KR20070103608A - Steam cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

A steam cleaner is provided to suck dust on the floor and to remove dirt or grease on the floor with a rotary floorcloth after steaming the dirt or grease, and then dry the floor with hot air discharged through a hot air outlet. A steam cleaner comprises a pad(10), a vacuum cleaning unit(20), a steam unit(30), a rotary floorcloth unit(40), and a water supply container(50). The pad is installed to the bottom of a case(3) having wheels to scour dust and debris from the floor. The vacuum cleaning unit has a vacuum suction hole(21) at the front part thereof, a hot air outlet(22) at the rear part thereof, and a suction motor(23) communicating the suction hole with the hot air outlet. The steam unit is installed to the rear part of the pad to spray steam on the floor. The rotary floorcloth unit is installed to a drive motor(41) to rotate between the steam unit and the hot air outlet. The water supply unit is connected with a detachable band(52) of a handle(51) through a hose(53). The handle is mounted outside the case.

Description

Steam Cleaner {STEAM CLEANER}

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

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view of the steam cleaner of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the rotary mop part in FIG.

Figure 4 is an enlarged view of the rotary mop in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a view showing another embodiment of the rotary mop portion in FIG.

Figure 6 is a side cross-sectional view showing that the pad mop is attached to the steam portion in FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

2: steam cleaner 3: case

10: pad 20: vacuum cleaner

21: vacuum inlet 22: hot air outlet

22F: Filter 23: Suction motor

30: steam part 32: squirt ball

33: squirting 34: space part

35: check valve 36: steam induction pipe

37: heater 38: heat transfer metal plate

39: absorption cloth 40: rotary mop part

41: drive motor 45: disc body

47: Rubber band 48: Mop material department

49: reinforcement disc 49-2: Dome part

50: water container 52: removable band

The present invention relates to a steam cleaner, and more particularly, by placing a vacuum suction port, a pad, a steam part, a rotary mop part, and a hot air outlet in the bottom plate in order to remove dust and foreign substances, as well as to remove old dirt and grease from the bottom with high temperature steam. After being sufficiently called, the floor was quickly cleaned with a rotary mop, followed by a steam cleaner to be dried and sterilized by high temperature hot air discharged.

In general, the vacuum cleaner is forced to circulate the air by the rotation of the motor to make the inside of the main body in a vacuum state, a strong suction force is generated by the pressure difference generated between the inside and the outside of the body to suck in dust and contaminants on the floor surface It is a cleaning device.

In addition, the steam cleaner heats the water stored in the main body to generate hot steam, and supplies the generated steam to the mop so that the mop maintains the proper temperature and humidity. It is a vacuum cleaner that can sterilize harmful bacteria that live in places and carpets.

Recently, in order to improve the efficiency of cleaning, a vacuum combined steam cleaner combined with a vacuum cleaner and a steam cleaner has been developed and used in various forms and functions.As a conventional example of the combined vacuum cleaner, Korean Utility Model No. 20-0331830 It can also be found in the "steam cleaner with vacuum cleaning function" and the registered utility model 20-0410348 "steam cleaner for both vacuums".

However, the former vacuum and steam cleaner has a problem that the steam cleaner and the vacuum suction means are integrally formed in the cleaner body, and the structure is complicated, and the mop part is too wet to be inefficient in wiping.

In addition, the latter vacuum combined steam cleaner has a problem that the manpower consumption by the manual operation of the worker is severe and the cleaning time is long because the floor is cleaned when the worker pushes or pulls the floor with the attached mop member.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, the object of the present invention is to remove the dust and foreign matter, as well as to remove the dust and dirt by placing in the order of the vacuum suction port, pad, steam, rotating mop, hot air outlet in the bottom plate After the old and oily times are sufficiently called hot steam, the floor mop is quickly cleaned by a rotary mop, and the steam cleaner is dried and sterilized by hot hot air discharged.

In order to achieve the above technical problem,

A pad installed to push dust or garbage at the bottom of the case where the wheel is installed;

A vacuum cleaner configured to have a suction motor connected to each other by forming a vacuum suction port on the front side and a hot air discharge port on the rear side of the case;

A steam unit installed at the bottom of the rear bottom plate of the pad and installed to discharge steam to the indoor floor;

A rotary mop unit installed in the driving motor to rotate the floor between the steam unit and the rear side and the hot air outlet;

It provides a steam cleaner, characterized in that consisting of a water supply container installed by a hose connected to the detachable band of the handle installed outside the case.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

1 is a perspective view showing a steam cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the steam cleaner of FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the rotary mop part in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the rotary mop part in FIG.

Referring to the drawings; Steam cleaner (2) and the pad (10) for pushing dust or trash to the bottom of the case (3); A vacuum cleaner (20) provided with a vacuum suction port (21) on the forward side of the case (3) and a suction motor (23) generating suction and hot air through the hot air discharge port (22) on the rear side; A steam unit (30) installed at the rear bottom of the pad (10) to discharge steam; A rotary mop unit 40 installed on the driving motor 41 to wipe the floor between the rear side of the steam unit 30 and the hot air discharge port 22; It consists of a water supply container 50 is variably detachable to the detachable band 52 of the handle 51 installed outside the case 3 and connected to the steam case 31 and the connection hose 53.

