KR100628060B1 - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner having a dust collector that is easy to mount. To this end, the present invention, the dust collecting container is inserted into the dust collecting container mounting portion of the cleaner body in the vertical direction to separate and collect the foreign matter, the lower panel is provided with an openable lower panel at the bottom; And it provides a vacuum cleaner comprising a hinge connection for rotatably connecting the dust collecting container and the lower panel. Here, the hinge connecting portion, the first connecting portion provided on the side of the dust collecting container, and the first inclined surface is formed at the lower portion so that the hinge when the hinge connection is caught in the inlet of the dust collecting container mounting portion, Is provided on the side of the panel is configured to include a second connecting portion rotatably connected to the first connecting portion. By the above configuration, the dust collecting container of the vacuum cleaner can be smoothly mounted to the cleaner body.

Vacuum cleaner body, dust collector, hinge connection, fixing device, slope

Description

Vacuum Cleaner {Vacuum Cleaner}

1 is a side view showing a cleaner body of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the dust collector and the cleaner body separately provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the dust collector provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a dust collector provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention

5 is a perspective view showing a hinge connection provided in the dust collector shown in FIG.

6 is a partial perspective view showing a part of a cleaner main body provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

100: cleaner body 200: dust collector

110: hose connection 120: wheel

130: cleaner body 131: first insertion groove

132: second insertion groove 132a: second inclined surface

200: dust collector 210: dust collector container                 

211: lower panel 212: primary dust storage unit

213: secondary dust storage unit 214: primary cyclone unit

215: secondary cyclone portion 216: boundary wall

217: outlet 218: guide rib

219: shatterproof member 220: dust collector cover

230: top cover 240: hinge connection

250: fixing device

The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly, to a vacuum cleaner having a structure in which a dust collecting device for separating and collecting foreign matters is easily installed.

Conventional vacuum cleaners, the suction nozzle for suctioning foreign matters such as dust accumulated on the floor, the vacuum cleaner body is provided with a dust collector for separating and collecting the foreign matter, and the connection for guiding the foreign substances sucked from the suction nozzle to the cleaner body Including the tube.

Here, the cleaner main body is provided with an air suction device for generating an air suction force, the front portion of the cleaner main body is provided with a dust collecting container mounting portion for mounting the dust collector in the vertical direction.

In addition, one driving wheel is provided at each of both rear sides of the cleaner body, and a caster of a rotating material for changing the direction of the cleaner body is provided at a front surface of the bottom of the cleaner body.

On the other hand, the dust collector is configured to include a cylindrical dust collecting container for separating and collecting the foreign matter, the bottom of the dust collecting container consists of a lower panel provided to be opened and closed.

More specifically, the side of the dust collecting container and the lower panel is rotatably connected by a hinge connection.

However, the conventional vacuum cleaner having the above-described configuration has a problem in that the lower end of the dust collecting device, in particular, the hinge connection part, collides with the dust collecting container mounting portion and is damaged while the dust collecting device is mounted.

In addition, in the process of mounting the dust collecting device, there is a problem in that it is difficult to fire the dust collecting device such as the hinge connection portion is caught on the upper edge of the dust collecting container mounting portion.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner having a dust collector that is easy to mount.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, the dust collecting container is inserted into the dust collecting container mounting portion of the cleaner body in the vertical direction to separate and collect the foreign matter, the lower panel is provided with an openable lower panel at the bottom; And it provides a vacuum cleaner comprising a hinge connection for rotatably connecting the dust collecting container and the lower panel. Here, the hinge connecting portion, the first connecting portion provided on the side of the dust collecting container, and the first inclined surface is formed at the lower portion so that the hinge when the hinge connection is caught in the inlet of the dust collecting container mounting portion, Is provided on the side of the panel is configured to include a second connecting portion rotatably connected to the first connecting portion.

Here, a hinge shaft is formed on any one side of the first connection portion and the second connection portion, and a hinge hole is formed on the other side to be rotatably inserted.

A lower edge of the first inclined surface is formed at the bottom of the second connecting portion, and is configured to be parallel to the hinge axis.

In addition, the dust collecting container mounting portion is preferably formed with an insertion groove into which the hinge connection portion is inserted.

