KR970002237Y1 - Battery case for a vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

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Battery case of self-driving cleaner

Figure 1 (a) is a perspective view of a conventional automatic driving cleaner.

(b) is a side view of a conventional automatic driving cleaner.

2 is a battery wiring diagram of a conventional automatic driving cleaner.

3 is a side view of the present invention automatic driving cleaner.

Figure 4 (a) is a front view showing a battery wiring state of the present invention automatic driving cleaner.

(b) is a plan view showing the battery wiring state of the present invention automatic driving cleaner.

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of the electrode holder provided in the battery case of the present invention automatic driving cleaner.

Figure 6 (a) is a cross-sectional view showing a coupling state of the electrode holder and the battery of the present invention.

(b) is a cross-sectional view showing a state after coupling the electrode hole and the battery of the present invention.

＊ Explanation of symbols on main parts of drawing

13A, 13B: Battery Terminal 18: Battery Case

20A, 20B: Electrode holder 21A, 21B: Through groove

22A, 22B: fixed protrusion 23A, 23B: elastic electrode

24A, 24B: fastening hole 25: electrode

The present invention allows the battery to be charged directly in the assembled state of the vacuum cleaner, and the battery of the autonomous vacuum cleaner that allows the battery to be directly attached to or removed from the electrode holder provided in the battery case without having to attach or remove a separate wire to the battery terminal. It's about the case.

Conventional autonomous vacuum cleaner is a soft rubber that is surrounded on all sides of the cleaner main body 1 to halve the impact when collided with an obstacle such as a wall or furniture when driving the cleaner, as shown in (a) (b) of FIG. Bumper 2, an ultrasonic sensor 3 for detecting obstacles and the like provided on the front of the bumper 2, a caster 4 for guiding the cleaner direction, a wheel 5 for driving the cleaner and The suction port 6 and the brush 7 which suck in dust and dirt while driving the cleaner, the side brush 8 which collects dust in the corners and sends it to the suction port 6, and the respective brushes 7 and 8, respectively. Brush drive motors 9A and 9B for driving, a dust collecting chamber 10 for collecting dust and dirt sucked, and a suction motor 11 for generating suction force so that dust and dirt are sucked from the suction port 6. ) And a first battery 12A for supplying power to drive the ultrasonic sensor 3 and the wheel 5. ), A second battery 12B for supplying power to the suction motor 11 so as to generate a suction force, and a battery terminal 13A of the batteries 12A and 12B provided at an upper portion of the second battery 12B. A control circuit board 14 connected to 13B for driving and controlling the cleaner, a remote controller receiver 15 for receiving a remote controller signal to automatically drive the cleaner by a remote controller signal, and manually driving / stopping the cleaner. The travel switch 16 and the stop switch 17 is configured.

2 is a connection wiring diagram of the second battery 12B for supplying power to the suction motor 11 of the cleaner and the control circuit board 14 for driving control of the cleaner.

In the conventional automatic driving cleaner configured as described above, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the user manually runs the cleaner by operating the travel switch 16 provided in the cleaner main body 1 to drive the cleaner. When the vacuum cleaner is automatically driven by the remote controller signal received by the receiver 15, the power is supplied to the ultrasonic sensor 3, the wheel 5, the suction motor 11, and the like by the battery 12A and 12B. The cleaner runs by the driving program input.

That is, when the side brush 9B attracts dust such as corners while driving the cleaner, the suction port 6 sucks dust and dirt by the suction power of the suction motor 11 and collects it in the dust collecting chamber 10 to perform cleaning. do.

When the cleaning is completed, the user operates the remote controller and transmits a remote controller signal to stop the driving of the cleaner, and the remote controller receiving unit 15 receives the automatic stop of the driving of the cleaner or manually stops the cleaner. By operating the switch 17, all the operations of the cleaner which completed cleaning are stopped.

At this time, if a certain period of time passes and all the power charged in the battery 12A (12B) is discharged and the cleaner does not operate, the user removes the cover of the cleaner body 1 and removes the battery terminal of the battery 12A, 12B. After the batteries 12A and 12B are separated from the control circuit board 14 connected to the 13A and 13B, each battery 12A and 12B is charged using a separate charging device.

When the charging is completed, the user can drive the vacuumed cleaner by connecting the control circuit board 14 to the battery terminals 13A and 13B after coupling the batteries 12A and 12B to the cleaner.

However, in the conventional vacuum cleaner, when the charging power of the batteries 12A and 12B is discharged during a certain period of time, the user detaches the battery 12A and 12B connected to the control circuit board 14 by removing the cover of the cleaner body 1. Then, when the user replaces the battery or uses a charged battery while charging the battery by using a separate charging device, the power is charged to each of the separated batteries 12A and 12B, and then coupled to the inside of the cleaner body 1 again. There was a problem in that the battery was separated from the cleaner and not easily assembled.

In order to solve the conventional problems, the present invention has a battery case in which an electrode holder is fastened to store batteries for supplying power to each sensor, the driving wheel, and the suction motor, and thus the user wants to replace the battery with a new battery. The battery terminal can be directly connected to the electrode holder fastened to the case without a separate wire, and the cleaner can be charged using a separate charger when the battery power is discharged. And explaining the effect as follows.