The pad 10 is formed in an inverted triangle shape at the bottom of the base plate 4 with a resin material. This reduces the friction with the floor to push the contaminants or dust to be sucked into the vacuum suction port (21).

The vacuum cleaner 20 filters the suction motor 23 which is connected to the forward side vacuum suction port 21 of the case 3, the bottom plate 4, and the air sucked into the suction motor 23 and fine waste. It consists of the filter 22F provided in the dust collector 22-1, and the hot air discharge port 22 connected by the pipeline so that the hot air which passed this filter 22F is discharged to the rear side of the base plate 4, and is provided.

The hot air outlet 22 is formed so that the hot air is discharged to the rear side of the rotary mop 40. This mop the rotary mop 40, and after drying the floor quickly and sterilization to clean the indoor air.

The bottom plate 4 is formed in the order of the vacuum suction port 21, the pad 10, the steam unit 30, the rotary mop 40, the hot air outlet 22 in the forward side. The base plate 4 is formed with a housing 43 having a predetermined space so that the rotary mop 40 is coupled to the rotation shaft 42 of the drive motor 41.

The steam unit 30 includes a jet plate 33 having a jet hole 32 formed at the rear bottom plate 4 so that steam is discharged to the indoor floor, and a space 34 formed by being coupled to the jet plate 33. In addition, a steam valve 35 is provided in the space 34 to allow variable filling of the steam, and a steam induction pipe 36 installed at a center thereof is installed to heat the power around the steam induction pipe 36. Absorption formed to absorb water by forming a predetermined thickness on the heater 37, the heat transfer metal plate 38 interposed on the upper and lower sides of the heater 37, and the top and bottom sides of the heat transfer metal plate 38. It is composed of a cloth (39).

The check valve 35 is variably controlled by a user's operation to block overheating of the device and damage to components due to over-discharge of steam.

The rotating mop portion 40 is the disk 45 is coupled to the rotating shaft 42 of the drive motor 41 provided in the housing 43 formed on the base plate 4 by a buried bolt (44).

In addition, the disk body 45 may be used to be provided with a mop material portion 48 is caught by the rubber band 47 on the engaging ring projection 46 formed on the outer peripheral surface.

And because the gloss of the cardboard is damaged by cleaning the steam mop rotates several times by the drive motor to compensate for the glossy of the damaged cardboard.

5 is a view showing another embodiment of the rotary mop part in FIG. Referring to the drawings, the rotating mop 40 has a reinforcement disc 49 through which the bolt hole 49-1 into which the fastening bolt 44-1 is inserted, and an edge on the surface of the reinforcement disc 49. The dome part 49-2 which protrudes to be wiped around is formed and comprised.

The water supply container 50 has a coupling groove 54 is formed on the outer circumferential surface, is fixed by a removable band 52 installed on the handle 51, the lid is connected to the steam case 31 and the connection hose 53 It is equipped with 55.

When the steam unit 30 generates heat by a power source to which the heater 37 is applied, the heat transfer metal plate 38 is heated. As the heat transfer metal plate 38 becomes hot, water is evaporated while being transferred to the surrounding absorbent cloth 39.

In the case of the steam cleaner (2) to replace the rotary mop 40 during the floor cleaning using the steam cleaner (2), the steam cleaner (2) of the type fixed to the rotary shaft 42 of the drive motor 41 In this case, it is possible to replace the prepared rotary mop part 40.

When explaining the operation of the present invention made as described above; When the water supply container 50 filled with water is fixed to the detachable band 52 of the handle 51, it is supplied into the steam case 31 through the connection hose 53.

Then, when the power is turned on, the steam cleaner 2 is operated. The heater 37, the suction motor 23, the driving motor 41, and the like are basically operated, and the suction of air, generation of steam, and heating are performed. It works with each other organically, such as the discharge of hot air.

When cleaning with the steam cleaner (2) operating as described above, dust or small foreign matter is first sucked through the vacuum suction port 21 is filtered by the filter 22F of the dust collecting container 22-1. At this time, the sucked air is discharged through the hot air outlet 22 on the mop indoor floor to sterilize with drying.

As the steam cleaner 2 moves while being sucked in dust or foreign matter, the pad 10 removes or pushes out the foreign matter attached to the bottom, and the ejection hole of the jet plate 33 is provided at the bottom of the pad 10. The hot steam discharged through (32) is discharged to soak contaminants or old and oily times.

Old or oily times of the bottom surface soaked by the high temperature steam is wiped several times by the rotary mop portion 40 rotating at a high speed. And the floor passed by the rotary mop 40 is dried and sterilized by the hot hot air discharged to the hot air outlet 22.