In addition, it is preferable that a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface is formed on an inner wall of the insertion groove facing the hinge connection portion.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention in which the object of the present invention can be specifically realized are described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present embodiment, the same name and the same reference numerals are used for the same configuration and additional description thereof will be omitted below.

First, referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a canister type vacuum cleaner will be described as an embodiment of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

Here, Figure 1 is a side view showing a cleaner body of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the dust collector and the cleaner body separated in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

1 to 2, the vacuum cleaner includes a suction nozzle (not shown) for sucking air containing foreign substances while moving along the floor to be cleaned, a cleaner body 100 provided separately from the suction nozzle, And a connection pipe (not shown) which connects the suction nozzle and the cleaner body 100 to each other and simultaneously guides the contaminated air sucked from the suction nozzle to the cleaner body 100.

Here, a nozzle suction port (not shown) of a predetermined size is formed at the bottom of the suction nozzle, and suctions dust accumulated on the floor with air by the air suction force generated by the air suction device built in the cleaner body 100. .

In addition, the cleaner main body 100 includes an electric component controlling the vacuum cleaner, and a motor-fan assembly constituting the air suction device.

In more detail, the front end of the cleaner body 100 is provided with a hose connecting portion 110 to which the connector is connected, the rear of both sides of the cleaner body 100, the cleaner body 100 is the bottom surface The wheels 120 are rotatably mounted to each other so as to move smoothly, and a caster of a rotating material is connected to the bottom front of the cleaner body 100 to change the direction of the cleaner body 100. .

In addition, a dust collecting container mounting unit 130 is formed at a front portion of the cleaner main body 100, and a dust collecting device 200 is detachably mounted to the dust collecting container mounting unit 130 so that the air sucked from the suction nozzle is installed. It functions to separate and collect the foreign matter from the air introduced into the dust collector 200 through the connecting pipe.

Next, the air discharged from the dust collector 200 is discharged to the rear of the cleaner body 100 through a predetermined flow path formed inside the rear portion of the cleaner body 100 and the motor-fan assembly.

On the other hand, the connection pipe, one end of the extension tube of a solid material connected to the suction nozzle, one end is connected to the other end of the extension pipe and the other end is connected to the hose connecting portion 110 provided in front of the cleaner body 100 It is configured to include a connection hose made of a flexible material, and a connector handle provided on the other end of the extension pipe.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the dust collecting apparatus 200 provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a dust collector provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a dust collector provided in the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

3 and 4, the dust collecting apparatus 200 opens and closes an upper end of the dust collecting container 210 having a substantially cylindrical shape, one end of the dust collecting container 210, and more specifically, the dust collecting container 210. The dust collecting container cover 220, and is detachably coupled to the dust collecting container cover 220, and comprises a top cover 230 provided with a dust collecting device handle 231 on the upper surface.

Here, the inside of the dust collecting container 210 is provided with a primary dust collecting part and a secondary dust collecting part to separate and collect the foreign matter such as dust, the bottom of the dust collecting container 210 is composed of a lower panel 211 that can be opened and closed. do.

The primary dust collecting part includes a primary dust separating part and a primary dust storing part 212, and is formed of a substantially cylindrical container provided inside the dust collecting container 210.

The secondary dust collecting unit may include a secondary dust separating unit and a secondary dust storage unit 213 provided around the primary dust collecting unit to separate foreign substances contained in air discharged from the primary dust collecting unit. .

In the present invention, the primary dust separation unit and the secondary dust separation unit, each of the primary cyclone unit 214 and a plurality of small secondary cyclone unit 215 for separating foreign matter in a cyclone method It is composed.

In more detail, the primary cyclone portion 214 has a cylindrical container shape of which the lower end is opened, and a first suction port 214a communicating with the hose connecting portion 210 is formed at an upper side of the primary cyclone portion 214. The first exhaust port 214b penetrated in the vertical direction is formed at the ceiling center portion of the cyclone portion 214.

Here, the first suction port 214a guides the contaminated air introduced from the outside in the tangential direction of the primary cyclone part so that air introduced into the first suction port 214a is in the primary cyclone part 214. It is configured to allow spiral flow along the inner wall.

