KR20110049105A - A suction cleaner comprising a device injecting steam or detergent into exhaust filter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A vacuum cleaner including a steam/detergent injection unit in an exhaust filter is provided to discharge clean air by the installation of a steam/detergent injection unit on an exhaust filter in order to disinfect air including fine dusts. CONSTITUTION: A vacuum cleaner including a steam/detergent injection unit comprises a dust collector, an exhaust filter(500), and a steam disinfecting device. The dust collector is installed in the main body. The dust collector separates and collects dusts included in the air absorbed from the outside. The exhaust filter purifies the air passing through the dust collector. The steam disinfecting device is mounted on one side of the exhaust filter. The steam disinfecting device disinfects air. The steam injection device comprises a water tank(510), a steam generator(520), and a pump(530). The water tank is formed inside the main body. The steam generator receives the water from the water tank and generates steam. The pump sprays steam provided from the steam generator to the exhaust filter.

Description

Vacuum cleaner with steam or detergent injector in exhaust filter {A SUCTION CLEANER COMPRISING A DEVICE INJECTING STEAM OR DETERGENT INTO EXHAUST FILTER}

The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a vacuum cleaner provided with a steam or detergent injector in an exhaust filter to disinfect air discharged through the exhaust filter.

In general, a vacuum cleaner is a device that sucks air containing dust by using suction power generated by a suction motor mounted inside the main body, and then collects dust by filtering the dust inside the main body.

As a type of vacuum cleaner, a canister cleaner which separates the main body and the suction nozzle according to its shape and is connected to a predetermined pipe and a hose, and an up-right type vacuum cleaner in which the suction nozzle and the main body are provided as one. It is roughly divided into.

In general, a vacuum cleaner includes: a suction nozzle, a dust collector for separating and collecting dust and other foreign substances from the air introduced from the suction nozzle, and a fan motor assembly connected to an air discharge part of the dust collector to generate suction power. And, and connected to the discharge portion of the fan motor assembly includes a filter for filtering the air flowing out.

By the way, the air discharged from the vacuum cleaner is exhausted as it is without filtering the fine dust of a predetermined size or less by the exhaust filter. Therefore, it is intended to minimize the fine dust contained in the exhaust air by configuring the exhaust filter as a multi-filter such as triple filter or quadruple filter.

To this end, recently, the multi-filter generally includes a HEPA filter to remove fine dust.

However, as described above, fine particles such as very fine dust, bacteria, viruses, etc. are not collected even by a high-performance filter such as a HEPA filter, but have a problem of being discharged again to the outside of the vacuum cleaner.

The fine dust and other foreign matter may cause problems such as respiratory disease when a person inhales.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, even if fine dust or other foreign matter contained in the air discharged through the exhaust filter of the vacuum cleaner, disinfect the exhaust air by spraying steam or detergent to the exhaust filter The object is to provide a vacuum cleaner that can.

Vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the body; A dust collecting device mounted on the main body to separate and collect dust and other foreign matter contained in air sucked from the outside; An exhaust filter for purifying the air discharged through the dust collector; It is mounted to one side of the exhaust filter is characterized in that it comprises a steam injection device for disinfecting the discharged air by injecting steam into the exhaust filter.

According to the vacuum cleaner of the present invention, even if fine dust or other foreign matter is contained in the air discharged through the exhaust filter of the vacuum cleaner, it is possible to disinfect the exhaust air by injecting steam or detergent into the exhaust filter. have.

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

1 is a rear perspective view showing the main body appearance of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

As shown, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a main body 1, a cover member 20 for covering the upper part of the main body 1 so as to be openable and closed, and a user provided on the upper surface of the cover member 20. It includes a handle 30 that can be easily gripped.

Both side surfaces of the main body 1 are provided with wheels 10 for allowing the main body 1 to be easily moved.

The rear of the main body 1 is provided with an exhaust filter cover 50 for protecting the exhaust filter 500, see Fig. 2 or 3 provided therein. The exhaust filter cover 50 is provided with a lever 52 at the upper end and a hinge 54 at the lower end. The exhaust filter cover 50 is opened by pulling the lever 52 and opened by the hinge 54. Can be rotated down.

