (4) Steam pipe (9) is connected between the heater (8) and the brush (4) in order to supply the injection to the front side.

With this configuration, vacuum cleaning and steam cleaning can be performed at the same time or separately, but the mop cleaning is cumbersome in that it needs to be pushed separately by pushing or hand after vacuuming, or by attaching a separate mopping device to the vacuum cleaner.

On the other hand, the thing disclosed by patent document 2 is proposed as a conventional mop combined vacuum cleaner.

As shown in Fig. 5, the mop-type vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum cleaner main body 1 which exerts a suction force in accordance with the operation of the driving means, and a suction hose sequentially connected to one side of the vacuum cleaner main body 1 ( 3), a connecting pipe 4 and an extension pipe 5, a suction inlet 6 connected to the extension pipe 5 to suck in dust and dirt, and a lower part of the suction inlet 6; In the vacuum cleaner having a water mop function consisting of a mop member (7) capable of pumping, the pump (8) for pumping the washing water installed in the suction port (6) to be supplied to the mop member (7) forcibly supplied; A check valve installed at one side of the pump 8 via a washing water supply pipe 9 to supply or block the washing water supplied through the pump 8 to the mop member 7, and the extension pipe 5. Equipped with a removable to store the wash water The washing water tank 11 and the extension pipe 5 are mounted to one side of the washing water supply pipe 12 and connected to the pump 8, and the other side of the washing water tank 11 is assembled and dismantled with the water washing water tank 11. It consists of a washing water support 13 to open and close the supply passage of.

According to this structure, although vacuum cleaning and mop cleaning can be performed simultaneously or separately, steam cleaning cannot be performed.

As such, there is a need to selectively use vacuum cleaning, steam cleaning, and mopping with a single vacuum cleaner.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, to provide a steam combined vacuum cleaner that can perform steam cleaning and / or mop cleaning with one steam boiler.

Steam combined vacuum cleaner of the present invention for achieving the above object has a base portion having an air intake and steam injection port; A vacuum cleaning unit for collecting dust by collecting dust through the air suction opening; A steam cleaning unit generating steam and spraying steam to the steam injection port; Including a steam control switch for controlling the steam of the steam cleaning unit,

The steam control switch is composed of a steam mode and a mop mode.

According to this structure, steam cleaning and / or mop cleaning can be performed with one steam boiler.

In the above-described configuration, the steam cleaning unit is composed of a water tank, a steam boiler connected to the steam injection port, and a pump for supplying water from the water tank to the steam boiler, wherein a section between the steam mode and the mop mode is Implemented by the steam amount control section, the user's selection range is wide, it is possible to properly clean according to the state of the cleaning surface.

In addition, the vacuum cleaning unit, the main body for sucking dust and dust, an extension pipe having one end coupled to the base portion and in communication with the air suction port, a handle portion coupled to the other end of the extension pipe, the main body and the handle It consists of suction hose connecting the part,

When the steam module mounting pipe equipped with the steam boiler is detachably connected between the base part and the extension pipe, modularization and maintenance of the steam boiler is convenient.

In addition, the steam cleaner according to another feature of the present invention includes a base having a steam injection port; A steam cleaning unit generating steam and spraying steam to the steam injection port; Including, wherein the steam cleaning unit comprises a water tank, a steam boiler connected to the steam injection port, a pump, and a pump flow rate control member for adjusting the flow rate of the pump for supplying water of the water tank to the steam boiler It features.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an external perspective view showing a combined vacuum cleaner according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the steam cleaning unit of Figure 1, Figure 3 is a steam control according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention Figure shows a switch.

As shown in Figure 1 and 2, the combined steam cleaner of the present embodiment is largely sucked in the dust through the base portion 100 and the air inlet 110 and the air inlet 110 and the steam injection port 263 A vacuum cleaning unit for collecting dust, a steam cleaning unit 200 for generating steam to inject steam into the steam injection port 263, and a steam control switch 500 for controlling steam of the steam cleaning unit 200. It is composed.

The base part 100 has an air suction port 110 in the front and a steam injection port 263 in the rear. A peripheral bottom surface of the steam injection port 263 is formed with, for example, a velcro (not shown) to which a pad or a mop can be attached.

The vacuum cleaning unit is similar to a general vacuum cleaner, and a canister-type main body (not shown) in which a dust collector and a motor are sucked in and collect dust, and one end is connected to the base part 100 to communicate with the air suction port 110. The extension pipe 300 and the handle portion 400 is coupled to the other end of the extension pipe 300, and the suction hose (not shown) for connecting the body (not shown) and the handle portion 400. .

The steam cleaning unit 200 includes a water tank 210, a steam boiler 260 connected to the steam injection port 263, and a pump 230 for supplying water from the water tank 210 to the steam boiler 260. It consists of).

The steam boiler 260 is an instantaneous rapid heater in which the electric heater 270 is built in. The water introduced from the discharge tube 233 of the pump 230 is instantaneously heated to become steam, and the steam is discharged from the steam tube 261. Through the steam injection port 263 is to exit.

In addition, in order to prevent foreign matter from being caught in the pump 230 and the steam boiler 260, it is preferable that the filter 220 is installed between the water tank 210 and the inlet tube 231.

The pump 230 and the steam boiler 260 is preferably mounted by a cover 250.