In addition, on the upper portion of the primary cyclone portion 214, the small secondary cyclone portions 215 formed integrally with the outer wall of the dust collecting container 210 are circumferentially arranged around the upper portion of the primary cyclone portion. It is arranged in the direction, the upper end of each of the secondary cyclone portion 215 is formed to protrude a predetermined height from the upper end of the primary cyclone portion 214.

On the other hand, a part of the side surface of each of the secondary cyclone portion 215 protruding above the upper end of the primary cyclone portion 214 is cut in the vertical direction, the second suction in communication with the first exhaust port 214b Spheres (not shown) are formed, and upper ends of the respective secondary cyclone portions 215 are opened to form a second exhaust port (not shown).

In addition, a lower portion of the secondary cyclone portion 215 is formed with a cone portion 215a, the diameter of which decreases toward the lower side, and foreign substances such as dust may be discharged from the lower end of the secondary cyclone portion 215. The foreign matter discharge port 215b penetrated up and down is formed.

Here, the adjacent secondary cyclone portions 215 are integrally formed to be in contact with each other, so that air does not flow between the secondary cyclone portions 215.

In addition, the dust collecting container cover 220 is mounted on the secondary cyclone portions 215.

Third exhaust ports 221 respectively corresponding to the second exhaust ports of the respective secondary cyclone portions are formed in the edge portion of the dust collecting container cover 220 in the vertical direction.

Next, the upper cover 230 of which the lower end is opened is detachably mounted on the upper part of the dust container cover 220.

To this end, three locking protrusions (not shown) are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the dust container cover 220, and three locking grooves (not shown) are inserted and locked on the inner circumferential surface of the upper cover 230. Are formed.

In addition, a fourth exhaust port 232 is formed at the rear of the upper cover 230 to discharge air to a predetermined flow path formed at the rear of the cleaner body 100, and the inner side of the upper cover 230 is located at the inner side of the upper cover 230. A predetermined space is formed in communication with the fourth exhaust port 232.

In addition, the inner space of the upper cover 230, the filter receiving portion for receiving a filter (not shown) for filtering the fine dust contained in the air discharged through the third exhaust port 221 is preferably provided.

The dust separated from the primary cyclone part 214 and the secondary cyclone part 215 configured as described above is a dust storage part formed by the outer wall of the dust collecting container 210 and the lower panel 211. After being stored, when the lower panel 211 is opened, it is discharged to the outside by gravity.

The dust storage unit includes the above-described primary dust storage unit 212 and the secondary dust storage unit, the primary dust storage unit 212 stores the dust separated from the primary cyclone unit 214 The secondary dust storage unit 213 stores the dust separated from the secondary cyclone unit 215.

Here, the primary dust storage unit 212 and the secondary dust storage unit 213 is integrally connected to the lower portion of the secondary cyclone portion 215 and a substantially cylindrical having a smaller radius than the outer wall of the dust collecting container. It is partitioned into a shape boundary wall 216.

The lower end of the boundary wall 216 is formed longer than the lower end of the primary cyclone portion 214, and extends to the bottom of the dust collecting container 210, that is, the upper surface of the lower panel 211.

Accordingly, the boundary wall 216 prevents the primary dust storage unit 212 and the secondary dust storage unit 213 from communicating with each other.

In addition, the boundary wall 216 is preferably configured to be curved in the circumferential direction.

The reason is to prevent the dust stored in the primary dust storage unit 212 from being scattered by the spiral flow due to the spiral flow formed in the primary cyclone portion 214.

In addition to the above configuration, the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is provided perpendicularly to the inside of the primary cyclone portion 214, the side of which communicates with the first outlet of the primary cyclone portion 214 It further comprises an outlet portion 217 formed with a plurality of through holes, and a guide rib 218 provided in the primary cyclone portion 214 to guide the air flowing into the first inlet 214a.

Here, the outlet portion 217 is provided in the center of the primary cyclone portion 214 in the axial direction, the upper end is open and the lower end is in a closed shape, it is made of a substantially conical shape that becomes smaller toward the bottom. desirable.

The reason is that the speed of the spiral flow decreases toward the lower side of the primary cyclone portion 214, so that the dust falling along the inner wall of the primary cyclone portion 214 is the suction force of the outlet portion 217. To be unaffected by

And, the upper end of the outlet 217 is detachably coupled to the rim of the first exhaust port 214b, the annular shape to maintain the airtightness between the upper end of the outlet 217 and the first exhaust port (214b) It is preferable that a sealing member is provided.                     

