KR101110302B1 - Handy vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

A handy vacuum cleaner is disclosed. Such a handheld vacuum cleaner includes a main body portion including a vacuum motor assembly generating a suction force, an auxiliary body portion for sterilizing, separating and sucking a foreign substance on a cleaning object, and a foreign substance sucked in and coupled to the main body portion therein. Including a dust collecting unit, the first air flow path is formed between the main body and the dust collecting portion, the second air flow path is formed between the auxiliary body and the dust collecting portion, the problem of the structural defect of the dust collecting container including a conventional filter As a result, it is possible to increase the cleaning efficiency and reduce the failure rate of the cleaner.

Vacuum cleaner, filter, cyclone, ultraviolet rays, hairy parts

Description

Handy type vacuum cleaner {HANDY VACUUM CLEANER}

The present invention relates to a handy vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a handy vacuum cleaner having a tapping function and a sterilization function as well as a foreign material suction function.

In general, a vacuum cleaner is widely used to remove dust inside a home or office. The technology related to such a vacuum cleaner has been developed day by day, and has come from a manual operation to a wireless control cleaner or a robot cleaner. There are various types of vacuum cleaners, and in particular, small vacuum cleaners (hereinafter, simply referred to as 'handy cleaners') are mainly used for cleaning bedding, clothes, and the inside of a vehicle.

The handheld cleaner may only have a function of sucking in foreign matters such as dust or hair, or may include a UV sterilization function, or may include a blow rod to shake off foreign matters from a cleaning object.

However, in these handy vacuum cleaners, when looking at the air flow path to the intake motor, that is, the air flow path from the foreign material intake to the air outlet, a dust collecting container collecting foreign matter on the air flow path and a filter coupled therein are directly disposed. As a result, the filtration through the filter is not smoothly performed when the cleaner operates.

Therefore, these handy cleaners are frequently damaged due to the structure of the dust collector collecting the foreign matter or the structure of the filter for filtering the foreign matter, or the life of the cleaner is shortened.

In addition, in the case of a conventional handy cleaner, it is not possible to determine how much the amount of foreign matter collected during operation, the cleaning efficiency is often lowered or malfunction of the cleaner often occurs.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the problem to be solved by the present invention can solve the structural problem of the dust collecting collector collecting the foreign matter of the conventional handy cleaner can increase the life of the cleaner An improved handy vacuum cleaner is to provide.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an improved handy vacuum cleaner that solves the problem of deterioration of cleaning efficiency or malfunction of the cleaner because it can not determine how much foreign matter is collected during the operation of the conventional handy cleaner It is.

Another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a handy vacuum cleaner further having an anion generating function in addition to the foreign matter separation, sterilization and suction function.

Vacuum cleaner according to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, the main body portion including a vacuum motor assembly for generating a suction force, an auxiliary body for sterilizing, separating and suctioning foreign matter on the object to be cleaned, And a dust collecting part coupled to the main body to revolve the sucked foreign matter therein, wherein a first air flow path is formed between the main body part and the dust collecting part, and a second air flow path is formed between the auxiliary body part and the dust collecting part. Is formed.

Preferably, the auxiliary body portion includes a foreign matter hair part for separating the foreign matter from the cleaning object, and an ultraviolet sterilization part for ultraviolet sterilizing the foreign matter on the cleaning object.

Preferably, the foreign matter hair portion includes a removable brush for separating the foreign matter from the cleaning object.

Preferably, the foreign matter hair portion includes a removable tapping rod for separating the foreign matter from the cleaning object.

Preferably, the auxiliary body further comprises an anion generator.

Preferably, the dust collecting part includes a main filter for filtering foreign matter introduced through the second air flow path, a first cyclone wing that forms a vortex so that foreign matter introduced through the second air flow path revolves, and the first filter And two cyclone wings to reinforce the vortex formed by the cyclone wing.

Preferably, the main filter is a compressed fiber filter, it may be formed in a hemispherical or arcuate shape.

Preferably, the vacuum cleaner includes an auxiliary filter which is fastened to the main body portion on the first air flow path so that foreign matter in the dust collecting part is not directly introduced into the first air flow path.

Preferably, the vacuum cleaner includes an air discharge portion rotatably coupled to one side of the main body portion to adjust the discharge direction of the discharge air.

Preferably, the vacuum cleaner includes a cleaning rod having a brush for separating the foreign matter from the object to be cleaned, the cleaning rod is coupled to the auxiliary body to provide a third air flow path to the dust collecting part via the auxiliary body. do.

