KR200426851Y1 - steam cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a steam head unit having a case, a heating unit installed in the case to heat the water stored therein to generate steam, and a spray nozzle connected to one side of the heating unit of the case to eject the steam; And cleaning the mop by spraying steam to the floor by a mop pad detachably attached to the bottom of the steam head part, wherein the heating part and the steam head part have a large capacity for supplying water into the heating part. Bucket of the separately provided so that the appearance is made of canister (canister) form; A steam supply member for supplying steam generated in the heating part to the steam head part is provided; Vertically installed inside the steam head unit, and a pair of rotary shaft pipes connected by connecting hoses so as to receive steam from the steam supply member are spaced apart; Each of the rotary shaft tube is provided with a pair of rotary steam brushes that are fitted to each other so as to be rotatable by receiving power from the drive means provided on one side thereof to supply the spray nozzles of the steam supplied through the rotary shaft brush Through the steam evenly supplied to the entire pair of the mop pad that is detachable to the bottom through it is made to mop the mop while rotating spraying steam to the indoor floor. Accordingly, by separately configuring the case of the steam cleaner forming a canister type, a large-capacity bucket is installed therein, and continuously generated as steam to allow for long-term steam cleaning, as well as the rotary steam brush provided in the steam head part. The mop pad is detachably attached to the bottom surface, and the steam is ejected evenly throughout the pad, thereby providing effective mop steam cleaning and floor sterilization steam treatment.

Steam supply member, canister, steam rotating brush, steam head, rotating shaft pipe, spray nozzle, drive gear, driven gear

Description

Steam cleaner

1 is a schematic side view of a configuration of a steam cleaner according to the present invention

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head portion having a rotary steam brush of the steam cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 3 is a plan sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head unit according to an embodiment of the present invention

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head unit according to another embodiment of the present invention

5 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head unit according to another embodiment of the present invention

※ Explanation of code about main part of drawing ※

10; Case 20; Heating

21; Supply control valve 30; bucket

40; Steam head part 41; Connecting hose

42,43; Rotary shaft tube 50; Mop pad

60; Steam supply member 61; Steam connector

62; Handle 63; Flexible Hose

64; Branch tubes 70,71; Rotary steam brush

72; Injection nozzle 73; Space

74; Velcro Tape 75; External steam brush

72a; External spray nozzles 80; Driving means

81; Drive gear 82; Drive motor

83; Reduction gear 84; Driven gear

84a; Tube 100; steam cleaner

The present invention relates to a steam cleaner, and more particularly, to a steam cleaner having a large-capacity storage bucket to enable steam sterilization and cleaning for a long time, as well as a steam cleaner configured to exert a rotating mop cleaning effect using steam.

In general, in order to clean the mop of the indoor floor, in addition to mop or hand mop, a lot of cleaners are mainly used for mopping.

Such a conventional mop cleaner has a simple shape, and is provided with a plate-shaped mop plate at the end of a long bag, and a mop of pad type made of cloth or microfiber is attached to the bottom of the mop plate to be cleaned and washed. It is configured for reuse.

However, such a conventional mop cleaner has a troublesome problem in that the mop lacks water when used, and the mop should be washed with water from time to time.

In addition, as another configuration of the conventional mop cleaner, a cleaner has been developed and used to mop more conveniently by using a rotary mop rotated by a drive motor, but this also has to be detached from the rotating mop from time to time The hassle was not solved, moreover, sanitary cleanliness, there was also a problem that the sterilization effect is not achieved at all.

In order to solve this problem, a steam cleaner that can increase mop cleaning effect of the floor and also exhibit sterilization effect has been widely used.

The conventional steam cleaner is provided with a main body case in the form of a vacuum cleaner brush provided at the tip of the bag, the water is put into the heating unit provided inside the main body case and the water is heated by the heater provided outside the heating unit. Boil to generate steam is configured to be sterilized by steam through the injection nozzle formed on the bottom of the steam head portion.

In addition, the bottom of the steam head portion is configured to be removable mop floor by steam by configuring the removable cloth pad for mop.

However, since the conventional steam cleaner was initially made small in order to shorten the time for boiling water, the storage capacity of the heating unit for receiving water is small.

Therefore, there is a problem in that the steam floor can not be efficiently cleaned due to the frequent supply of water can not be steam cleaning for a long time.

