KR20050014652A - Steam cleaner having vacuum cleaning function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A steam cleaner having a vacuum cleaning function is provided to secure a structure capable of reliably preventing sprayed steam from being scatter. CONSTITUTION: A steam cleaner having a vacuum cleaning function comprises a steam-producing unit; a rotating plate(40) having a steam inflow hole formed in the top center; a steam guide unit guiding steam produced from the steam-producing unit to the steam inflow hole; and a rotating unit rotating the rotating plate. Steam spray holes(43) where a duster is arranged are formed in the bottom of the rotating plate. A sealing part is installed between the steam guide unit and the steam inflow hole. A vacuum suction-cleaning unit is installed to the front of the rotating plate.

Description

Steam cleaner having vacuum cleaning function

The present invention relates to a steam cleaner, and more particularly, a vacuum suction cleaning means for sucking and collecting dust in the front is provided, and a steam cleaning means for directly injecting steam into a mop for cleaning foreign substances on the floor while rotating backward. The present invention relates to a steam cleaner having a vacuum cleaning function to perform vacuum suction cleaning and steam cleaning functions at once.

In general, a steam cleaner generates steam by heating water stored in a main body, and supplies the generated steam to a mop to wipe the contaminants on the floor while the mop maintains proper temperature and humidity. It is a device to perform.

However, such a conventional steam cleaner is excellent in cleaning the contaminants on the floor, but has the inconvenience of being used separately from the vacuum cleaner.

That is, if there is dust and garbage when cleaning the floor with a steam cleaner, there is an inconvenience of first picking up the garbage, sweeping it with a broom or inhaling it with a vacuum cleaner before cleaning the floor.

As a steam cleaner to solve this, for example, the Republic of Korea Utility Model Publication (148059 and 299354), the Republic of Korea Patent Publication (2003-41569, 1995-12993 and 1995-30962), and The one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Utility Model Publication No. 3096121 is proposed.

The steam cleaner of the publication has a rotary plate and a steam injection hole are arranged in front and rear of each other. Therefore, when steam is sprayed to the floor through the steam spraying hole, cleaning in the form of wiping with a mop is performed.

However, since the steam is first sprayed on the floor, the use efficiency of steam due to scattering is reduced, and there is a problem that water is left around when mopping is less.

In addition, when the vacuum suction cleaning means is further added, the rotary plate and the steam injection holes are arranged side by side before and after each other, there is a disadvantage that the volume of the cleaner increases.

An object of the present invention is to provide a steam cleaner having a structure capable of reliably preventing the spray of steam is sprayed to solve the above problems.

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

2 is a partial side cross-sectional view of FIG.

3 is a plan view of a steam cleaner body according to the present invention;

4 is a bottom view of the steam cleaner body according to the present invention;

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG.

7 is an enlarged view illustrating an enlarged assembly part of the rotating plate in FIG. 6;

8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C of FIG.

Figure 9 is a plan view showing only the gear box in the present invention.

10 is an exploded perspective view showing the main part of the rotating plate according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing the main part of FIG. 7; FIG.

Steam cleaner of the present invention for achieving the above object is a steam generating means; Steam inlet is formed on the upper surface, the rotary plate is formed on the lower surface of the steam injection hole to be mop; Steam guide means for guiding the steam generated by the steam generating means to the steam inlet; It comprises a rotating means for rotating the rotating plate.

According to this configuration, since steam is injected directly into the mop, it is possible to reliably prevent the steam from scattering.

In the above configuration, if the sealing portion is further installed between the steam guiding means and the steam inlet hole to move relative, it is possible to surely prevent the leakage of steam due to the rotation.

On the other hand, if the vacuum suction cleaning means is further installed on the front side of the rotating plate, not only the vacuum suction cleaning and steam cleaning functions can be performed at once, but also the volume of the main body can be compactly implemented.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are a perspective view and a partial side cross-sectional view of a steam cleaner having a vacuum cleaning function of the present invention, Figures 3 and 4 are a plan view and a bottom view of a steam cleaner body 10 according to the present invention, Figure 5 is a view 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG. 4, and FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of the rotating plate, and FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the main part of FIG. 7.

The steam cleaner body 10 according to the present invention is divided into an upper case 10-1 and a lower case 10-2 so as to be assembled and separated.

A portion of the upper case 10-1 is provided with a connector 11 so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction, and the connector 11 is provided with a coupling groove 12 into which a connecting table 20 to be described later is fitted. A part of the groove 12 is formed with a locking hole 12a.

Connecting rod 20 is used to push the main body 10, is typically configured to be adjustable in length, the upper end of the handle is formed, the lower end corresponding to the engaging hole (12a) of the connector 11 The locking protrusion 20a is formed to prevent the connecting table 20 from being easily separated when the connecting table 20 is fitted into the coupling groove 12.

