CN1768688A

CN1768688A - Vacuum cleaner handle

Info

Publication number: CN1768688A
Application number: CN 200410072644
Authority: CN
Inventors: 池宪平
Original assignee: LG Electronics Tianjin Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: LG Electronics Tianjin Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2004-11-05
Filing date: 2004-11-05
Publication date: 2006-05-10
Anticipated expiration: 2024-11-05
Also published as: CN100539928C

Abstract

The invention relates to the technique of vacuum dust-collector, which provides a handle of vacuum dust-collector whose length can be adjusted by a crank on the handle. The invention comprises: a handle with a handle control rod which rotates around the axis of control rod hinge; a handle tube connected to one side of handle and formed by outer and inner tubes; a outer tube moving with the handle control rod of handle to control the handle tube; and a tube fixing tube with a inner tube which has a fixing groove to selectively slide. In addition, the tube fixing device comprises: transmission shaft formed on the length direction on one side of outer tube to transmit the motion of handle control rod; a slide element moving with the transmission shaft; and a flexible rod whose motion is controlled by sliding element to be selectively contained in the fixing groove of inner tube. The invention can apply the length regulation for more convenient usage of vacuum dust-collector.

Description

The handle of vacuum cleaner

Technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of vacuum cleaner, in more detail about carrying out the invention of the vacuum cleaner handle of length adjustment.

Background technology

Fig. 1 is in order to show the oblique view of general common upright vacuum cleaner structure.As shown in the figure, upright vacuum cleaner (1) comprises, sucks the nozzle body (10) of the air effect that comprises foreign substances along ground; Be built-in with to the body (20) that produces suction device by the air that comprises foreign substances of nozzle body (10); Be arranged on the upside of body (20) in addition, the handle (30) of being convenient to user's massaging action constitutes.

Nozzle body (10) is the part that moves and suck by formation suction inlet (not shown) in its lower section air near ground.Also have, generally there is the mobile wheel of being convenient to move (12) both sides of such nozzle body (10).

The back of body (20) forms flex hook (21) again.Flex hook (21) forms symmetrically in couples in the back upper and lower end parts of body (20), and goes up winding at so a pair of flex hook (21) and come the keeping power line.

The inside of body (20) is built-in with portion's product such as the motor (not shown) that produces inhalation power and suction fan (not shown), and by nozzle body (10) suction air outside and foreign matter.

The front central portion of body (20) inserts dust bucket (22) is set.Dust bucket (22) plays a part to filter by foreign matter in nozzle body (10) inhaled air, and releasably is arranged on the body (20).

Dust bucket (22) is gone up the control of dust handle (24) that dust bucket (22) is controlled in outstanding formation easily, at such dust bucket (22) but the bottom forwards protrude the cover hinge (26 ') that is formed with switch lower cover (26).

But have as the vacuum cleaner structure under original technology of above-mentioned formation, because handle (30) is integrally formed on the top of body (20), so can't come the problem points of regulating handle (30) length according to user's height.

Summary of the invention

For overcoming and solve as the problem points under above-mentioned original technology, and the purpose of this invention is to provide of putting into effect can be carried out the invention of the vacuum cleaner handle of length adjustment.

Also have another object of the present invention to provide, can carry out the invention of the vacuum cleaner handle of length adjustment by the adjusting of the handle on the handle.

According to solving above-mentioned problem is the characteristics of the present invention of purpose, the present invention includes, and having with the control lever hinge is a handle of the handle control lever that reverses; Link to each other the handle conduit that constitutes by outer conduit and inner conduit with a side of handle; Along with the handle control lever on the handle moves and moves, the outer conduit of joystick conduit and the inner conduit that is formed with holddown groove carry out the catheter anchoring system that selectivity slides; This constitutes its characteristics.

Be formed with the holddown groove of the end selectivity insertion of catheter anchoring system on the inner conduit of handle conduit, this constitutes its characteristics.

Catheter anchoring system comprises that externally a side length direction of conduit forms, the reception and registration axle of passing on the handle control lever to move; With the gliding member of passing on axle to move; Moved by gliding member control, selectivity is accommodated the elasticity muscles and bones in the holddown groove of inner conduit; Constitute.This constitutes its characteristics.

