US20120216366A1

US20120216366A1 - Steam cleaner

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Publication number: US20120216366A1
Application number: US13/189,088
Authority: US
Inventors: Oscar Chow
Original assignee: XIOTIN IND CO Ltd
Current assignee: XIOTIN IND CO Ltd
Priority date: 2011-02-28
Filing date: 2011-07-22
Publication date: 2012-08-30
Also published as: CN201987467U

Abstract

A steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping includes a main body; a handle arranged at an upper end of the main body; and a cleaning towel arranged at a bottom of the main body. The main body is provided with a shell, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device, and the inner cavity of the shell is further provided with a telescopic sweeping device, and wherein the shell or the handle is provided with a switch for controlling the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor. The switch controls the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor. A user only needs to press or rotate the switch, so that the sweeping device can be automatically outwardly extended to sweep the floor; and after cleaning, the user only needs to press or rotate the switch so that the sweeping device can be inwardly retracted, and the steam cleaning function is recovered, therefore, the steam cleaner is very convenient to be used.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the field of a cleaning tool, and more particularly, to a steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping.

RELATED ART

The steam cleaner converts cleaning water into high-temperature and high-pressure stem by a steam generating system, and sprays the steam to a mop cloth which is arranged at a cleaning end of the cleaner to kill various bacterium, microbes, germs and the like on a surface of a cleaned object, thereby being widely used for the sterilizing, the dedusting, the decontaminating, and the deoiling occasion and so on, and being suitable for enterprises and families. Currently, the steam cleaner is additionally provided with a sweeping device, and a distal end of the sweeping device is a hair brush used for sweeping the floor or the ground. The functions such as the sweeping and the steam cleaning of a conventional product only can be switched by manually changing a component which is arranged at the bottom of the product, so that the use of the conventional steam cleaner is very inconvenient.

SUMMARY

The present patent application aims at providing a steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping the floor, and solving a problem of the inconvenient use of an existing steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping the floor.
The technical problem of the present patent application is solved by the following solutions: a steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping includes a main body, a handle arranged at an upper end of the main body and a cleaning towel arranged at a bottom of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a shell, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device, and the inner cavity of the shell is further provided with a telescopic sweeping device. The shell or the handle is provided with a switch which controls the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor.
The preferable technical scheme of the present patent application is as follows:
Preferably, the sweeping device includes a cover defining an opening therein. The sweeping device further includes a motor, a rotating brush shaft, a hair brush disposed around the rotating brush shaft, and a garbage scoop used for collecting garbage; and the rotating brush shaft is arranged near to the opening of the cover for connecting with the motor.
Preferably, a bottom of the garbage scoop is a horizontal structure.
Preferably, the switch is a button or a rotary knob.
Preferably, the steam generating device includes a water tank, a water pump, a heater and a nozzle; the water pump is communicated with the water tank and the heater by a water conducting pipeline and a water transporting pipeline respectively; the heater is communicated with the nozzle by a steam pipeline; and the nozzle is arranged above the cleaning towel.
The shell of the steam cleaner is internally provided with the telescopic sweeping device; and the switch controls the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor. Once seeing the garbage on the ground during cleaning the ground by steam, a user only needs to press or rotate the switch, so that the sweeping device can be automatically outwardly extended to sweep the dust on the ground; and after cleaning, the user only needs to press or rotate the switch, so that the sweeping device can be inwardly retracted, and the steam cleaning function is recovered, therefore, the steam cleaner is very convenient to be used.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural view of the steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a use state view of the steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 3 is a structural view of the sweeping device in accordance with the embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In order to describe the objects, the technical schemes and the advantages of the present patent application more clearly, the present patent application is further explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and an embodiment. However, it is to be appreciated that the following description of the embodiment is merely exemplary in nature and is no way intended to limit the present patent application.
The present patent application provides a steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping, which includes a main body, a handle arranged at an upper end of the main body and a cleaning towel arranged at a bottom of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a shell, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device, and the inner cavity of the shell is further provided with a sweeping device. The shell or the handle is provided with a switch for controlling the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor. The detailed implement of the steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping the floor is described in detail with reference to the accompanying embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping the floor includes a main body 1, a handle 2 arranged at the upper end of the main body 1 and a cleaning towel 3 arranged at the bottom of the main body 1. The main body 1 includes a shell 11, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device. The steam generating device includes a water tank 12, a water pump 13, a heater 14 and a nozzle 15 arranged below the main body 1. An inlet of the water pump 13 is connected with the water tank 12 by a water conducting pipeline 16, and an outlet of the water pump 13 is connected with an inlet of the heater 14 by a water transporting pipeline 17, an outlet of the heater 14 is connected with the nozzle 15 by a steam pipeline 18, and the cleaning towel 3 is arranged below the nozzle 15. Cleaning water becomes high-pressure steam in the heater 14, and the high-pressure steam is transported to the nozzle 15 by the steam pipeline 18 and is sprayed to the cleaning towel 3 by the nozzle 15 to realize the function of cleaning the floor at high temperature.
The steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping the dust is further provided with a sweeping device 4 for automatically sweeping the floor. The sweeping device 4 is arranged in the shell 11, and preferably, the sweeping device 4 is arranged below the inner portion of the shell 11. The shell 11 or the handle 2 is provided with a switch 5 for controlling the sweeping device 4 to be telescopic and sweep the floor. When sweeping the floor, the switch 5 controls the sweeping device 4 to be extended out of the shell 11 to sweep the floor, and controls the sweeping device 4 to be retracted into the shell 11 after the floor has been swept.
The shell of the steam cleaner is internally provided with the telescopic sweeping device; and the switch controls the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor. Once seeing the garbage on the ground during cleaning the ground by steam, a user only needs to press or rotate the switch, so that the sweeping device can be automatically outwardly extended to sweep the floor; and after cleaning, the user only needs to press or rotate the switch, so that the sweeping device can be inwards retracted, and the steam cleaning function is recovered, therefore, the steam cleaner is very convenient to be used.
Further, referring to FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the sweeping device 4 may have the structure as follows: the sweeping device 4 further includes a cover 41 defining an opening, a motor 42 and a rotating brush shaft 43, a hair brush 44 disposed around the rotating brush shaft 43. The motor 42 dives the rotating brush shaft 43 to rotate by a belt. The rotating brush shaft 43 is adjacent to the opening of the cover 41 to thereby have the hair brush 44 contacted the ground in large-area. A garbage scoop 45 for collecting the garbage is provided in the cover 41. When sweeping the floor, the motor 42 is firstly operated, and the motor 42 drives the rotating brush shaft 43 to rotate by the belt, thereby sweeping the garbage on the ground into the garbage scoop 45.
In the embodiment, in order to gain good cleaning effect, the garbage scoop 45 is preferably arranged near to the hair brush, and a bottom of the garbage scoop is a horizontal structure. In use, the bottom of the garbage scoop is closed to the ground, and the garbage scoop in good time collects the garbage swept by the hair brush.
In the embodiment, the switch 5 may be a button, and the switch 5 should be pressed if the floor needs to be swept, so that the sweeping device 4 extends out of the shell 11 to work. When the switch 5 is pressed again, the sweeping device 4 stops sweeping and then is retracted in the shell 11. The switch 5 may be a rotary button, and the switch 5 is rotated towards the left and the right to thereby make the sweeping device start to sweep the floor. Similarly, the switch 5 is reversely rotated to thereby make the sweeping device stop to sweep the floor. Certainly, the switch 5 may be other type switches and not repeatedly described herein.
The present invention may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or novel characteristics thereof. The embodiments disclosed in this application are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not limitative. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description; and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.