In addition, the mop pad attached to the bottom of the steam head part has a simple mop shape, so that the mop was not cleaned well because the mop was cleaned by pushing and pulling the cleaner to the floor, even though steam is ejected through the pad. Dispersed throughout the pad was not evenly ejected to effectively remove the old contaminants on the floor, there was also a problem that the sterilization effect by steam is also very poor.

The present invention is devised to solve the conventional problems as described above, the object of the present invention is to configure the main body of the steam cleaner to be configured to store and heat a large amount of water to allow for a long time steam cleaning as well It is to provide a steam cleaner configured to effectively steam cleaning by having a steam head portion having a rotatable rotating steam brush at the same time as the steam is injected.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a steam cleaner capable of sterilizing the indoor floor with effective mop steam cleaning by detaching and rotating the mopping pad on the bottom of the rotary steam brush and simultaneously discharging the steam evenly over the entire pad. It is.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a steam cleaner capable of sterilizing the indoor floor by spraying steam to the outside of the steam head along with the mop cleaning by the mopping pad.

Another object of the present invention, by additionally selecting and spraying the steam in front of the steam head portion to rotate the rotary steam mop and the sterilization cleaning of the bottom outside the steam head portion at the same time or selectively. To provide a steam cleaner.

The present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a heating unit for generating steam by heating the water stored in the case and installed inside the case, connected to one side of the heating portion of the case steam is ejected In the steam head portion having a spray nozzle and a mop pad detachably attached to the bottom of the steam head portion by spraying steam to the floor to clean the mop, the heating portion and the steam head portion the case is the heating A large-capacity bucket for supplying water to the inside is separately provided, and its appearance is made of a canister form; A steam supply member for supplying steam generated in the heating part to the steam head part is provided; A rotary shaft tube installed vertically inside the steam head unit and connected to a connection hose to receive steam from the steam supply member; The rotary shaft tube is provided with a rotary steam brush which is fitted to be rotatable by receiving power from the driving means provided on one side thereof to be detachable to the bottom surface of the steam supplied through the rotary shaft brush through the spray nozzle of the rotary steam brush The mop pad is evenly supplied to the entire mop pad, characterized in that it is configured to clean the mop while rotating spraying steam to the indoor floor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the steam supply member is connected to the steam outlet of the heating unit is provided with a flexible hose made of a heat-resistant material, one end is connected to the flexible hose, the handle portion is formed on one side, the other end Consists of a steam connection pipe having a branch pipe hinged to the steam head portion.

The rotating shaft pipe is installed in parallel at appropriate intervals in the steam head, and its end is connected to the branch pipe formed at the end of the steam connection pipe, respectively.

In addition, the drive means is a drive motor having a drive gear, a reduction gear for receiving the power from the drive motor to rotate deceleration, and connected to the reduction gear portion, the center portion of the rotation shaft tube to be inserted to rotate outside It consists of a driven gear made of tubular body.

The rotary steam brush has a disc shape, and a space portion in which steam is filled is formed therein, and an upper end portion thereof is inserted into the outer side of the tubular body of the driven gear to rotate together, and a plurality of spray nozzles are formed throughout the lower bottom plate. The mop pad has a circular shape and is detachable to the bottom plate.

The rotary shaft tube, the rotary steam brush, and the mop pad may be configured one by one, but each pair may be configured to clean a larger area at the same time.

According to another embodiment of the present invention is provided with an external steam brush on the outside of the steam head portion is connected to the connection hose for supplying steam from the steam supply member to the external steam brush to the steam in front of the mop pad. Configured to supply.

According to another embodiment of the present invention is further provided with an external steam brush outside the steam head portion is connected to the connection hose branched from the steam supply member to the external steam brush to supply steam to the front of the pad for mop It is configured to selectively supply steam from inside and outside the steam head portion.

When described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as a configuration of the present invention as described above as follows.

Figure 1 is a schematic side view of the configuration of the steam cleaner according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head having a rotary steam brush of the steam cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 A cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the steam head unit according to an embodiment.

Referring to these drawings, the steam cleaner 100 according to the present invention has a case 10, the heating unit 20, the water tank 30 as its basic configuration. Consisting of the steam head 40 and the mop pad 50, the mop pad 50 is shown in an embodiment consisting of a pair.

The case 10 has a known heater (not shown) therein, and the heating part 20 having a closed tank structure is disposed at the front side, and the heating part 20 is located at one side thereof. The large-capacity water tank 30 for supplying water is separately provided and arranged horizontally so that its appearance is made of a canister type.

