KR20040017195A - Wet Cyclone Dust Collector for Vacuum Cleaners - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wet cyclone dust collector for a vacuum cleaner is provided to suck minute dust by detachably coupling a water tank to a cyclone case and forming holes through which the minute dust passes. CONSTITUTION: A cyclone body(50) has an air inlet(56) communicated with a suction brush, and an air outlet(57) communicated with a dust collecting chamber. A cyclone case(51) is detachably coupled to the cyclone body, and has a spiral lead unit(53) for smoothly rotating introduced air. Holes are formed at the lower part of the cyclone case. Minute dust passes through the holes. A water tank(55) is detachably coupled to the cyclone case.

Description

Wet Cyclone Dust Collector for Vacuum Cleaners

The present invention relates to a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to collect fine dust contained in air introduced through a suction brush, and to collect fine dust in water, in particular, in a vacuum cleaner. The present invention relates to a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner equipped with means for sedimenting and absorbing fine dust that can pass through a dust filter (paper pack) in a dust chamber.

In general, the cyclone vacuum cleaner, referring to Figure 1, the suction brush 20 is installed in the lower portion of the cleaner body 10 to be movable along the surface to be cleaned, and the interior of the cleaning main body 10 between the dust collecting chamber 11 The cyclone dust collector A is provided on the suction path.

The dust filter 12 is detachably installed in the dust collecting chamber 11,

The motor 14 is installed in the motor drive chamber 13.

The cyclone dust collecting device (A) is for collecting the dust and dirt by centrifugal separation by forming a vortex air flow to the air containing dust and dirt sucked through the suction brush (20).

An example of such a cyclone dust collector A is shown in FIG.

Referring to the drawings, a cyclone cylinder 32 having a substantially cylindrical shape, a cyclone cover 33 that is separably coupled to the cyclone cylinder 32, and a dust collection grill 34 installed inside the cyclone cylinder 32 ).

The cyclone cover 33 is integrally formed with an air outlet pipe 332 that discharges air from the suction brush 32 to the dust collecting chamber 11. The waste collection grill 34 extends downwardly from an approximately central portion of the cyclone cover 33 to the central portion of the cyclone barrel 32 and includes a plurality of micro-through holes 341.

In a vacuum cleaner having such a configuration, fine dust of less than about 50 μm is virtually difficult to separate from air by centrifugal force.

In addition, dust less than 10μm is more difficult to separate from the air, even through the dust filter 12, floating in the room for a few days, and eventually enters the body through the human respiratory tract.

Fine dust is 500cc of air that we inhale through our nose, and the incoming dust is small particles of 10μm or less than one hundredth of a millimeter. However, among these, fine dust of less than 5μm enters the lungs and has a fatal effect on the human body.

The finer particles that enter the lungs, the smaller the particles, the higher the risk of getting into the lungs.

Small particles are likely to enter deep into the lungs, settle and attach, and remain intact until they die.

Therefore, since it does not go out once, it can cause more and more damage to us, while in the present invention, a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner which is interested in paying attention to and prevents dust of small particles that may occur during cleaning, It is a wet cyclone dust collector of vacuum cleaner that can remove various pathogenic bacteria and virus equality that exist with fine dust by diluting chemicals effective for air sterilization in used water.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the wet cyclone of the vacuum cleaner with improved structure to adsorb fine dust using water or water sterilized or disinfectant diluted in the cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner The purpose is to provide a dust collector.

1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a typical vacuum cleaner.

2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cyclone dust collector of a conventional vacuum cleaner.

Figure 3 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the cyclone shown in FIG.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10: cleaner body 11: dust collection room

13: Motor drive room 20: suction brush

A: cyclone dust collector 50: cyclone body

51: cyclone barrel 53: spiral lead portion

54: funnel 55: bucket

56: air inflow pipe 57: air outflow pipe

60: Grill 61: Fine passage

70: Water 100: Home

101: protrusion

The wet dust collecting apparatus of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention for achieving the above object is located on the suction path between the suction brush and the dust collecting chamber, and separates the dirt from the air containing dirt, such as dust sucked from the suction brush In the collection, the body having an air inlet in communication with the suction brush and the air outlet pipe in communication with the dust collecting chamber, the body for introducing air containing the dirt flowing into the air inlet to the vortex air flow:

A cyclone body detachably coupled to the cyclone body and having a spiral lead formed to smoothly rotate the introduced air, and a cyclone through which fine dust inlets are perforated in a center at an inverse conical shape; Detachable through the cyclone and characterized in that it comprises a bucket for storing a certain amount of water.

Hereinafter, a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a wet cyclone dust collector of a vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the wet cyclone dust collector shown in FIG.

The wet cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same reference numeral as that shown in FIG. 1 because it is installed on the suction path between the cleaner body 10 and the suction brush 20 similarly to a general cyclone cleaner. The cyclone principle is equivalent while using, and is omitted for cyclone structures.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the cleaner main body 10 includes a dust collecting chamber 11 in which the dust filter 12 is accommodated and a motor driving chamber 13 in which the motor 14 is installed. And a cyclone wet dust collecting device (A) for separating and collecting dust and dirt contained in the air sucked through the suction brush 20 which is detachably installed with respect to 10).