Preferably, the vacuum cleaner is a part or all of the outer wall of the dust collector is formed of a transparent material.

Preferably, the dust collecting part includes a cap that can be opened and closed to discharge the foreign matter collected therein, the inner surface of the cap of any one or two or more of at least one groove of the horizontal cross section of the ring-shaped groove It is a shape comprising a.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a vacuum cleaner includes: a main body including a vacuum motor assembly for generating a suction force; UV germicidal lamp unit for ultraviolet sterilization of foreign substances on the object to be cleaned, foreign matter suction port formed by the UV germicidal lamp unit and the partition wall, foreign matter hairs disposed on the foreign substance suction port and separating the foreign matter from the cleaning object An auxiliary body portion including a portion; Two cyclone wing units which are fastened to the main body to provide a first air flow path and are formed on the first air flow path to form a vortex for revolving suctioned foreign matter and filtered into the first air flow path. A dust collecting part including a compressed fiber filter for introducing air; And a bridge portion connecting the main body portion to the auxiliary body portion and providing a second air flow path between the auxiliary body portion and the dust collecting portion.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of increasing the life of the cleaner by providing an improved handy vacuum cleaner, thereby improving the problems of the dust collecting filter and the filter of the conventional handy vacuum cleaner.

In addition, the present invention provides an improved handy type vacuum cleaner, it is possible to determine the degree of dust collection of the foreign matter during operation of the cleaner has the effect of increasing the cleaning efficiency and easily determine the state of the filter.

In addition, the present invention by providing an improved handy vacuum cleaner, there is an effect that further provides anion generating function with the foreign matter separation, sterilization and suction function.

In addition, the present invention, the cap of the dust collector of the handy vacuum cleaner, any one of the first cyclone wing unit, the second cyclone wing unit and at least one groove of which the horizontal cross section of the inner surface is a ring-shaped groove and the horizontal cross section is circular. Or it is formed to include two or more, it is possible to further increase the separation effect of the foreign matter from the air during the cleaner operation.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Since the accompanying drawings and the following description are simplified and illustrated with the intention of helping those skilled in the art to understand the present invention, these drawings and description are the scope of protection of the present invention. It should not be interpreted as intended to reduce

1 is an anatomical cross-sectional view of a handy vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the handy vacuum cleaner includes a main body 10, auxiliary body parts 30 and 40, and a dust collecting part 20. A first air passage (arrow A1) is formed between the main body portion 10 and the dust collecting portion 20, and a second air passage (arrow A2) is formed between the auxiliary body portion 30 and the dust collecting portion 20.

The main body portion 10 includes a vacuum motor assembly 12 for generating suction force by vacuum. The vacuum motor assembly 12 may be a known vacuum motor assembly used in a conventional vacuum cleaner. In addition, the handle 13 is coupled to the main body portion 10, the handle 13 is a printed circuit board (PCB) formed with a control switch 14 for controlling the on / off of the cleaner and the circuit for the control processing ) May be further provided. In addition, the main body 10 may be further provided with a display unit 16 for displaying the operating status of the cleaner. Here, the handle 13 may be integrally formed or separately formed and coupled to the handle 13 by a predetermined fastening means. In addition, the wire (W) may be connected to the main body portion 10 to supply power, or a charger (not shown) may be built in to operate in a charging manner.

The auxiliary body part 30 has a function of sterilizing the foreign matter on the object to be cleaned (not shown), shaking off the foreign material from the object to be cleaned, or inhaling it. Here, the object to be cleaned may vary from inside of a vehicle, a sofa, or a pallet of fiber, as well as bedding, such as a blanket or a pillow. In addition, for the sake of convenience, sterilization in the present specification is defined to include not only killing mold and bacteria but also insect pests such as ticks. In addition, the foreign matter is defined as including all materials that are generally to be removed from the object to be cleaned, such as hair, small particles of dust, large particles of dust, pieces of paper.

Since the auxiliary body part 30 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 3A and 3B, it will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3A and 3B. 3A is a view showing a state in which the outer frame 38 of the auxiliary body is removed, and FIG. 3B is a view in which the outer frame 38 of the auxiliary body is coupled.

The auxiliary body part 30 includes foreign material hairs 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d for separating foreign matters from the object to be cleaned, and an ultraviolet sterilizer 34 for ultraviolet sterilization of foreign matter on the object to be cleaned. . In addition, a coupling rod cap 36 for opening and closing the cleaning rod coupling hole 37 for fastening the cleaning rod 80 and the cleaning rod coupling hole (37 in FIG. 8) is formed.