In addition, an exhaust portion 56 for discharging air passing through the exhaust filter 500 is formed at a central portion of the exhaust filter cover 50. This exhaust part 56 is preferably formed in the form of a mesh as shown.

2 is a cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration and the air flow of the main body 1.

As shown, the front of the main body 1 is provided with a dust collector 100 for collecting dust and other foreign matter, the dust collector 100 is composed of a transparent material collected dust and other foreign matter from the outside It is desirable to be visible.

The dust collector 100 includes a dust collector 110 in which dust and other foreign matter are collected, and a handle 140 mounted to the dust collector 110.

In addition, a fixing plate 180 and a rotating plate 190 for compressing dust or other foreign matter are provided inside the dust collecting container 110.

The cyclone system 300 capable of separating air and dust is mounted inside the main body 1. Here, the cyclone system 300 is provided in the center of the body portion 310 and the air discharge member 320 and the body portion 310 provided in the body portion 310 and including a plurality of through-holes. It is provided with a discharge unit 330 for discharging the dust separated from the air.

Below the body portion 310 is provided with an inlet (not shown) through which the outside air and dust flows. In addition, an intake flow passage 2, which is a flow path of air sucked from the outside, is formed below the dust collector 100, and is connected to an inlet of the cyclone system 300.

The motor protection filter 350 is provided at the rear of the body portion 310 to filter the air discharged from the body portion 310. The motor protection filter 350 is mounted in a flow path connected to the fan motor unit 400 to be described later from the body portion 310 to prevent foreign matter from entering the fan motor unit 400 to prevent the fan motor unit from being damaged.

In addition, a fan motor unit 360 is formed below the cyclone system 300 to form a vacuum pressure for sucking air, and the fan motor unit 360 is connected to the motor protection filter 350 to supply a motor. The air passing through the protective filter 350 is sucked and passed through the exhaust filter 500 provided at the rear of the main body 1 and then discharged to the outside.

Look at the overall flow of air shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG.

Air containing dust or other foreign matter introduced into the intake passage 2 is introduced into the cyclone system 300, and the separated dust or other foreign matter is collected and accumulated in the dust collecting container 110 of the dust collecting device 100. . The air from which the dust and other foreign matters are separated is first filtered while passing through the motor protection filter 350, passed through the fan motor unit 400, and then filtered again by the exhaust filter 500 and then discharged outside the main body 10. .

3 to 5 will be described in detail the configuration of the vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum cleaner including a steam injection device in an exhaust filter includes: a main body (1); A dust collector (100) mounted on the main body (1) to separate and collect dust and other foreign matter contained in air sucked from the outside; An exhaust filter 500 for purifying the air discharged through the dust collector 100; It is mounted on one side of the exhaust filter 500 is characterized in that it comprises a steam injection device for disinfecting the air discharged by injecting steam into the exhaust filter 500.

As shown in FIG. 3, the exhaust filter 500 is mounted in a space provided at the rear of the main body 1. The upper part of the exhaust filter 500 is provided with a filter attaching and detaching lever 501 so that the exhaust filter 500 can be separated and cleaned.

The exhaust filter 500 is mounted to block the exhaust flow path 55 which is continued from the fan motor 400.

The right side of the space in which the exhaust filter 500 is mounted is provided with a steam injection device configured to inject steam into the exhaust filter 500.

The steam jet unit may include a water tank 510 for receiving water, a steam generator 520 for generating steam by heating water supplied from the water tank 510, and exhausting steam supplied from the steam generator. It comprises a pump 530 for spraying to the filter.

The water tank 510 is preferably provided with a lid 515 at the upper portion, and is detachably provided. Accordingly, when the water tank 510 is replenished with water, the water tank 510 is removed and taken out. The lid 515 can then be opened and remounted after pouring water.

The water tank 510 is not limited to one side of the space in which the exhaust filter 500 is mounted, and may be mounted on the upper portion of the space or outside the body.

The left side of the water tank 510 is provided with a steam generator 520. The steam generator 520 heats the water supplied from the water tank 510 to generate steam.