The lower case 10-2 has a suction port 14 for vacuum suctioning dust and garbage at the front of the bottom surface, and at the rear there is a rotary plate installation space 13 into which a pair of rotary plates 40 to be described later are inserted. Is formed.

The steam generating means is built in the main body 10. The steam generating means is composed of a water tank 30 in which water is largely stored, and a heater 36 for generating steam by heating the stored water installed at one lower side of the water tank 30.

The water tank 30 is assembled so that the case 31 and the cover 32 are separable and sealed with the bolts 33. And the water tank 30 is formed with an injection hole (32a) for supplying water to a portion of the cover 32, the injection hole (32a) is opened and closed by a stopper (35). In addition, steam guide means are installed on both sides of the water tank (30). That is, as the steam guide means, it is preferable that the steam discharge pipes 34 respectively formed at positions corresponding to the rotating plate 40 to be described later are configured. The upper end of the steam discharge pipe 34 extends upward in close proximity to the bottom of the cover 32, the lower end extends downward to be connected to the steam inlet hole of the rotating plate 40 to be described later, the generated steam is A moving passage 34a is formed through.

Here, the portion in which the inlet 32a is formed is located below the horizontal line than the upper portion of the steam discharge pipe 34, because the water injected into the water tank 30, the passage of the steam discharge pipe 34 This is to prevent the discharge through the 34a.

The heater 36 is configured to operate when power is supplied, and bimetal 37 is integrally provided at one side. Here, the bimetal 37 serves to stop the operation of the heater by detecting it when the temperature of the heater 36 rises above a predetermined temperature due to the reason that the water supply is stopped.

The rotary plate installation space 13 provided on the bottom surface of the main body 10 is provided with a rotary plate 40 on which the mop 70 is disposed.

Coupling shaft 41 is installed on the upper surface of the rotating plate 40, the sealing cover plate 45 for sealing the steam distribution groove 42, the steam distribution groove 42, the sealing cover plate ( 45, a velcro 44 formed around it is provided.

The rotating plate 40 includes a pair of left rotating plate 40-1 that rotates in a clockwise direction so that the mop 70 rotates automatically and a right rotating plate 40-2 that rotates in a counterclockwise direction. .

In addition, the coupling shaft 41 extends upward in each of the rotating plates 40, and the coupling shaft 41 is formed as a hollow 41b, and the steam of the water tank 30 is formed in the hollow 41b. The lower end portion of the discharge pipe 34 is inserted and inserted. Here, the sealing shaft is treated between the coupling shaft 41 and the outer surface of the steam discharge pipe 34 is configured to prevent the leakage of steam. That is, between the steam discharge pipe 34 and the steam inlet hole, more specifically, the coupling shaft 41, as shown in Figs. 7 and 11, the sealing portion 340 of the O-ring type is provided. . The sealing part 340 ensures sealing while smoothly performing the relative movement between the rotary coupling shaft 41 and the fixed steam discharge pipe 34. In addition, a hook 41a is formed at an outer circumference of an upper end of the coupling shaft 41.

A plurality of steam distribution grooves 42 communicating with the hollow 41b of the coupling shaft 41 and the steam inflow hole are formed in the rotating plate 40, and each steam distribution groove 42 has at least one steam powder. The sealing cover plate 45 is provided with a hole 43 is punched. This coupling is performed by the coupling hole 46a provided in the steam distribution groove 42 and the coupling protrusion 46b protruding from the sealing cover plate 45. By this structure, since the steam is injected directly to the mop 70 through the steam spray hole 43, there is no waste or scattered water due to scattering. Steam distribution groove 42 is preferably configured to form three places at equal intervals of 120 ° in the radial form.

And, the bottom surface of each rotating plate 40 is provided with a Velcro 44 to easily attach the mop 70, the Velcro 44 is injection molded integrally with the rotating plate 40, or a separate plastic Injection molded into the rotating plate 40 has a fixed structure. Here, the Velcro 44 has a plastic material to prevent the Velcro from being deformed by the heat of steam. Velcro 44 is preferably formed between the steam distribution groove 42 and the steam distribution groove (42). In addition, the mop 70 is preferably implemented as a pad detachable to the Velcro 44. On the other hand, the mop 70 may be covered with the rotating plate 40 to be used.

On the other hand, the sealing portion 130 is also provided between the coupling shaft 41 and the lower plate case 10-2 in terms of preventing the leakage of steam more reliably. This sealing portion 130 is almost similar in function to the sealing portion 340 described above.

Each of the rotating plate 40 is rotatably installed through a separate rotation means provided in the cleaner body 10.

The rotating means has a gear box 50 detachably assembled with upper and lower parts, and inside the gear box 50, a bidirectional motor having motor shafts 52 and 55 extending in the middle and left and right sides thereof, respectively, 51) is installed.