In addition, the lower portion of the outlet portion 217 is preferably provided with a scattering preventing member 219 to prevent the dust stored in the primary dust storage unit 212 to scatter.

The scattering preventing member 219 prevents the dust collected in the primary dust storage unit from rising by the spiral flow and entering the secondary cyclone unit 215.

Here, it is more preferable that the upper surface of the thinner scattering prevention member 219 is inclined downward. In more detail, the scattering preventing member 219 has a cone shape in which the diameter thereof becomes larger toward the bottom.

The guide rib 218 guides the air flowing into the first suction port 214a in the tangential direction of the inner wall of the primary cyclone part 214, and the air flowing into the first suction port 214a. Is prevented from directly flowing into the outlet 217.

On the other hand, the lower panel 211 is rotatably connected to the side of the dust collecting container 210 by a hinge connection portion 240.

Referring to FIG. 5, the hinge connection part 240 is provided on the first connection part 241 provided on the side surface of the dust collecting container 210, and on the side surface of the lower panel 211 and the first connection part 241. It is configured to include a second connecting portion 242 rotatably connected to).

Here, the first connection portion 241 is composed of a pair of support walls (not shown) protruding from the lower side of the dust collecting container 210, a hinge hole (not shown) in each of the support walls Is formed.                     

Next, the second connection portion 242 is formed to protrude on the side surface of the lower panel 211, a pair of hinge protrusions (not shown) inserted into the hinge holes on both upper sides of the second connection portion 242. Seams) are formed to protrude to form a hinge axis that serves as a center of rotation of the lower panel 211.

Of course, hinge protrusions may be formed in the first connection part 241 and the hinge holes may be formed in the second connection part 242.

As described above, the hinge connection portion 240 is configured to protrude to the side of the dust collecting container 210, the hinge connection portion 240 is configured in a state that does not protrude from the side of the dust collecting container 210. In this case, the dust collecting capacity of the dust collecting container 210 is reduced by the volume of the hinge connection part 240.

In addition, a first inclined surface 242a that is inclined at a predetermined angle is formed under the second connecting portion 242.

Here, the first inclined surface 242a is, in the process of the dust collector 200 is mounted downward from the upper portion of the cleaner body 100 to the dust container mounting portion 130, the dust collector 200, in particular The hinge connection part 240 prevents a failure in mounting the dust collector 200 such as being damaged by being hit by an edge portion of the dust collecting container mounting portion 130 or being caught by an edge portion of the cleaner body 100.

In more detail, the first inclined surface 242a has a lower edge and an upper edge parallel to the hinge axis, and a lower edge of the first inclined surface 242a is formed at the bottom of the second connecting portion 242. The outer edge of the bottom of the second connecting portion 242 is formed.

Of course, the entire bottom of the second connecting portion 242 may be formed to be inclined upwardly outward to form the first inclined surface, and the first inclined surface 242a may be configured as a curved surface rather than a plane.

By the above configuration, in the process of mounting the dust collecting device 200 to the dust collecting container mounting unit 130, the hinge connection portion 240 protruding to the outside of the dust collecting container 210 is the dust collecting container mounting unit 130. Even if it hits the upper edge of the) by the first inclined surface (242a) without slipping smoothly enters. In other words, the first inclined surface 242a is slid at the inlet of the dust collecting container mounting unit 130 when the hinge connection part 240 hits the inlet of the dust collecting container mounting unit 130. To facilitate mounting. Furthermore, the impact is dispersed when the hinge connector 240 hits one side of the dust collecting container mounting unit 130 to prevent the hinge connector 240 from being damaged.

In addition, a fixing device 250 for fixing the lower panel 211 is provided on the opposite side of the hinge connector 240.

The fixing device 250, the lever receiving portion 251 is provided on the outer surface of the dust collecting container 210, and the lever 252 is rotatably connected to the inside of the lever receiving portion 251 is received. It is configured to include.

Here, a hook is formed at a lower end of the lever 252, and a fixing protrusion 211a that is engaged with the hook is provided at a side surface of the lower panel 211.