A plurality of wheels 11 and 12 are provided at both bottom and rear sides of the case 10 to provide convenience of movement of the canister steam cleaner 100.

The heating unit 20 and the water tank 30 are connected by a supply control valve 21 so that the appropriate amount of water is intermittently supplied into the heating unit 20 to continuously generate steam for a long time. It is configured to allow steam cleaning.

In addition, according to the present invention, the heating part 20 and the steam head part 40 are configured to be separated from each other, the middle of which is configured to be connected by the steam supply member (60).

The steam supply member 60 is for supplying the steam generated from the heating unit 20 to the steam head portion 40, it is configured in the form of a pipe (pipe) or hose (hose) having a predetermined length, Preferably, the steam is heat-insulated so as not to cause condensation due to heat loss while passing through the inside.

Here, a large comparison with the steam cleaner of the present invention is that in the case where the heating unit and the steam head unit are mounted together in one case as in the conventional steam cleaner, the overall size of the cleaner is made small and thus the water storage capacity and There was a problem that the steam cleaning is inefficient due to the small amount of steam generated.

However, in the present invention, the case is formed by separating the heating part 20 and the steam head part 40 as described above and connecting the middle part to the steam supply member 60. 10) it is possible to additionally have a large capacity bucket 30 therein.

In addition, the steam head portion 40 is configured in a more compact size to generate steam by the large-capacity water tank 30, so that the steam cleaning can be more effective, the steam head portion 40 is a steam cleaner While steam is continuously supplied from the case 10 of the 100, it is possible to freely spray steam to the desired place to steam cleaning.

In addition, the bottom of the steam head portion 40 is configured to detach the pair of the mop pad 50, the mop pad 50 is supplied with steam from the steam supply member 60 at the same time the bottom It is configured to wipe while rotating.

That is, inside the steam head 40, a pair of rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 connected to the connection hoses 41 so as to receive steam from the steam supply member 60 are provided at intervals.

Each of the rotary shaft tubes 42 and 43 has a pair of rotary steam brushes 70.

, 71 are fitted to each other is configured to be rotatable by receiving power from the drive means 80 provided on one side thereof.

Therefore, the steam supplied through the rotary shaft tube 42, 43 is a pair of the mop pad detachable to the bottom surface through the spray nozzle 72 of the rotary steam brush 70, 71 ( 50) Since the steam is supplied evenly to the entire floor, the steam can be rotated to the indoor floor, so that the floor can be blown and the mop can be cleaned by easily wiping away the contaminants that are not easily removed.

Referring to the configuration of an embodiment of a steam cleaner according to the present invention having such a configuration in more detail as follows:

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the mop pad 50 is attached to the bottom surfaces of the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 to rotate and at the same time the steam is evenly ejected to the mop pad 50. It is configured to enable floor sterilization along with effective mop steam cleaning.

First, the steam supply member 60 is for supplying the steam generated from the heating unit 20 to the steam head portion 40, the steam connection pipe 61 and the handle 62 and the flexible hose 63 It consists of.

The flexible hose 63 is made of a rubber or silicone material having a heat resistance to withstand the heat of the high temperature steam, the outer surface is insulated to affect the outside temperature when steam is passed into the flexible hose 63 It is configured not to receive.

One end of the flexible hose 63 is connected to the outlet of the heating unit 20, the other end is connected to the steam connection pipe (61).

The steam connection pipe 61 is for pushing and pulling the stem head part 40 to the floor for cleaning, and a handle part 62 is formed at the flexible hose 63 side, and the other end of the steam head part. It is comprised so that it may have the branch pipe 64 hinged with 40.

In addition, the steam connection pipe 61 is made of a synthetic resin having a heat resistance that can withstand the heat of high-temperature steam, similar to the flexible hose 63, the outer surface is heat-insulated and the steam passing through the inside is an external temperature It is configured not to be affected.

The steam supply member 60 having such a configuration is connected to the case 10 by a flexible hose 63, a handle 62 in the middle, and a steam connection pipe connected to the steam head part 40 ( 61 is hinged and rotatable and configured to supply steam.

In addition, the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 are installed in parallel at appropriate intervals in the steam head portion 40, the ends of which are in the branch pipe 64 formed at the end of the steam connection pipe 61. The connection hose 41 is connected.

This is because when the steam connection pipe 61 is rotated by the hinge rotation, the supply of steam continues even if the connection hose 41 is twisted or bent in response to the rotation angle change with the rotation shaft pipes 42 and 43. It is made of.

