KR20100020638A - Separate type vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A separable vacuum cleaner is provided to remove foreign materials by only moving a dust collecting unit. CONSTITUTION: A separable vacuum cleaner comprises a separating unit(40), a dust collecting unit(50), and a main body. The separating unit separates foreign materials from air. The dust collecting unit is attached or separated from the separating unit, and stores the foreign materials. The main body supplies suction force to the separating unit. One of the dust collecting unit and the separating unit is attached or separated from the main body.

Description

Separable Cleaner {SEPARATE TYPE VACUUM CLEANER}

The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a removable vacuum cleaner that can be combined or separated in the dust container, to expand the capacity of the dust container.

In general, a vacuum cleaner uses suction power according to a driving of a motor to suck and clean foreign substances. Recently, a vacuum cleaner has been developed that does not require a separate dust bag by separating dust in a cyclone manner, and has been well received by consumers. .

The cyclone cleaner has a separation chamber for separating foreign matters and a dust collecting chamber for storing foreign matters. The separation chamber functions to send foreign substances to the dust collection chamber by using centrifugal force.

1 is a view schematically showing a conventional cyclone cleaner.

Referring to Figure 1, the lid 11 is provided at the bottom of the dust container 10 of the cleaner. The lid 11 is rotatably coupled to the dust container 10, and is fixed or separated by the locking part 12 of the dust container 10.

Therefore, when the foreign matter is collected in the dust container, take the dust container 10 to the place to discharge the waste, open the lid 11 through the locking portion 12, and then discharge the dust collected.

Conventionally, it is necessary to carry the dust container itself to remove the stored foreign matter, when the capacity of the dust container is large, the load correspondingly increases, there is a problem that the user is difficult to carry the dust container.

In addition, in the related art, when the lid is opened, the foreign matter falls sharply, and thus there is a problem that the foreign matter scatters or falls outside the collection area.

Therefore, there is a need for improvement.

The present invention has been made in order to improve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a separate vacuum cleaner capable of designing a large-capacity dust collecting chamber by separating the dust collecting chamber.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a separation unit for separating foreign matter from the introduced air; A dust collecting part detachable from the separating part and storing foreign matter; And a main body for providing suction to the separation unit.

Any one of the dust collecting part and the separating part may be detachably attached to the main body.

A dust container assembly provided outside the separation unit; And a body assembly provided on an outer circumferential surface of the body and coupled to the dust container assembly.

The dust collecting unit is provided with an exhaust port dust collecting case is formed; A filter guide installed at the dust collecting case; And it characterized in that it comprises a filter seated on the filter guide.

The dust collecting case is characterized in that the handle is provided.

A locking protrusion provided in the filter; And a coupling protrusion provided on the filter guide and fixed to the locking protrusion.

A hook hook provided in the dust collector; And a locking part provided at the separation part and engaged with the locking hook.

The locking unit is exposed to the separation case forming the appearance of the separation unit; A pressure bar embedded in the separation case and moved by the button; An extension bar positioned on one side of the pressure bar; A bending bar formed by being bent from the extension bar; A fixed hook provided on the bending bar and hooked to the locking hook; And an elastic body positioned between the separation case and the extension bar to elastically support the extension bar.

As described above, the detachable cleaner according to the present invention is detachable from the foreign matter contained in the air, and the dust collector is detachably located at the lower part of the detachable part, so that the foreign matter can be removed by moving only the dust collector. It works.

In particular, the removable vacuum cleaner according to the present invention has the effect of removing foreign matter by separating only the dust collecting part even if the capacity of the dust container is increased.

On the other hand, since the filter is installed in the dust collecting unit according to the present invention, there is an effect of checking whether the filter is contaminated in the process of removing foreign matters.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a detachable cleaner according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thickness of the lines or the size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of description.

In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or custom.

Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

2 is a view showing a coupling relationship between the main body and the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is an embodiment of the present invention It is an exploded perspective view of the dust collector.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the cleaner 100 includes a main body 20 and a dust container 30. The body 20 is a suction force is generated by a motor not shown.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, the dust container 30 is divided into a separator 40 for separating air and inflow dust and a dust collector 50 for storing the separated foreign matter.