Externally the lower end of conduit has around the guide pipe of lower end, outer conduit outside, and elasticity muscles and bones and guide pipe are integrally formed.This constitutes its characteristics.

On gliding member, connect the alternative patchhole that inserts of an end that forms flexible muscles and bones.This constitutes its characteristics.

Fixed lobe portion in the end of elasticity muscles and bones is formed with the holddown groove that selectivity is inserted into inner conduit and be formed on the reverse side of fixed lobe portion and patchhole that selectivity is inserted into gliding member in the insertion section.This constitutes its characteristics.

Side at gliding member also possesses the compression spring that has to a direction power of gliding member.This constitutes its characteristics.

The present invention as above-mentioned formation has, be convenient to handle length adjustment and in the use of vacuum cleaner advantage more easily.

The effect of invention; Vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention as above-mentioned formation has possessed, the handle conduit that constitutes by outer conduit that can slide mutually and inner conduit and, control the catheter anchoring system that such outer conduit and inner conduit slide.So made things convenient for the length adjustment of handle.

Also have, the present invention has possessed, for the handle control lever of decreased food adjusting.Therefore, catch under the state of handle on the other hand, also can utilize finger joystick control lever.That is, on the other hand just can regulating handle length, so be more convenient for the use of vacuum cleaner.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is an oblique view of showing general conventional vacuum dust catcher surface structure;

Fig. 2 shows according to the vertical vacuum of vacuum cleaner handle embodiment of the present invention to inhale

The oblique view of dirt device;

Fig. 3 is the oblique view of showing according to the surface structure of vacuum cleaner handle embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the oblique view of showing according to vacuum cleaner handle embodiment internal structure of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the partial cross section figure of displaying according to the stationary state of the inner conduit of vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the partial cross section figure of displaying according to the removable state of the inner conduit of vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention;

Explanation to pith symbol in the drawing 〉

50: vacuum cleaner 60: nozzle body

70: body 72: the dust bucket placement section

74: exhaust cap 76: little suction nozzle

78: loading and unloading control lever 80: handle

82: handle 84: the handle conduit

84 ': outer conduit 84 ": inner conduit

86: handle control lever 90: moving handle

102: axle is accommodated pipe 104: pass on axle

110: guide pipe 112: cutting part

114: elasticity muscles and bones 120: gliding member

122: patchhole 124: pass on projection

126: spring fixed part 128: the compression spring

130: fixed part

The specific embodiment

Following with reference to the embodiment of accompanying drawing detailed description as the vacuum cleaner of said structure.As follows: Fig. 2 shows the oblique view that possesses the upright vacuum cleaner of handle according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, upright vacuum cleaner (50) comprises, sucks the nozzle body (60) of the air effect that comprises foreign substances along ground; Be built-in with to the body (70) that produces suction device by the air that comprises foreign substances of nozzle body (60); Be arranged on the upside of body (70) in addition, the handle (80) of being convenient to user's massaging action constitutes.

Nozzle body (60) is the part that moves and suck by formation suction inlet (not shown) in its lower section air near ground.Promptly below nozzle body (60), be formed with as the suction inlet of extraneous air main suction duct and guide air to flow into.Also have, generally there is the mobile wheel of being convenient to move (62) both sides of such nozzle body (60).

The connecting portion of nozzle body (60) and body (70) is the rotatable formation of body (70) in the certain angle scope.It is relatively nozzle body (60) rotatable combination rearward in the certain angle scope of body (70).Rearward end has the rotation control lever (64) of control body (70) rotation on nozzle body (60).

Therefore, the user rotates under the situation of control lever (64) tramping with one's feet, and catches handle (80) body (70) when pulling back with hand, and body (70) can recede.The user can regulate body (70) angle and sweep ground according to the height of self like this.

The height adjuster (66) that adjusting nozzle body (60) function of height is arranged on the upper side of nozzle body (60) on the one hand.Height adjuster can slide about (66), can regulate the height of nozzle body (60) according to sweeping face (amount of ground or polluter) state.