On the other hand, the drive means 80 is a configuration for rotating the rotary steam brush 70, 71, drive motor 82 having a drive gear 81, a reduction gear portion 83 and driven gear 84 Is done.

The drive motor 82 and the reduction gear 83 are installed between the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 of the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 inside the casing of the steam head 40. do.

The drive motor 82 and the reduction gear 83 is for mop cleaning in a state in which the rotary mop pads 70 and 71 are attached to the bottom surface of the mop pad 50 and the indoor floor in close contact with each other. It would be desirable to be configured to have suitable mechanical specifications.

The driven gear 84 has a central portion formed of a tubular body 84a so as to be fitted to the outside of the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 to rotate together.

The rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 are fitted to the outside of the end portion of the tubular 84a of the driven gear 84.

Accordingly, the steam supplied to the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 through the branch pipe 64 and the connection hose 41 of the steam connection pipe 61 is the rotary steam brush 70, 71. As the steam can be smoothly supplied into the driven gear 84, the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 receive rotational force from the reduction gear 83 at the outside of the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43. ) Are rotated together.

In addition, the rotary steam brush 70, 71 according to the present invention is made of a disk shape having a space portion 73 filled with steam therein, the upper end of the tubular body 84a of the driven gear 84 It is configured to have a locking structure so as to be fitted to the outside to rotate together, a plurality of the injection nozzle 72 is formed on the entire lower bottom surface.

And, the bottom surface of the rotary steam brush (70), 71, since the mop pad 50 is made of a cloth such as cotton or microfiber, Velcro tape (74) for attaching and detaching the mop pad 50) Is provided is configured to conveniently wash and replace the pad 50 for mop.

Meanwhile, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, the steam head 40 receives the steam from the steam supply member 60 and sprays steam to the front bottom to sterilize the bottom surface. A second spray nozzle 75 is further provided for the configuration.

This sprays steam into the bottom of the steam head part 40 while supplying steam in the branch pipe 64 to the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71, so that the mop pad 50 cannot reach the bottom. It will be able to sterilize pollutants and various germs when in the

Referring to the operation of the steam cleaner 100 according to the present invention configured as described above are as follows.

When the water contained in the bucket 30 of the case 10 is supplied to the heating unit 20, steam is generated by the heating operation of the heating unit 20, according to the present invention in the heating unit 20 When the water is all evaporated to steam, an appropriate amount of water is intermittently supplied to the opening and closing operation of the supply control valve 21 and steam is continuously generated in the heating unit 20 to supply water to the large capacity bucket 30. You will be able to steam clean for a long time until it runs out.

The steam generated by the heating unit 20 is supplied to the steam head portion 40 through the flexible hose 63 and the steam connection pipe 61 of the steam supply member 60.

Here, the steam reaching the branch pipe 64 of the steam connection pipe 61 is branched to both sides to the rotary shaft pipes 42 and 43 through the connection hose 41 of the steam head portion 40. The steam supplied through each of the rotary shaft tubes 42 and 43 is filled into the space 73 inside the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71.

At the same time, when the driving motor 82 is driven, the drive gear 81 rotates the reduction gear 83, and the rotational force reduced by the rotational force of the reduction gear 83 is transmitted to the driven gear 84. do.

The rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 fitted to the driven gear 84 are also sprayed through the spray nozzle 72 at the same time while the steam continuously supplied in the opposite direction rotates to the pad for mop ( 50) sprayed to the whole and then to the floor of the room.

At this time, since the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 are rotated, the water is spread by the steam throughout the pad 50 for the mop, and the steam is effectively mowed while cleaning the mop while blowing to the floor or by calling pollutants. Will be.

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 4, an external steam brush 75 is provided outside the steam head part 40.

The external steam brush 75 is directly connected to the connection hose 41 from the steam supply member 60, and is configured such that steam is not supplied toward the pad 50 for the mop.

In addition, the external steam brush 75 may be formed on one side of the outside of the steam head portion 40 or may be installed to inject steam over the entire outer circumference.

In the present embodiment, it is illustrated that the steam head part 40 is installed in front of the steam head part 40 in consideration of being mainly used while pushing and pulling.

The external steam brush 75 has a space portion 73 therein, a plurality of injection nozzles 72 are formed at one side to face downward.

And, it is configured to be connected to each of the connection hose 41 so as to receive steam from the steam supply member 60.

As described above, according to the external steam brush 75 provided on the outside of the steam head part 40, the mop of the mop pad 50 can be cleaned simultaneously or selectively by sterilization cleaning of the indoor floor with steam. It is a configuration.