Separation portion 40 is formed in the inlet port 41, the air containing foreign matter is introduced, the centrifugal force is generated in the air introduced by the diaphragm (not shown). By this centrifugal force, foreign matter with a load falls.

The dust collecting unit 50 is coupled to or separated from the separating unit 40 to form a dust collecting chamber 51 in which foreign matter is stored.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the dust collector 50 is seated on the upper portion of the main body 20, the separator 40 is seated on the upper portion of the dust collector 50.

Dust bin 30 is designed to be coupled to or separated from the main body 20, any one of the dust collector 50 and the separating portion 40 is coupled to or separated from the main body 20. In one embodiment of the present invention, the dust container assembly 42 is provided on the outer side of the separation unit 40, the outer peripheral surface of the main body 20 is provided with a main body assembly 22 is fixed to the dust container assembly 42. The main body assembly 22 is rotated in one direction and locked to the dust container assembly 42 and rotated in the other direction to be separated from the dust container assembly 42.

3 and 4, the dust collecting unit 50 includes a dust collecting case 52, a filter guide 53, and a filter 54. The dust collecting case 52 corresponds to the appearance of the dust collecting unit 50, and a dust collecting chamber 51 for storing a foreign substance is formed therein. The dust collecting case 52 is provided with an exhaust port 55 for discharging air from the dust container 30. The exhaust port 55 is located above the suction part 21 formed in the main body 20 of FIG. The filter guide 53 is seated in the exhaust port 55, the filter 54 is seated in the filter guide 53.

A locking protrusion 56 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is formed at an inner lower end of the filter 54, and the filter guide 53 is provided with a coupling protrusion 57 that is caught by the locking protrusion 56. In one embodiment of the present invention, the shape of the engaging projection 56 and the engaging projection 57 is designed so that the filter 54 is fixed in the process of being seated and rotated on the upper side of the filter guide 53.

When the dust collecting unit 50 and the separating unit 40 are separated, a handle 56 is provided at the dust collecting case 52 so that the user moves the dust collecting unit 50. The handle 56 may be protruded or grooved to be gripped by a user.

5 and 6, the dust collecting case 52 corresponding to the external appearance of the dust collecting unit 50 is provided with a dust collecting chamber 51 storing foreign matters, and a separating case corresponding to the external appearance of the separating unit 40. (43) Inside is provided with a separation chamber 49 for separating air and foreign matter by centrifugal force.

In addition, the dust collecting part 50 is provided with a hook hook 58, and the separating part 50 is provided with a locking part 60 that is fixed to the hook hook 58 or is released.

The locking unit 60 is provided with a button 61, a pressure bar 62, an extension bar 63, a bending bar 64, a fixing hook 65, and an elastic body 66.

The button 61 is partially exposed to the separation case 43 and is inserted into the separation case 43 according to the pressure of the user. The pressure bar 62 is positioned below the button 61 to transmit the force acting on the button 61.

Extension bar 63 is provided in a pair of symmetrical lower portion of the pressure bar 62, the bending bar 64 is bent downward from the extension bar 63 extends.

The fixed hook 65 is provided on the bending bar 64 and has a shape to be hooked to the hook hook 58. The elastic body 66 is positioned between the separation case 43 and the extension bar 63 to extend the bar 63. ) Elastic support.

Therefore, when the button 61 is moved downward, the bending bar 64 is rotated so that the fixing hook 65 is released from the locking hook 58. In one embodiment of the present invention, the extension bar 63 and the bending bar 64 are integrally formed, and the portion where the extension bar 63 and the bending bar 64 are connected functions as a rotating shaft. On the other hand, the bending bar 64 has a refracted shape. Then, since the hooking hook 58 is caught by the fixed hook 65 in the state where the bending bar 64 is in contact with the inner side of the separation case 43, the fixed hook 65 is caught by the external impact. Departure from is prevented.