3 is a side view of the present invention automatic driving cleaner, the first battery (12A) for supplying power to drive the ultrasonic sensor (3) and the wheel (5), the suction power so that dust and dirt is sucked through the suction port (6) Battery case 18 to which the electrode holder which can store and store the second battery 12B for supplying power to the suction motor 11 for generating a battery in one place to supply the power to drive the cleaner And a charging capacitor 19 connected to a control circuit board 14 for driving and controlling the cleaner and connected to a separate charging device for charging power to the batteries 12A and 12B. The same parts as in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and redundant descriptions are omitted.

4 is a battery wiring diagram inserted and stored in the battery case 18 of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the battery case of the present invention is fastened to the battery case 18 into which the terminals 13A and 13B are inserted when the batteries 12A and 12B are inserted into the battery case 18, as shown in FIG. The through holes 21A and 21B formed so that the battery terminals 13A and 13B are inserted below the electrode holders 20A and 20B and the electrode holders 20A and 20B. The fixing protrusions 22A and 22B protruding from the electrode holders 20A and 20B and the battery terminals 13A and 13B are connected to the battery case 18 so as not to be separated from each other by being fastened to the battery case 18. The elastic electrodes 23A and 23B to which the battery terminals 13A and 13B come in contact so that the batteries 12A and 12B are connected in series when fitted to the 21A and 21B, and the elastic electrodes 23A and ( Fastening holes 24A and 24B formed on one side of the electrode holders 20A and 20B so that one side of the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B protrudes so that the 23B is fastened to the electrode holders 20A and 20B; Elastic electrodes 23A protruding from the fastening holes 24A and 24B ( It consists of an electrode 25 fitted between the rear surfaces of the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B and the fastening holes 24A and 24B so that one side of 23B does not fall out.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, the operation effect of the present invention configured as described above is such that when the user inserts the batteries 12A and 12B into the battery case 18 to perform cleaning by driving the cleaner, the battery case 18 may be used. When the battery terminals 13A and 13B are inserted into the through holes 21A and 21B formed under the electrode holders 20A and 20B fastened to the electrode holder 20A and 20B, the elastic electrodes fastened in the electrode holders 20A and 20B It is in contact with one side of 23A) 23B.

At this time, the other of the elastic electrodes 23A, 23B protrudes into the fastening holes 24A, 24B formed on one side of the electrode holder 20A, 20B, and then the electrode 25 is pushed to the elastic electrode 23A. The elastic electrodes 23A and 23B are sandwiched between the rear surface of the 23B and the fastening holes 24A and 24B so as not to be pulled out.

Therefore, the user inserts the battery terminals 13A and 13B into the through grooves 21A and 21B formed in the lower portion of the electrode holder 20A and 20B, thereby closely contacting one side of the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B. The power is supplied to the sensor 3, the wheel 5, and the suction motor 11, and the cleaner performs indoor cleaning according to the input program while the user operates the cleaner running switch 16.

On the other hand, when the battery is discharged while the user is driving the cleaner to perform indoor cleaning, the battery 12A is directly connected by connecting a separate charging device to the charging capacitor 19 connected to the control circuit board 14 for controlling the driving of the cleaner. Charge power to 12B.

As described above, each battery for supplying power to each part of the cleaner is inserted into the battery case and stored so that the battery can be easily detached and removed without the need for a separate wire. When charging the battery when the power is discharged by connecting it to a separate charging device to the charging capacitor without separating from the vacuum cleaner to charge the battery to the power it has the effect of improving the reliability of the automatic driving cleaner.

Claims (2)

In the vacuum cleaner for cleaning the room by driving the ultrasonic sensor 3, the wheel 5, the suction motor 11, etc. by the power charged in the respective batteries 12A, 12B, each battery is inserted A separate charging device that can be stored and connected to a battery case 18 capable of building a cleaner power supply line when the battery is coupled, and a control circuit board 14 for driving and controlling the cleaner to charge power to the batteries 12A and 12B. Battery case of the automatic driving cleaner consisting of a charging capacitor 19 is connected. The battery terminal 18A (20A) and 20B into which the battery 12A and 12B are fitted, and the battery terminal 13A (below the electrode holder 20A and 20B). 13B is formed so that the through grooves 21A and 21B and the electrode holders 20A and 20B are fixed to the battery case 18 so as not to be separated and fixed to protrude above the electrode holders 20A and 20B. When the projections 22A and 22B and the battery terminals 13A and 13B are fitted into the through grooves 21A and 21B, the battery terminals 13A and 13B are connected in series so that the batteries 12A and 12B are connected in series. The elastic electrodes 23A and 23B, which are in contact with each other, and the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B are fastened to the electrode holders 20A and 20B so that one side of the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B protrudes. The fastening holes 24A and 24B formed on one side of the electrode holder 20A and 20B and the elastic electrodes 23A and 23B protruding from the fastening holes 24A and 24B are elastic so as not to fall out. It is sandwiched between the back of the electrodes 23A and 23B and the fastening holes 24A and 24B. The battery case of the automatic traveling cleaner consisting of electrode 25.