Left and right lateral rims (53, 56) are integrally formed on the left and right motor shafts (52, 55), and the left and right worm wheels (54, 57) are engaged with the left and right lateral rims (53, 56) and clockwise and counterclockwise directions. It is rotatably installed. Here, the left and right worms 53 and 56 may be separately manufactured and configured to be fixedly coupled to the left and right motor shafts 52 and 55. And. The left and right worm wheels 54 and 57 are formed with bosses 54a and 57a extending downward in the middle of the bottom, and axial coupling holes 54b and 57b are formed through the bosses 54a and 57a. In the shaft coupling holes 54b and 57b, hooking jaws 54c and 57c to which hooks 41a formed at the upper ends of the coupling shafts 41 of the left and right rotating plates 40-1 and 40-2 are fitted are formed. do. Accordingly, the rotational force of the left and right worm wheels 54 and 57 is transmitted to the left and right rotating plates 40-1 and 40-2 through the bosses 54a and 57a and the coupling shaft 41, and thus the left rotating plate 40-1. ) Is rotated clockwise, and the right turn plate 40-2 is rotated counterclockwise. In addition, it is preferable that a multi-faceted socket structure (wrench principle), a spline, or the like is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the boss 54a and the outer circumferential surface of the coupling shaft 41 to more securely transmit the rotational force of the coupling shaft 41.

Meanwhile, a vacuum suction cleaning means is provided in front of the cleaner main body 10 so as to vacuum-suck and remove dust and garbage through the suction port 14 formed in the main body 10 before cleaning the mop.

The vacuum suction cleaning means sucks air in the dust collecting chamber 60 while rotating by the motor 61 and the dust collecting chamber 60 where dust and garbage sucked in through the suction port 14 of the main body 10 are collected. Installed in the fan 62 for discharging the air, the exhaust guide tube 63 for guiding the discharged air, and the suction port 14 of the main body 10, and rotates together when pushing the main body 10 to suck in dust and garbage. (14) It consists of the brush 64 attracting inward.

The dust collecting container 60 is detachably installed at one front side of the main body 10, and a suction hole 60a communicating with the suction port 14 of the main body 10 is formed at a portion of the bottom surface, and the suction hole 60a When the motor 61 is operated, a vent 60b is installed which is opened by the suction force of air and is closed when the operation of the motor 61 is stopped. In addition, an air discharge hole 60c is formed inside the dust collecting container 60 in the direction of the exhaust guide cylinder 63, and surrounds the discharge hole 60c to filter the air discharged through the discharge hole 60c. Filter 60d is provided.

The motor 61 is installed to be inserted into a part of the main body 10, that is, the exhaust guide cylinder 63, the fan 62 is coupled to the shaft of the motor to discharge the air discharge hole (60c) of the dust collector (60) It is installed close to and sucks the air in the dust collecting container 60 through the discharge hole (60c).

Air sucked through the fan 62 is guided to be discharged to the outside through the exhaust guide (63).

The exhaust guide cylinder 63 has a plurality of through holes 63a formed on one surface thereof so that the air sucked through the fan 62 is sucked into the inside thereof, and a plurality of exhaust holes 63b through which the air sucked into the inside is exhausted. ) Is formed. In addition, one surface of the exhaust guide cylinder 63 is configured such that the edge portion thereof extends in the lateral direction and is in contact with one surface of the dust collecting cylinder 60, whereby a fan 62 is provided on one surface of the exhaust guide cylinder 63. An acceptable space is formed. This space is for allowing the air sucked through the fan 62 to be exhausted laterally through the exhaust guide cylinder 63 without directly dispersing to the outside.

The brush 64 is continuously installed along the longitudinal direction at predetermined equal intervals on the outer circumference of the roller 64a rotatably installed in the suction port 14 of the main body 10. Both ends of the roller 64a are provided with rubber wheels 64b which are in direct contact with the cleaning bottom surface and rotate by the force when the main body 10 is pushed while rotating the roller 64a. Here, the length of the brush 64 is preferably at least as long as the radius of the wheel 64b.

On the other hand, although not shown, a part of the main body 10 is provided with a cable and a plug for supplying power. In addition, a main button 15 for operating the heater 36 and a sub-button 16 for operating the bidirectional motor 51 and the motor 61 are provided. In addition, the water tank 30 is provided with a water supplement display unit 17 for displaying whether or not the water is insufficient and a steam discharge display unit 18 for displaying whether the steam is discharged. In addition, the wheel may be further provided on both sides of the bottom of the bottom surface of the main body 10 so that the main body 10 can move well when cleaning.

Now, the operation and operational effects of the present invention thus constructed will be described.

