Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a pulsator, a surface cleaning apparatus, and a method of manufacturing an endless belt for a pulsator.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a pulsator applied to a surface cleaning apparatus to perform cleaning of a surface to be cleaned by the pulsator, comprising:
a rotating portion having a longitudinal axis; and
an endless belt disposed at the rotating portion, extending along a longitudinal axis of the rotating portion, capable of being carried and driven by the rotating portion;
wherein the endless belt comprises a plurality of rows of aligned reinforcement cords extending in a longitudinal direction of the endless belt and a plurality of rows of aligned cleaning belts extending in a longitudinal direction of the endless belt; wherein the cleaning belt extends in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the rotating portion at a defined acute angle to the longitudinal axis; the reinforcement cord has a consistent lay direction; when the rotating part drives the annular belt to rotate and is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the surface to be cleaned generates at least a first offset force parallel to the longitudinal axis direction to the annular belt; the reinforcement cord generates at least a second biasing force to the endless belt in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first and second biasing forces at least partially counteracting each other.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the endless belt includes a main body portion within which the reinforcement cord is embedded, and the cleaning belt is secured to an outer surface of the main body portion.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the direction of inclination of the lay direction is opposite to the direction of inclination of the cleaning belt in the endless belt.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the reinforcement cord extends in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rotating portion.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the reinforcement cord comprises a plurality of fiber cords twisted in the lay direction to form the reinforcement cord.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cleaning tape is attached to an outer surface of the main body portion.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the main body portion includes a base portion within which the reinforcement cord is located.
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the base comprises a rubber material, particularly neoprene.
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the reinforcement cord is a glass reinforcement cord.
In accordance with an agitator of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the annular band includes an inner lining portion that is located on an inner surface of the main body portion.
In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the inner liner comprises an elastic nylon cloth.
According to the stirrer of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the rotating parts is two, and the endless belt realizes power transmission between the two rotating parts.
According to the stirrer of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the diameters of the two rotating parts are different, wherein the rotating part having the smaller diameter is located at the front side of the rotating part having the larger diameter.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning part including the above-described agitator.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning apparatus comprising the above-described agitator, or comprising the above-described cleaning portion.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of manufacturing an endless belt for a stirrer, comprising:
setting a cylindrical mold;
winding a reinforcing cord around the cylindrical mold in a plurality of rows aligned with the same tension, wherein the reinforcing cord has a twisting direction;
uniformly coating the material forming the base on the outer surface of the cylindrical mold, so that the material forming the base is immersed in and covers the reinforcing ropes;
curing the base forming material to form a base and securing the reinforcement cord within the base;
winding a cleaning tape around the outer surface of the base in a plurality of rows aligned with the same tension, wherein the cleaning tape is inclined at a defined acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical mold, ensuring that the cleaning tape is inclined in a direction opposite to the lay direction;
drawing out the cylindrical mold to form a whole belt drum; and
cutting the tape cartridge at a specified width to form the endless tape.
Detailed Description
The present disclosure is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and the embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant content and not limiting of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only a portion relevant to the present disclosure is shown in the drawings.
In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The technical aspects of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
Unless otherwise indicated, the exemplary implementations/embodiments shown are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Thus, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various implementations/embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concepts of the present disclosure.
The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is typically used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or represent any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, dimension, proportion, commonality between illustrated components, and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc. of a component, unless indicated. In addition, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of elements may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While the exemplary embodiments may be variously implemented, the specific process sequences may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order from that described. Moreover, like reference numerals designate like parts.
When an element is referred to as being "on" or "over", "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to," or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For this reason, the term "connected" may refer to physical connections, electrical connections, and the like, with or without intermediate components.
For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "under … …," under … …, "" under … …, "" lower, "" above … …, "" upper, "" above … …, "" higher "and" side (e.g., as in "sidewall"), etc., to describe one component's relationship to another (other) component as illustrated in the figures. In addition to the orientations depicted in the drawings, the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "under" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below" … … can encompass both an orientation of "above" and "below". Furthermore, the device may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," and variations thereof, are used in the present specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is described, but the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof is not precluded. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximation terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to explain the inherent deviations of measured, calculated, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a stirrer 100 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a stirrer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 2.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the present disclosure provides a pulsator 100 that can be applied to a surface cleaning apparatus so that the pulsator 100 can be brought into contact with a surface to be cleaned when a user is operating the surface cleaning apparatus, and cleaning of the surface to be cleaned is achieved by friction between the surface of the pulsator 100 and the surface to be cleaned.
The stirrer 100 may include: a rotating portion 110 and an endless belt 120.
The rotating part 110 has a longitudinal axis that can be driven for rotation, for example when the agitator 100 is applied to a cleaning part or a surface cleaning apparatus, the cleaning part or the surface cleaning apparatus can comprise driving means that can drive the rotating part 110 for rotation.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the number of the rotating parts 110 is two, and the endless belt 120 realizes power transmission between the two rotating parts 110.
That is, one of the two rotating portions 110 is driven by the driving device, formed as a driving roller, the other of the two rotating portions 110 is formed as a driven roller, and the rotating portion 110 formed as a driven roller is driven to rotate by the endless belt 120 when the rotating portion 110 formed as the driving roller rotates.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the agitator 100 shown in fig. 1 is a track-type agitator, in which case the number of rotating parts 110 is two. In another embodiment, the agitator 100 may include only one rotating part 110 and be formed in a roll brush structure.