In addition, the fixing device 250 is provided between the front end of the dust collector 200 and a predetermined angle in a clockwise direction, more preferably between 45 degrees and 90 degrees, and the front and rear direction on the upper portion of the dust collector 200. It is preferable to be able to easily operate the fixing device 250 in a state of holding the dust collector handle 231 provided as.

In addition to the above configuration, the cleaner body 100, the first insertion groove 131 corresponding to the fixing device 250 and the second insertion groove 132 corresponding to the hinge connecting portion 240 is formed It is preferable.

The first insertion groove 131 and the second insertion groove 132 support the fixing device 250 and the hinge connection part 240 to prevent shaking of the dust collecting device 200.

In addition, the first insertion groove 131 and the second insertion groove 132 is formed in the up and down direction on the inner wall of the dust container mounting portion 130, in particular, the shape is wider toward the top is preferable.

In addition, it is preferable that a second inclined surface 132a corresponding to the first inclined surface 242a is formed on the inner wall of the second insertion groove 132.

Referring to the operation of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention described above are as follows.

First, when the vacuum cleaner is operated, external polluted air flows into the primary cyclone unit 214 through the suction nozzle and the connection pipe.

The air flowing into the primary cyclone portion 214 is not directly introduced into the outlet portion 217 by the first suction port 214a and the guide rib 218, but the primary cyclone portion ( The inner wall of the 214 is tangentially guided to form a spiral flow.

Accordingly, the dust having a relatively heavy weight and large weights are separated and lowered by the cyclone principle, and are stored in the primary dust storage unit 212, and the dust stored in the primary dust storage unit is scattering prevention member 219. And the scattering is prevented by the curved boundary wall 216.

In addition, the air from which the relatively large dusts are separated is discharged to the first exhaust port 214b communicating with the plurality of through holes formed on the side of the outlet portion 217 and then to the plurality of secondary cyclone portions 215. It enters and goes through the dust separation process again.

Air from which relatively small dusts are separated from the secondary cyclone unit 215 is introduced into the upper cover 230 through the third exhaust port 221.

The air introduced into the upper cover 230 is discharged backward through the fourth exhaust port 232.

Next, the air discharged from the fourth exhaust port 232 is discharged to the rear of the cleaner body 100 through a predetermined flow path formed in the rear portion of the cleaner body 100 and the motor-fan assembly.

As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, and the fact that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms in addition to the above-described embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope thereof has ordinary skill in the art. It is obvious to them.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive, and thus, the present invention is not limited to the above description and may be modified within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention having the above configuration has the following effects.

The vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a hinge connection part rotatably connecting the lower panel and the dust collecting container, and the hinge connection part is formed to protrude to the side of the dust collecting container and the lower panel, so that the overall size is limited. The dust collecting capacity of the dust collecting container is prevented from being reduced.

In addition, an inclined surface is formed at a lower portion of the hinge connection part provided in the dust collector of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention to facilitate the installation of the dust collector and prevent the hinge connection part from being damaged.

In addition, the dust collecting container mounting portion of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is provided with an insertion groove formed with a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface of the hinge connection portion, to stably support the dust collector and to prevent shaking of the dust collector. .

Claims (5)

A dust collecting container inserted into the dust collecting container mounting part of the cleaner body in a vertical direction to separate and collect the foreign matter, and having a lower panel openable at a lower end thereof; And A hinge connection part rotatably connecting the dust collecting container and the lower panel; The hinge connection portion, A first connection part provided at a side of the dust collecting container, and A second inclined surface is formed at a lower portion of the hinge connecting portion so as to slide when the hinge connecting portion is caught by an inlet of the dust collecting container mounting portion, and is provided at a side of the lower panel and rotatably connected to the first connecting portion. Vacuum cleaner configured including. The method of claim 1, Any one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is a hinge shaft is formed, the other side is a vacuum cleaner, characterized in that the hinge hole is formed rotatably inserted into the hinge shaft. The method of claim 2, The bottom of the second connecting portion is formed to be inclined upwardly outward, to form the first inclined surface vacuum cleaner. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, A vacuum cleaner, characterized in that an insertion groove into which the hinge connection part is inserted is formed in the dust collecting container mounting part of the cleaner body. The method of claim 4, wherein And a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface is formed on an inner wall of the insertion groove facing the hinge connection part.

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