4A and 4B, the foreign material hairs are illustrated in FIGS. 4A and 4B. Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B, the foreign material hairs 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d may include detachable tapping rods 32 and 32a and a motor assembly. 32b) and belt 32c, and removable brushes 32d may be used instead of removable tapping rods 32, 32a according to the user's taste or the characteristics of the object to be cleaned. Foreign material hairs 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32d is preferably disposed in the suction port (33). The suction port 33 forms part of the second air passage (arrow A2) between the main body portion 10 and the auxiliary body portion 30.

The UV sterilization unit 34 may be an ultraviolet sterilization lamp, and functions to sterilize bacteria or pests of the object to be cleaned.

The auxiliary body part 30 may further include an anion generator 100 in addition to the suction port 33, the ultraviolet sterilizing part 34, and the foreign matter hair part 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d. . The negative ion generator 100 may be operated regardless of the cleaning operation of the cleaner, but it is more preferable to operate when the cleaning operation is not performed.

In addition, although only the structure in which the main body portion 10 and the auxiliary body portion 30 are illustrated in FIG. 1 is further illustrated, the UV sterilizing portion 34 in the connection structure between the main body portion 10 and the auxiliary body portion 30 is illustrated. And portions other than the portion provided with the foreign matter hair part 32 connect the main body part 10 and the auxiliary body part 30, and the second air between the auxiliary body part 10 and the dust collecting part 20. It may be formed in a structure distinguished by the bridge portion 40 that serves as the flow path (A2).

The dust collecting unit 20 is coupled to the main body portion 10 to perform the function of separating the air and the foreign matter by revolving inhaled foreign matter (not shown) inside the dust collecting unit 20. Since the dust collector 20 is shown in more detail in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the dust collector 20 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B, and the dust collector 20 may be connected to the suction port 33 through the second air flow path A2. A main filter 60 for filtering foreign matter introduced from the first cyclone wing unit 26a forming a vortex to revolve foreign matter introduced from the inlet 33 through the second air flow path A2, and And a second cyclone wing unit 26b for reinforcing the vortex formed by the first cyclone wing unit 26a. The dust collecting part 20 is detachably attachable to the main body part 10 through the fastening part 29, and a part of the fastening part 29 provides a second air flow path A2 with the auxiliary body part 30. The hole 28 is further formed.

The first cyclone wing unit 26a and the second cyclone wing unit 26b have a function of generating a vortex inside the dust collecting part 20 when air is sucked through the first air flow path A1 during operation of the suction motor assembly. Do this. The number of the wings of each of the first cyclone wing unit 26a and the second cyclone wing unit 26b is shown as three, but is not particularly limited to three, and may be four, five or more.

The main filter 60 may be a compressed fiber filter. Such a compressed fiber filter is a filter formed by compressing yarns, and has a high pore density, and thus has excellent air permeability or air permeability compared to a conventional filter, that is, a filter assembly of injection-molded plastic.

Part or all of the outer wall 24 of the dust collecting unit 20 is formed of a transparent material, so that it is possible to grasp the foreign matter collection state of the cleaner. Accordingly, the material forming the outer wall 24 of the dust collecting part 20 may be partially or completely transparent as described above, and the main filter 60, the first and second cyclone wing units 26a and 26b may be formed therein. Any material may be used as long as it can be formed to have a strength that is not broken by the revolving of foreign matter.

In addition, the dust collector 20 may be further formed to open and close a cap (22) to discharge the foreign matter collected in the dust collector 20, the inner surface of the cap 22 has a ring-shaped horizontal cross section A shape including any one or both of the groove 22a and the groove 22b having a circular horizontal cross section may be formed. Although only one recess 22b is formed in the figure, several grooves may be formed. These ring-shaped grooves 22a and circular grooves 22b assist in the formation of vortices, particularly by increasing the strength of the vortices formed by the first and second cyclone wing units 26a, 26b. Increasing the centrifugal force of the material introduced into it allows the foreign material to be separated from the air better.

In addition, the auxiliary filter 90 may be further fastened to the main body portion 10. Since the auxiliary filter 90 is easily detachable from the main body 10 and the dust collecting unit 20, the main filter may be recombined after being detached due to cleaning of the dust collecting unit 20 or replacement of the main filter 60. Since the 60 is not coupled or the fastening with the main body portion 10 is poor, foreign substances in the dust collecting portion 20 are directly introduced into the first air flow path A1, so that a failure or life of the cleaner is often shortened. In order to solve these shortcomings. The type of the auxiliary filter 90 is not particularly limited, and a conventional mesh filter may be used, for example.