In addition, the user variably operates the check valve 35 according to the floor condition so that steam is discharged, thereby preventing overheating of the device and damage to components.

As described above, in the case of the replaceable steam cleaner (2) during the floor cleaning using the steam cleaner (2), the user loosens the fastening bolt (44-1) directly if necessary, the rotary mop (40) Just replace. In addition, in the case of the steam cleaner 2 of the type fixed to the rotary shaft 42 of the drive motor 41, the rubber band 47 of the mop material portion 48 prepared on the engaging ring projection 46 of the disk body 45 It is used as a substitute for walking and covering.

In addition, the gloss of the cardboard is damaged by the cleaning of the steam is rotated by the drive mop several times by the drive motor to correct the glossy of the damaged cardboard.

6 is a side cross-sectional view showing that the pad mop is attached to the steam unit in FIG. Referring to the drawings, the pad mop 60 is formed in the steam part 30 by forming the Velcro fasteners 61 on the bottom plate 4 around the jet plate 33 assembled to the bottom plate 4 of the case 3. Makes it possible to attach.

Accordingly, by wiping the old or oil stains of the indoor floorboard with the pad mop 60, and by wiping the rotary mop part 40, the mop is doubled and cleaned. In addition, the mop pad 60 is used variably according to the user's convenience.

In addition, since the exchange structure is adopted to be used to replace a number of rotary mop prepared in a variety of forms if necessary, it is possible to actively reflect the cleaning tendency of the consumer.

As described above, the present invention forms a vacuum suction port, a pad, a steam part, a rotary mop part, and a hot air discharge port in the bottom plate of the steam main body in order to quickly clean the floor, such as removing old or oil stains.

Since the wiping operation by the mop by the rotation mop portion that is rotated by the power is made at a high speed rotation has the effect of wiping the floor several times.

In addition, the exchange structure is adopted that can be used to replace a number of rotary mop prepared in a variety of forms, there is an effect that actively reflects the cleaning tendency of the consumer.

In addition, the gloss of the cardboard, which is damaged by cleaning the steam, because the rotary mop rotates several times by the drive motor, there is also an effect to correct the gloss of the damaged cardboard.

Claims (10)

A pad installed to push dust or garbage at the bottom of the case where the wheel is installed; A vacuum cleaner configured to have a suction motor connected to each other by forming a vacuum suction port on the forward side and a hot air discharge port on the rear side of the case; A steam unit installed at the bottom of the rear bottom plate of the pad and installed to discharge steam to the indoor floor; A rotary mop unit installed in the driving motor to rotate the floor between the steam unit and the rear side and the hot air outlet; Steam cleaner, characterized in that consisting of a water supply container connected to the detachable band of the handle installed outside the case by a hose. The method according to claim 1, The vacuum cleaner is connected to the forward side vacuum suction port of the case bottom plate by a suction pipe, a filter installed in the dust collecting container to filter air or fine waste sucked by the suction motor, and hot air passing through the filter to the rear side of the bottom plate. Steam cleaner, characterized in that consisting of hot air outlet is installed connected to the pipeline to be discharged. The method according to claim 1, The hot air discharge port is a steam cleaner, characterized in that the hot air is formed on the rear side of the rotary mop to be discharged to the indoor floor. The method according to claim 1, The bottom plate of the steam cleaner, characterized in that the vacuum suction port, pads, steam portion, rotary mop portion, hot air discharge outlet is arranged in the forward side. The method according to claim 1, The base plate has a steam cleaner, characterized in that the housing having a predetermined space is formed so that the rotary mop is coupled to the rotating shaft of the drive motor. The method according to claim 1, The steam portion is formed in the steam plate installed in the steam case installed on the bottom of the bottom plate bottom of the pad and the ejection hole formed so that the steam is discharged to the indoor floor, the space portion formed by combining the ejection plate, and the filling of the steam in this space variable A steam induction pipe installed through the center with a fork check valve, a heater connected to the steam induction pipe, and an electric heating metal plate interposed on the upper and lower sides of the heater, and the upper and lower parts of the heating metal plate. Steam cleaner, characterized in that formed in a predetermined thickness on the side consisting of an absorbent cloth laminated to absorb water. The method according to claim 1, The rotary mop part is a steam cleaner, characterized in that the disk is coupled to the rotating shaft of the drive motor provided in the housing formed on the bottom plate. The method according to claim 1, The rotary mop part is a steam cleaner, characterized in that the reinforcing disk is formed through the bolt hole is inserted into the bolt, and the dome portion protruding to be wiped around the edge of the surface of the reinforcement disk is formed. The method according to claim 1, The water supply vessel is a steam cleaner, characterized in that the coupling groove is formed on the outer circumferential surface, fixed by a removable band installed on the handle, the lid is connected to the water supply tank and connected to the hose. The method according to claim 7, The disk body is a steam cleaner, characterized in that provided with a mop material portion that is covered with a rubber band on the engaging ring formed on the outer peripheral surface.

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