When you want to clean using this cleaner, first open the stopper 35, supply water to the water tank 30, close the stopper, and supply power. At this time, the water to be supplied is maintained at an appropriate water level by the position of the inlet (32a).

Then, by pressing the main button 15 and the sub-button 16 to operate the mop cleaning function and the vacuum suction cleaning function using steam together, grab the handle 21 of the connecting rod 20 while pushing the cleaner to clean Just run it.

For better understanding, the operation of mop cleaning and vacuum suction cleaning with steam will be explained further.

Initially, the main button 15 is pressed to supply power to the heater 36. Then, the heater 36 operates to heat the water stored in the water tank 30, and as the water is heated, steam or steam is generated. The steam is discharged through the inner passage 34a of each steam discharge pipe 34, and the inner passage 34a of the steam discharge pipe 34 opens the hollow 41b of the coupling shaft 41 formed on the rotating plate 40. It is moved along the steam distribution groove 42 through. The moved steam is directly injected to the mop 70 through the steam injection hole (43).

When steam is supplied to the mop 70, the sub button 16 is pressed to operate the bidirectional motor 51 in the gear box 50 and the motor 61 of the vacuum suction cleaning means.

First, when the bidirectional motor 51 is operated, the left motor shaft 52 and the right motor shaft 55 rotate together at the same speed. Then, while the left worm 53 is rotated together with the left motor shaft 52, the left worm wheel 54 is rotated in the clockwise direction, and the boss 54a and the coupling shaft 41 of the left worm wheel 54 are rotated. The left rotating plate 40-1 connected by each other rotates clockwise together. Then, while the right worm 56 rotates along with the right motor shaft 55, the right worm wheel 57 is rotated counterclockwise, and the boss 57a and the coupling shaft 41 of the right worm wheel 57 are rotated. The right rotating plate 40-2 connected by the to rotate together in the counterclockwise direction.

By this operation, since the left turn plate 40-1 rotates clockwise and the right turn plate 40-2 rotates counterclockwise, the mop 70 attached to the turn plate 40 rotates to clean the floor. As you brush your teeth, you will move forward.

Next, when the motor 61 of the vacuum suction cleaning means is operated, the fan 62 connected to the shaft of the motor rotates and sucks the air in the dust collecting chamber 60 through the air discharge hole 60c to exhaust the exhaust guide cylinder 63. Exhaust through the through hole 63a and the exhaust hole 63b. At this time, since the suction hole 60a of the dust collecting container 60 and the suction opening 14 provided in the bottom surface of the main body 10 are in communication with each other, dust and rubbish on the cleaning floor surface are introduced into the dust collecting container 60 through the suction opening 14. Is inhaled. In addition, since the air discharge hole 60c of the dust collecting container 60 is provided with a filter 60d, the air in the dust collecting container 60 is discharged when the fan 62 is operated, but dust and garbage are collected in the dust collecting container 60. Is collected in

This vacuum suction cleaning function is further enhanced by the brush 64 provided in the cleaner body 10. That is, when the cleaner main body 10 moves forward, the wheel 64b provided in front of the main body 10 is rotated by the force to rotate the roller 64a, and the plurality of brushes 64 move the roller 64a. And rotate with the brush 64 as it rotates, thereby pulling up the dust and rubbish into the suction port 14, and the dust and rubbish are more easily sucked into the dust collecting container 60.

Of course, when the cleaning is completed, since the dust collecting container 60 can be separated, the dust and garbage in the dust collecting container 60 may be discarded.

While the invention has been shown and described with respect to particular embodiments, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as indicated by the claims. It will be easy to see.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, since steam is injected directly into the mop, it does not hit the floor and scatter to other places, thereby improving the use efficiency of steam and leaving no water around.

In addition, since the coupling shaft is configured to serve as both a steam guide means and a rotating means, the steam is directly injected to the mop, so that the size of the front and rear direction is not increased even when installed in parallel with the vacuum suction cleaning, thereby realizing the compactness of the device. Can be.

In addition, since there is a vacuum suction cleaning means in front, dust and garbage suction cleaning using vacuum can be performed in parallel, so that more efficient cleaning can be performed.

In addition, in the present invention, the mop is rotated when the mop is rotated when cleaning the mop, the mop can be cleaned with a small force.

Claims (3)

Steam generating means; A rotary plate having a steam inlet hole formed at a center of an upper surface thereof, and a steam spraying hole formed at a lower surface thereof with a mop; Steam guide means for guiding the steam generated by the steam generating means to the steam inlet; Steam cleaner comprising a rotating means for rotating the rotating plate. The steam cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a sealing part is further provided between the steam guiding means and the steam inlet hole, which are relative to each other. The steam cleaner according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a vacuum suction cleaning means is further provided on the front side of the rotating plate.