That is, the mop cleaning and steam sterilization cleaning by the mop pad 50 can be selectively selected, and after the bottom of the room is treated with steam by the external steam brush 75, the mopping is performed. Mop cleaning can be performed as the pad (50).

In addition, when it is used for other sterilization treatment other than floor cleaning, it is possible to exert a useful steam cleaning effect to sterilize toys or beddings by steam injection of the external steam brush 75. will be.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 5 the outside of the steam head portion is further provided with an external steam brush 75, in the inside and outside of the steam head portion with the rotary steam brush It is possible to inject steam selectively.

Accordingly, the external steam brush 75 may be formed in an area in which the rotary steam brushes 70 and 71 do not reach when the steam injected from the injection nozzle 72a pushes and pulls the steam head 40 forward and backward. By disinfecting the floor at the same time to mop steam cleaning by the rotary steam brush (70), 71 will be able to maximize the cleaning effect is possible with a double sterilization steam treatment.

And, although not shown in the figure, the steam supplied to the rotary steam brush 70, 71 and the external steam brush 75 by additionally installing a separate switching valve in the branch pipe 62 of the steam When configured to control the supply, it will be possible to selectively and effectively make steam mopping cleaning even more effective.

The present invention as described above is not intended to be limited to the above embodiment, and may be implemented in various forms within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

That is, the rotation by the rotary brush and the steam injection operation can be performed at the same time, but by controlling the mode (cleaning) by the circuit control of the steam cleaner to make the steam and the rotary mop separately or alternately at the same time It can be configured so that it can be applied, and the mop pad will be able to apply several at the same time.

The present invention as described above is composed of a case of a steam cleaner forming a canister type, and equipped with a large capacity bucket therein to continuously generate steam to enable long-term steam cleaning, as well as the steam head The mop pad is attached to the bottom of the rotary steam brush to rotate and at the same time, the steam is ejected evenly throughout the pad to provide effective mop steam cleaning and floor sterilization steam treatment.

Claims (4)

A steam head unit having a case, a heating unit installed inside the case and heating water stored therein to generate steam, a spray nozzle connected to one side of the heating unit to eject steam, and the steam head unit In cleaning the mop by spraying steam to the floor by the mop pad attached to the bottom, The case is provided with a large-capacity water tank for supplying water into the heating unit, the outer shape is made of a canister (canister) form; A steam supply member for supplying steam generated in the heating part to the steam head part is provided; A rotary shaft tube installed vertically inside the steam head unit and connected to a connection hose to receive steam from the steam supply member; Each of the rotary shaft tube is provided with a rotary steam brush which is fitted to be rotatable by receiving power from the drive means provided on one side thereof, the steam supplied through the rotary shaft tube to the bottom surface through the spray nozzle of the rotary steam brush Steam cleaner, characterized in that configured to be able to clean the mop while spraying the steam evenly to the entire floor to the steam pad to be detachably attached to the mop pad. The method of claim 1, The steam supply member is connected to the steam outlet of the heating unit is provided with a flexible hose made of a heat-resistant material, one end is connected to the flexible hose, the handle portion is formed on one side, the other end is hinged with the steam head portion A steam connection pipe having a branch pipe; The rotary shaft tube is installed in parallel in the steam head portion at intervals and the end is connected to each of the branch pipe formed at the end of the steam connection pipe with a connection hose; The drive means includes a drive motor having a drive gear, a reduction gear part for decelerating rotation by receiving power from the drive motor, and a connection body connected to the reduction gear part and the center portion of which is inserted into the outer side of the rotating shaft tube to rotate the bell. Composed of synchronous words; The rotary steam brush is made of a disc shape. There is formed a space in which steam is filled, the upper end of the driven gear is inserted into the outer side of the tubular body and rotated together, a plurality of spray nozzles are formed in the entire lower bottom plate, the mop pad is circular Steam cleaner, characterized in that made to be detachable to the bottom plate. The method of claim 1, An external steam brush is provided on the outside of the steam head part so that the connection hose for supplying steam from the steam supply member is connected to the external steam brush to supply steam to the front of the pad for mop. . The method of claim 1, An external steam brush is further provided on the outside of the steam head part, and a connection hose branched from the steam supply member is connected to the external steam brush to supply steam to the front of the water mop pad, thereby selectively in / outside the steam head part. Steam cleaner, characterized in that the supply of steam.

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