The steam cleaning unit 200 is driven and controlled by the steam control switch 500.

The steam control switch 500 is composed of a steam mode and a mop mode, as shown in FIG.

That is, when the steam control switch 500 is set to the steam mode, power is supplied to the pump 230 and the heater 270. By this power supply, the heater 270 is heated, and in this heated steam boiler 260, steam evaporated is generated while passing a certain amount of water introduced by pumping, and the generated steam is a tube 261. It is injected to the steam injection port 263 through the).

On the other hand, if the steam control switch 500 is set to the mop mode, the pump 230 increases the amount of pumping than when in the steam mode to increase the water supply of the steam boiler 260. Since the increased water cools the heating temperature of the heater 270 more quickly, it passes out of the tube 261 in the form of hot water without evaporation while passing through the steam boiler 260. In this state, when supplied to the mop, it functions as a mop.

In this way, the user can conveniently use the vacuum (when cleaning dusty or oily) or the mop (when wiping dust, etc.) to one vacuum cleaner according to the state of the cleaning floor.

In addition, it is preferable to set the section R between the steam mode and the mop mode as a steam amount control section. That is, it can be implemented to variably pump the water supply by adjusting the pumping amount from the steam mode to the mop mode. Then, it is possible to widen the range of mop degree (slightly damp, medium, much damp), so that the user's options may vary as well.

In addition, as shown in Fig. 3, it is natural that the steam control switch 500 can additionally drive control such as vacuum mode, (vacuum + steam) mode or stop mode. This is advantageous in the absence of a switch for controlling power and vacuum suction input (strongest, strongest, medium, weak) in a conventional vacuum cleaner.

On the other hand, between the base 100 and the extension pipe 300, it is preferable that the steam module mounting pipe 600 equipped with the steam cleaning unit 200 is detachably connected. The steam module mounting pipe 600 is locked when connected to each other like a detachable extension tube in a normal vacuum cleaner, it can be implemented in a structure that is released by pressing each other after pressing the release button 610.

By this steam module mounting pipe 600, the steam cleaning unit 200 can be modularized. In addition, maintenance such as repair or replacement of the steam cleaning unit 200 is convenient.

The steam combined vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified and implemented within the range permitted by the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the steam combined vacuum cleaner of this embodiment, since the steam control switch can be used as a pump flow rate adjusting member for adjusting the flow rate of the pump, it may be applied only to the steam cleaner.

That is, the steam cleaner includes a base unit 100 having a steam injection port 263, and a steam cleaning unit 200 for generating steam and spraying steam to the steam injection port 263, the steam cleaning unit 200 Adjust the flow rate of the water tank 210, the steam boiler 260 connected to the steam injection port 263, the pump 230, and the pump 230 for supplying the water of the water tank 210 to the steam boiler 260 It can be implemented as a pump flow control member. In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the steam cleaning unit for the steam cleaner may be mounted inside the base unit 100 instead of the steam module mounting tube 600.

Therefore, even with a steam cleaner, the flow rate of the pump can be adjusted from the steam cleaning to the mop cleaning according to the state of the cleaning surface or the user's selection.

As apparent from the above description, the steam combined vacuum cleaner of this embodiment has the following effects.

First, since the configuration of the steam control switch composed of the steam mode and the mop mode is coupled to the steam vacuum cleaner, it can be used to conveniently convert the steam cleaning or mop cleaning with one cleaner according to the state of the cleaning surface.

Second, by setting the interval between the steam mode and the mop mode as the steam amount control section, it is possible to further widen the range of the mop degree (slightly damp, medium, much damp), the user's options may also vary.

Third, the steam module mounting pipe equipped with the steam cleaning unit is detachably connected between the base part and the extension pipe, so that the steam cleaning unit can be modularized, thereby improving the process speed, and repairing or replacing the steam cleaning unit. Maintenance is convenient.

Claims (4)

A base part having an air suction port and a steam injection port; A vacuum cleaning unit for collecting dust by collecting dust through the air suction opening; A steam cleaning unit generating steam and spraying steam to the steam injection port; Including a steam control switch for controlling the steam of the steam cleaning unit, The steam control switch is a steam combined vacuum cleaner, characterized in that consisting of a steam mode and a mop mode. The method of claim 1, The steam cleaning unit is composed of a water tank, a steam boiler connected to the steam injection port, and a pump for supplying water from the water tank to the steam boiler, The section between the steam mode and the mop mode is a combined steam cleaner, characterized in that the steam amount control section. The method of claim 2, The vacuum cleaning unit includes a main body for collecting dust and dust, an extension pipe having one end coupled to the base part and communicating with the air suction port, a handle part coupled to the other end of the extension pipe, and connecting the main body and the handle part. Composed of suction hose, A steam combined vacuum cleaner, characterized in that between the base portion and the extension tube, the steam module mounting tube equipped with the steam cleaning unit is detachably connected. A base portion having a steam injection port; A steam cleaning unit generating steam and spraying steam to the steam injection port; Including but not limited to: The steam cleaning unit Bucket, A steam boiler connected to the steam injection port, With pump, Steam cleaner characterized in that it consists of a pump flow rate control member for adjusting the flow rate of the pump for supplying the water of the bucket to the steam boiler.

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