The pump 530 is connected to the upper portion of the steam generator 520. The pump 530 pumps to inject the steam from the steam generator 520 at high pressure.

3 and 4, the side of the pump 530 is provided with an injection nozzle 550 for injecting steam toward the side of the exhaust filter 500. An injection hole 555 is formed at the side of the case of the exhaust filter 500 to inject steam at a position facing the injection nozzle 550.

The steam injected through the injection hole 555 in the injection nozzle 550 is not only injected at high pressure but also absorbed by the exhaust filter 500, and thus may be supplied to all parts of the exhaust filter 500. .

In addition, although one injection nozzle 550 is formed on the side of the pump 530 in the illustrated embodiment, a plurality of injection nozzles for injecting steam toward the upper side of the pump 530 are arranged up and down. It could be.

FIG. 5 illustrates that the position and direction of the spray nozzle 551 connected from the pump 530 are different from those of the spray nozzle 550 of FIG. 4.

That is, in the steam spraying apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the connecting pipe 540 extends from the pump 530 to the upper surface of the exhaust filter 500, and the lower surface of the connecting pipe 540 is formed. The jet nozzle 551 is provided with a plurality. In addition, an injection hole 556 is formed at each position where each injection nozzle 551 is provided on the upper surface of the case of the exhaust filter 500.

When steam is injected downward toward the upper surface of the exhaust filter 500 in this way, since the steam is absorbed by the exhaust filter 500 and moved downward by gravity, the steam is absorbed more than the above-described first embodiment. Is made faster. In addition, by providing a plurality of injection nozzles 551 on the upper surface of the exhaust filter 500, it is possible to evenly spray the exhaust filter 500 to absorb.

Next, a vacuum cleaner according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 or 7. Here, the configuration different from the configuration of the above embodiment will be mainly described, and description of the same configuration will be omitted.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a vacuum cleaner including a detergent spraying device in an exhaust filter includes: a main body (1); A dust collector (100) mounted on the main body (1) to separate and collect dust and other foreign matter contained in air sucked from the outside; An exhaust filter 500 for purifying the air discharged through the dust collector 100; It is mounted on one side of the exhaust filter 500 is characterized in that it comprises a detergent injection unit for disinfecting the air discharged by spraying the detergent into the exhaust filter.

As shown in FIG. 6, the detergent spraying apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a detergent tank 511 provided inside the main body 1 and a detergent supplied from the detergent tank 511 in the exhaust filter 500. It includes a pump 530 for spraying.

Only the detergent tank 511 and the pump 530 are mounted on the right side of the space in which the exhaust filter 500 is mounted. Therefore, the remaining space other than the space occupied by the pump 530 is formed to occupy the detergent tank 511. That is, the detergent tank 511 has a recess formed in the upper left portion, the pump 530 is disposed and connected to the recess.

The shape and arrangement of the pump 530 and the detergent tank 511 may be appropriately modified according to the space formed inside the vacuum cleaner.

In addition, in the first embodiment of the detergent spraying device, an injection nozzle 550 is formed on the left side of the pump 530, and the injection nozzle 550 faces the case side of the exhaust filter 500. The injection hole 556 is formed in the viewing position, and the detergent is injected into the exhaust filter 500 from the injection nozzle 550 through the injection hole 556.

Similarly, the upper portion of the detergent tank 511 is provided with a lid 515, it is preferable that the detergent tank 511 is detachably mounted.

Next, as shown in FIG. 7, in the second embodiment of the detergent injection device, a connection pipe 540 is extended from the pump to an upper surface of the exhaust filter 500, and the exhaust filter ( A plurality of spray nozzles 551 for spraying detergent downward toward the upper surface of 500 are formed on the lower surface of the connecting pipe 540.

In addition, the injection hole 556 is formed on the upper surface of the case of the exhaust filter 500 to face the injection nozzle 550.

And, it is preferable that the detergent contains a disinfectant or insecticide. Originally, detergents are used to clean foreign substances, which can be enhanced by disinfectants or pesticides.

In addition, by adding a fragrance substance to the detergent may be to smell in the air discharged through the exhaust filter 500.