Claims

1. A steam cleaner capable of automatically sweeping comprising:

a main body;

a handle arranged at an upper end of the main body; and

a cleaning towel arranged at a bottom of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a shell, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device, and the inner cavity of the shell is further provided with a telescopic sweeping device, and wherein the shell or the handle is provided with a switch for controlling the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor.

2. The steam cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sweeping device further comprises a cover defining an opening therein, and the sweeping device further comprises a motor, a rotating brush shaft, a hair brush disposed around the rotating brush shaft, and a garbage scoop used for collecting garbage; and the rotating brush shaft is arranged near to the opening of the cover for connecting with the motor.

3. The steam cleaner as claimed in claim 2, wherein a bottom of the garbage scoop is a horizontal structure.

4. The steam cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switch is a button or a rotary knob.

5. The steam cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the steam generating device comprises a water tank, a water pump, a heater and a nozzle; the water pump is communicated with the water tank and the heater by a water conducting pipeline and a water transporting pipeline respectively; the heater is communicated with the nozzle by a steam pipeline; and the nozzle is arranged above the cleaning towel.

6. A steam cleaner comprising:

a main body;

a handle arranged at an upper end of the main body; and

a cleaning towel arranged at a bottom of the main body, wherein the main body is provided with a shell, an inner cavity of the shell is provided with a steam generating device, and the inner cavity of the shell is further provided with a telescopic sweeping device, wherein the shell or the handle is provided with a switch for controlling the sweeping device to be telescopic and sweep the floor, wherein the sweeping device further comprises a cover defining an opening therein, and the sweeping device further comprises a motor, a rotating brush shaft, a hair brush disposed around the rotating brush shaft, and a garbage scoop used for collecting garbage; and the rotating brush shaft is arranged near to the opening of the cover for connecting with the motor; and wherein the steam generating device comprises a water tank, a water pump, a heater and a nozzle; the water pump is communicated with the water tank and the heater by a water conducting pipeline and a water transporting pipeline respectively; the heater is communicated with the nozzle by a steam pipeline; and the nozzle is arranged above the cleaning towel.