3 and 4, the wet cyclone wet dust collector A of the vacuum cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention has a rib 71 in which a spiral lead portion 53 is formed in the flow direction of the cyclone body 50 and air. ) And cyclone barrel (51)

Spiral lead portion 53 is also formed on the inner wall, so as to be attached to and detached from the bucket 55 at the bottom of the cyclone barrel 51,

A groove 100 is formed in a predetermined line along the outer circumference, and a plurality of protrusions 101 are formed at the upper edge end surface of the bucket 55, and with this structure, the cyclone barrel 51 and the bucket 55 can be easily attached and detached. Will be accommodated in the bucket 55 a certain amount of water (70).

The spiral lead portion 53 is formed in the funnel portion 54 of the lower portion of the cyclone cylinder 51 like the cyclone cylinder 51 so that only a large amount of dirt remains in this portion, even if large dirt is accumulated therein. The fine dust to the protrusion space of the 53 is guided to the water tank 51 to the easily perforated groove 81 is configured to include a removal means that is adsorbed by the water 70 accommodated in the water tank (51).

The cyclone body 50 is located on the suction path between the suction brush 20 and the dust collecting chamber 11,

In order to separate and collect the dirt from the air containing the dirt, such as dust sucked from the suction brush 20, the upper part is an open cylindrical shape and the lower part is a funnel form that can penetrate fine dust in the center (81). ) Is formed in the cyclone barrel 51, and the water tank 55 detachable to the lower portion of the cyclone barrel 51 can accommodate the water (70).

In the present invention

By using the cyclone method, by using the rotational movement of the air containing dirt, a certain section of the cross section on the inner surface of the existing cylindrical cyclone barrel 51 for more efficient removal of fine dust having a very weak mass, the air flow direction While characterized in that the spiral lead portion 53 is formed having a projection projecting obliquely to the longitudinal axis,

The air outlet of the cyclone body 50 is also characterized in that the rib 71 is formed with a spiral lead portion 53 in the air flow direction.

Here, the bucket 55 is detached from the cyclone barrel 51, but accommodates a portion of the funnel, which is a lower portion of the cyclone barrel 51 so that the received water 70 will not escape from here and at the same time the dust passed through It is adsorbed by water and remains with water.

Unexplained stopper 80 is to show that the stopper 80 can be used when not using the bucket 55.

Another feature of the invention

The water 70 accommodated in the bucket 55 is intended to contribute to the composition of a clean indoor air environment by adding chemicals to the tap water or general purified water or general water sterilized by chlorine.

The chemicals used may be provided with the opportunity to remove microorganisms and viruses in the room air by adding commercially available hydrogen peroxide disinfectants or other chlorine, iodine or alcohol based chemicals.

The chlorine system includes calcium hypochlorite or sodium hypochlorite, and the iodine system can be utilized by adding non-toxic disinfectant and other food-permitted sterilizing agents in addition to microclen (brand name) alcohol-based clean call (trade name). There is another feature that can prevent various harmful bacteria or viruses generated during parasitic or cleaning and floating in the room as a wet cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner of the present invention, the present invention described in the above embodiment In addition to the wet dust collecting window of the vacuum cleaner, as well as utilizing various applications, similar functions are naturally included in the gist of the present invention.

As described above, according to the wet cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, the microdust and various harmful bacteria or viruses that may occur during cleaning are removed in advance by the cyclone through water bucket, and then easily cleaned, With the reduction of fine dust and harmful germs, it is possible to remove the maintenance of health and even the fine dust wandering for hours to days, so that after cleaning, the freshness and cleanliness can be maintained for a long time.

It is an invention that can protect the health and happiness of the family and home in that the user of the present invention can increase the joy of cleaning to keep the physical and mental health, in particular, the housewife stressed by frequent cleaning and various housework. would.

Claims (7)

Located in the suction path between the suction brush and the dust collecting chamber, among the wet cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner for separating and collecting the dirt from the air containing dirt, such as dust sucked from the suction brush, In the cyclone body having an air inlet communicated with the suction brush and an air outlet pipe communicating with the dust collecting chamber, the cyclone body for introducing air containing dirt flowing into the air inlet pipe into the vortex air flow; The wet cyclone dust collector of the vacuum cleaner comprised of the water tank 55 which can be attached and detached to the cyclone cylinder 51. The method according to claim 1, Cyclone barrel 51 with a spiral lead portion 53 formed on the inner surface of the cyclone cylinder 51 The method according to claim 1, The bucket 55 is a wet cyclone dust collector characterized in that the chemical is added to the water to sterilize the air. The method according to claim 1 and 2 and 3, Cyclone barrel 51 is characterized in that the perforations 81 through which fine dust can pass through the cyclone barrel 51. The method according to claim 3, As the chemicals used, wet cyclone dust collectors, which may be used by using oxygen, chlorine, iodine, alcohol, or fungicides, The method according to claim 5, Wet cyclone dust collector characterized in that hydrogen peroxide is used as the oxygen system. The method according to claim 5, The chlorine-based wet cyclone dust collector, characterized in that calcium hypochlorite or sodium hypochlorite is used.