Furthermore, wheels 50a and 50b may be further provided to facilitate a cleaning operation during the operation of the handy vacuum cleaner.

Handy type vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotates to adjust the discharge direction of the air discharged on one side of the main body portion 10, that is, the opposite direction of the foreign material suction portion 33 of the auxiliary body portion 30 It may further comprise an air outlet coupled to possibly.

Since the air outlet is shown in FIG. 5, referring to FIG. 5, the air outlet 70 includes an air outlet 72, and is rotatably coupled so that the discharged air does not face the user side according to the user's situation. do. For example, when the handle 13 is held by the right hand, the air outlet 72 may be turned so as not to face the user (arrow A3), or when the handle 13 is held by the left hand, as shown in FIG. 5. Orient the air outlet 72 in the direction may be used so as not to face the user side.

On the other hand, during the operation of the handy vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user is to hold the handle 13 to clean, when holding the handle 13, the main body including the vacuum motor assembly 12 The weight of the part 10 and the sum of the weights of the dust collecting part 20 and the auxiliary body part 30 are designed to make the user feel less weight.

6 is a view for explaining another example of the use of the handy vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the handy type vacuum cleaner may be fastened to the auxiliary body part 30 to provide a third air passage (not shown) to the dust collecting part 20 via the auxiliary body part 30. ) May be further included. The cleaning rod 80 includes a body (not shown), a tail 82, and a head 84, and the tail 82 is a portion fastened to the cleaning rod coupling portion 37 of the auxiliary body portion 30, A head (not shown) may be further fastened to the head 84 to separate the foreign matter from the object to be cleaned.

Thus, the handy vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the conventional handy vacuum cleaners, dust collection to collect the foreign matter on the air flow path in the air flow path to the intake motor, that is, the air flow path from the foreign matter inlet to the air outlet. Since the filter coupled to the inside of the passage is disposed directly, it is possible to improve the problem that the filtration through the filter is not performed smoothly during the operation of the cleaner, and furthermore, it has the advantage of increasing the life of the cleaner and improving the cleaning efficiency. .

1 is an anatomical cross-sectional view of a handy vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A and 2B are views for explaining the dust collecting part of the handy vacuum cleaner of FIG.

3A and 3B are views for explaining the auxiliary body of FIG.

4A and 4B are views for explaining the foreign matter hair part of FIG. 1.

5 is a view for explaining the air discharge portion of FIG.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of a handy vacuum cleaner coupled to the cleaning rod according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (14)

A main body portion including a vacuum motor assembly generating a suction force; An auxiliary body part for sterilizing, separating and inhaling foreign matter on a cleaning object; A dust collecting part coupled to the main body to revolve the sucked foreign matter in the interior-the dust collecting part includes a cap that can be opened and closed to discharge the foreign matter collected therein, and the inner surface of the cap has a ring-shaped groove and a horizontal cross-section; Comprising either or both of at least one recess that is circular; , ≪ / RTI & And a first air passage is formed between the main body portion and the dust collecting portion, and a second air passage is formed between the auxiliary body portion and the dust collecting portion. The method of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary body portion Foreign material hairs for separating the foreign matter from the cleaning object; And A vacuum cleaner comprising an ultraviolet sterilizer for ultraviolet sterilizing foreign substances on the cleaning object. The vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the foreign matter hair part comprises a detachable brush for separating foreign matter from the cleaning object. The vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the foreign matter hair part comprises a removable tapping rod for separating foreign matter from the cleaning object. The vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary body part further comprises an anion generator. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dust collecting unit A main filter for filtering foreign substances introduced through the second air passage; A first cyclone blade which forms a vortex so that foreign matter introduced through the second air flow path revolves; And And a second cyclone wing for reinforcing the vortex formed by the first cyclone wing. The vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the main filter is a compressed fiber filter. The vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the main filter is formed in a hemispherical shape or an arc shape. The vacuum cleaner of claim 6, further comprising an auxiliary filter fastened to the main body on the first air flow path so that foreign matter in the dust collecting part is not directly introduced into the first air flow path. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 9, wherein one side of the main body portion includes an air discharge part rotatably coupled to adjust the discharge direction of the discharge air. The vacuum cleaner of claim 9, further comprising: a cleaning rod having a brush for separating foreign matter from the object to be cleaned, and a cleaning rod coupled to the auxiliary body to provide a third air flow path to the dust collecting part via the auxiliary body. . The vacuum cleaner of claim 9, wherein part or all of the outer wall of the dust collecting part is formed of a transparent material. delete delete

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