Finally, a preferred embodiment of the exhaust filter 500 will be described with reference to FIG. 8. The connecting pipe 540 and the plurality of injection nozzles 551 illustrated in FIG. 8 illustrate an embodiment in which the injector injects steam or detergent downward toward the upper surface of the exhaust filter 500.

The exhaust filter 500 is preferably a triple filter composed of three filters overlapping each other. In particular, the triple filter includes a deodorizing filter 502 for removing odors from the air passing through, a HEPA filter 504 for removing fine dust adjacent to the deodorizing filter 502, and an adjacent HEPA filter 504. It may include a sponge filter 506.

Arrows shown in FIG. 8 indicate the flow direction of air passing through.

First, the deodorizing filter 502 removes odor from air containing fine dust.

Next, the HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Arrestor) filter 504 is known to remove 99.97% of fine dust, bacteria and viruses of 0.3 μm or more.

The sponge filter 506 also serves to protect the HEPA filter 504 and filters the air before it is finally discharged.

When the exhaust filter 500 is a triple filter as described above, it is preferable that the injection nozzles 550 and 551 inject detergent into the sponge filter 506.

Because, when steam or detergent injected by the injector of the present invention is injected into the deodorizing filter 502 or HEPA filter 504, the deodorizing or filtering function of the two filters (502, 504) may be weakened This is because air can be difficult to pass smoothly.

The sponge filter 506 is a final filter through which air passes, and disinfects the air passed by steam or detergent injected by the injector of the present invention and then discharges it to the outside of the main body 10.

According to the present invention, by disinfecting the air passing through the exhaust filter to the outside of the main body it can minimize the adverse effects caused by fine dust, bacteria or viruses.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited only to this specific embodiment, and those skilled in the art are appropriately within the scope described in the claims of the present invention. Changes will be possible.

1 is a rear perspective view showing the main body appearance of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing the internal structure and the air flow of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

3 is a rear perspective view illustrating a state in which the exhaust filter cover is removed and the exhaust filter is removed in FIG. 1.

4 is a front view schematically showing the configuration of the steam spraying apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a front view schematically showing the configuration of the steam spraying apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a front view schematically showing the configuration of the detergent spraying device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a front view schematically showing the configuration of a detergent spraying device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a perspective view schematically illustrating a position of an injection nozzle of the steam or detergent injector of FIG. 5 or 7 when the exhaust filter is configured as a triple filter.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: main body

2: intake flow path

10: wheels

20: main body cover

30: handle

50: exhaust filter cover

55: exhaust flow path

56: exhaust

100: dust collector

300: cyclone system

400: fan motor unit

500: exhaust filter

502: deodorizing filter

504 HEPA filter

506: sponge filter

510: water tank

520: steam generator

530: pump

540: connecting pipe

550, 551: spray nozzle

555, 556: injection hole

Claims (6)

A main body; A dust collecting device mounted on the main body to separate and collect dust and other foreign matter contained in air sucked from the outside; An exhaust filter for purifying the air discharged through the dust collector; And a steam injection device mounted on one side of the exhaust filter to inject steam into the exhaust filter to disinfect the discharged air. The method of claim 1, The steam injection unit, A water tank provided inside the main body, Steam generator for generating steam by heating the water supplied from the water tank and And a pump for injecting steam supplied from the steam generator to the exhaust filter. The method of claim 2, The steam spraying unit further comprises an injection nozzle for injecting steam discharged from the pump toward the side of the exhaust filter. The method of claim 2, The steam injection unit, A connection pipe extending from the pump to an upper surface of the exhaust filter; And a plurality of injection nozzles formed on a lower surface of the connecting pipe and spraying steam downwardly toward the upper surface of the exhaust filter. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The exhaust filter, Deodorization filter to remove odor from the air passing through, A HEPA filter for removing fine dust adjacent to the deodorizing filter; Vacuum cleaner comprising a sponge filter adjacent to the HEPA filter. The method of claim 5, The spray nozzle is a vacuum cleaner, characterized in that for injecting steam to the sponge filter.

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