In the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, the diameters of the two rotating parts 110 are different, wherein the rotating part 110 having the smaller diameter is located at the front side of the rotating part 110 having the larger diameter, that is, the front side coincides with the moving direction when the surface cleaning apparatus cleans the surface to be cleaned.
The annular belt 120 is disposed on the rotating portion 110, is carried and driven by the rotating portion 110, and extends along a longitudinal axis of the rotating portion 110; thus, when the rotating part 110 is driven to rotate, the endless belt 120 is driven to move by the rotating part 110, and at least a part of the outer surface of the endless belt 120 is brought into contact with the surface to be cleaned, so that the surface to be cleaned is cleaned by the endless belt 120.
Specifically, the endless belt 120 includes a plurality of rows of aligned reinforcement cords 124 extending in the longitudinal direction of the endless belt 120 and a plurality of rows of aligned cleaning strips 122 extending in the longitudinal direction of the endless belt 120.
For example, the endless belt 120 includes a main body portion 121 and a cleaning belt 122, the cleaning belt 122 is wound around the main body portion 121, and the cleaning belt 122 extends in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the rotating portion 110 at a defined acute angle with the longitudinal axis; the main body 121 includes a reinforcing cord 124, the reinforcing cord 124 having a twisting direction, and the direction of inclination of the twisting direction is opposite to the direction of inclination of the cleaning belt 122 in the endless belt 120.
Thus, taking fig. 1 as an example, when the rotating part 110 drives the endless belt 120 to rotate and contact with the surface to be cleaned, the spiral winding of the cleaning belt 122 causes the cleaning belt 122 to generate a first offset force parallel to the longitudinal axis direction at least to the endless belt 120 when contacting the floor (surface to be cleaned); the reinforcement cord 124 generates at least a second biasing force to the endless belt 120 that is parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first and second biasing forces at least partially cancel each other out, preventing the blender 100 from deviating.
In the present disclosure, the reinforcement cords 124 extend in the longitudinal direction of the main body portion 121 in a multi-row aligned manner, that is, the reinforcement cords 124 can be arranged in a spiral wound manner in the width direction of the main body portion 121 such that the reinforcement cords 124 are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
Accordingly, the cleaning belt 122 also extends in the longitudinal direction of the surface of the main body 121, that is, the cleaning belt 122 can be arranged in a spirally wound manner in the width direction of the main body 121, and the cleaning belt 122 is inclined to the longitudinal axis, that is, the value of the angle of ascent of the cleaning belt 122 is this defined acute angle.
In one embodiment, the reinforcement cord 124 includes a plurality of fiber cords that are twisted in the above-described twisting directions to form the reinforcement cord 124, and such that the reinforcement cord 124 may be S-twist or Z-twist, but the twisting directions of the reinforcement cords 124 in the same mixer 100 are the same, i.e., both are S-twist or both are Z-twist.
In the present disclosure, the cleaning tape 122 is attached to the outer surface of the main body 121, and in one embodiment, the cleaning tape 122 may be fixed to the outer surface of the main body 121 by gluing, and of course, the cleaning tape 122 may be fixed to the main body 121 by stitching.
In a preferred embodiment, when the cleaning tape 122 is fixed to the main body 121 by means of gluing, the two ends of the cleaning tape 122 may be fixed to the main body 121 by means of stitching, so that the two ends of the cleaning tape 122 are not glued, and the user experience is improved.
In the present disclosure, the main body 121 includes a base portion, and the reinforcement cord 124 is located in the base portion; in a preferred embodiment, the base is made of a rubber material, such as neoprene, although other rubber materials are possible.
The reinforcement cord 124 is a glass reinforcement cord 124, and of course, the reinforcement cord 124 may be a nylon reinforcement cord or the like.
In one embodiment, the annular band 120 includes an inner lining 123, the inner lining 123 being located on an inner surface of the body 121. The inner lining 123 may be made of an elastic nylon cloth or the like.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning part including the above-described pulsator 100.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a surface cleaning apparatus comprising the above-described agitator 100, or comprising the above-described cleaning portion.
Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a method of making an endless belt for a blender in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 4, the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an endless belt 120 for a stirrer 100, comprising:
setting a cylindrical mold;
winding the reinforcement cord 124 around the cylindrical mold in a plurality of rows aligned with the same tension, wherein the reinforcement cord 124 has a lay direction;
uniformly coating a material forming a base on the outer surface of the cylindrical mold such that the material forming the base is impregnated into and covers the reinforcement string 124;
curing the base forming material to form a base and secure the reinforcement cord 124 within the base;
wrapping a cleaning tape 122 around the outer surface of the base in a plurality of rows aligned with the same tension, wherein the cleaning tape 122 is inclined at a defined acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical mold, ensuring that the direction of inclination of the cleaning tape 122 is opposite to the lay direction;
drawing out the cylindrical mold to form a whole belt drum; and
the tape cartridge is cut at a specified width to form the endless tape 120.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment/manner," "some embodiments/manner," "example," "a particular example," "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/manner or example is included in at least one embodiment/manner or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily for the same embodiment/manner or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/modes or examples described in this specification and the features of the various embodiments/modes or examples can be combined and combined by persons skilled in the art without contradiction.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art from the foregoing disclosure, and such variations or modifications are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.