Referring to the operation of the removable vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention having the above structure as follows.

The dust container 30 is coupled to the upper portion of the main body 20 of the cleaner 100 to separate the foreign substances by sucking the air containing the foreign substances.

The dust container 30 includes a separator 40 for separating the introduced foreign matter and a dust collecting part 50 detachably attached to the lower portion and storing the foreign matter.

When it is necessary to remove the foreign matter stored in the dust collector 50, the main body assembly 22 and the dust container assembly 42 is released, and the main body 20 and the dust container 30 are separated. Then, the button 61 is pressed to separate the dust collecting part 50 and the separating part 40.

When the separation process of the separation unit 40 and the dust collecting unit 50 will be described in detail, the user presses the button 61 so that the pressure bar 62 is moved downward and is extended by the movement of the pressure bar 62. The bar 63 is moved downward.

As the extension bar 63 is moved, the elastic body 66 is contracted, and the extension bar 63 and the bending bar 64 are connected to each other to form a rotation axis, and the bending bar 64 is rotated.

Due to the rotation of the bending bar 64, the fixing hook 65 is released from the locking hook 58, so that the separating part 40 and the dust collecting part 50 are separated from each other.

As such, when the dust container 30 is separated, the user may remove only the foreign matter at a desired place by moving only the dust collecting part 50. At this time, the handle 55 is provided on the dust collecting part 50 to hold the dust collecting part 50.

Since the filter 54 is mounted on the dust collector 50, the degree of contamination of the filter 54 may be visually measured in the process of removing foreign substances from the dust collector 50, and thus, the cleaning of the filter 54 may be determined.

On the other hand, when the process of combining the dust collecting unit 50 to remove the foreign matter and the separation unit 40 in detail, the separation unit 40 is positioned on the dust collection unit 50, and moves the separation unit 40 downward. .

Due to the movement of the separating portion 40, the fixed hook 65 rotates the bending bar 64 in contact with the hook hook 58, and returns to the original position by the restoring force of the elastic body 66, while the fixed hook 65 Is fixed to the hook hook (58).

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible to those skilled in the art. Will understand.

Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the claims below.

1 is a view schematically showing a conventional cyclone cleaner.

2 is a view showing a coupling relationship between the main body and the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of a dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view of the dust collecting part according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a cross-sectional view of the combination of dust bin according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an exploded cross-sectional view of the dust container according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

20: body 30: dust bin

40: separator 50: dust collector

53: filter guide 54: filter

60: locking portion 61: button

62: pressure bar 63: extension bar

64: bending bar 65: fixed hook

Claims (8)

Separation unit for separating foreign matter from the introduced air; A dust collecting part detachable from the separating part and storing foreign matter; And And a main body for providing suction to the separation unit. The method of claim 1, Any one of the dust collecting part and the separating part is detachable cleaner, characterized in that attached to the main body. 3. The method of claim 2, A dust container assembly provided outside the separation unit; And Separable cleaner, characterized in that provided on the outer circumferential surface of the body comprising a body assembly coupled to the dust container assembly. The method of claim 1, The dust collecting unit is provided with an exhaust port dust collecting case is formed; A filter guide installed at the dust collecting case; And Separable cleaner comprising a filter seated on the filter guide. The method of claim 4, wherein The dust collecting case is a detachable cleaner, characterized in that the handle is provided. The method of claim 4, wherein A locking protrusion provided in the filter; And Separable cleaner, characterized in that it comprises a coupling protrusion which is provided on the filter guide and is fixed to the locking projection. The method of claim 1, A hook hook provided in the dust collector; And And a locking unit provided at the separation unit and locking the hook hook. The method of claim 7, wherein The locking unit is exposed to the separation case forming the appearance of the separation unit; A pressure bar embedded in the separation case and moved by the button; An extension bar positioned on one side of the pressure bar; A bending bar formed by being bent from the extension bar; A fixed hook provided on the bending bar and hooked to the locking hook; And And a resilient body positioned between the separation case and the extension bar to elastically support the extension bar.

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