Portion's product and generation suction such as the motor (not shown) that will say below body (70) inside is built-in with and suction fan (not shown) suck extraneous air and foreign matter by said suction nozzle body (60) under the effect of suction.Also have central portion at body (70) to be formed with and rearward fall into the into dust bucket placement section (72) of certain size from the front of body (70).Therefore, the inner insertion of this dust bucket placement section (72) is provided with, below the dust bucket that will say (73).

Dust bucket placement section (72) at body (70) is provided with dust bucket (73).Dust bucket (73) plays the effect of filtering by the foreign substances in nozzle body (60) inhaled air, and can load and unload installation with dust bucket placement section (72).

Dust bucket (73) generally filters foreign substances in the hurricane mode or filters foreign substances or utilize the hurricane mode simultaneously and filter type filtration and preservation foreign substances by special filter.

On the one hand, the downside at dust bucket placement section (72) has bulb (L).Bulb (L) plays the effect to the illumination of vacuum cleaner the place ahead, generally constitutes with miniature lamp or LED.

Removably exhaust cap (74) is arranged in the side of body (70).Exhaust cap (74) covers through dust bucket (73) filtered air outlet, and there is the discharge filter (not shown) such exhaust cap (74) inboard.Discharge filter filters foreign substances in the air of discharging to outside (interior space) again, and it is more pure and fresh to guarantee to discharge air.

In the front, upper end of body (70) little suction nozzle (76) is arranged.Little suction nozzle (76) size is littler than nozzle body (60), removably is to use when sweeping narrow space such as stair.

Load and unload control lever (78) in addition in the front of body (70).Loading and unloading control levers (78) are that the rotating shaft (not shown) with central part is that the center can move up and down formation, and rearward end hangs on the loading and unloading groove (not shown) that forms above of dust bucket (73).Therefore, owing to the upper end of dust bucket (73) under the effect of loading and unloading control levers (78) just can be fixed.

Handle (80) comprises, the handle conduit formations such as (84) that the handle (82) of massaging for the ease of the user links to each other with the bottom with handle (82).At the positive starting switch (S) in addition of handle (82), the handle control lever (86) that has joystick conduit (84) to slide in the inboard of handle portion (82).

Handle conduit (84) is the overlay structure that can carry out length adjustment, can slide up and down.That is, draw back handle control lever (86) handle conduit (84) and just can slide formation up and down.Therefore, regulate the height of handle (82), so that use according to self height of user.

Also be formed with flex hook (88) in the back of handle conduit (84).The upper end, back that flex hook (88) is preferably in body (70) becomes with the symmetrical separately dimorphism that becomes in bottom, and such flex hook (88) is gone up and twined power line and keeping.That is, flex hook (88) comprises, the last flex hook (88 ') in the conduits join portion (83) that will illustrate below being formed on and be formed on following flex hook on the following fixed part (130) that will illustrate (88 ") formation.

Between nozzle body (60) and body (70), possess guiding air and dirt mobilization arranged be connected flexible pipe (H).That is, an end of connection flexible pipe (H) and the left surface of nozzle body (60) are to connecting, and opposite side links to each other with the back of body (70).

Moving handle (90) is arranged on body (70).Moving handle (90) is to be convenient to moving of vacuum cleaner (50), and plays the mounting table effect that a part connects flexible pipe (H) of placing.

Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are outward appearance and the inner figure that shows according to vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention, and Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are the sectional views of showing the connecting portion of the outer conduit that constitutes vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention and inner conduit.

As shown above, on the handle (82) of handle (80), possesses the handle cover (82 ') that has around handle (82) inside.Also have, the bottom of the handle control lever (86) that possesses on handle (82) is formed with control lever hinge (86 ').That is, the lower end of handle control lever (86) is forwards tortuous to form '  ' shape when seeing from the side, and possessing on such zigzag part has control lever hinge (86 ').Therefore, handle control lever (86) can serve as that axle moves with control lever hinge (86 ').

Handle conduit (84) is made of two-layer.The outside is the outer conduit (84) that forms outward appearance, and the inboard of outer conduit (84 ') is inner conduit (84 ").Therefore, the internal diameter of outer conduit (84 ') is relatively bigger than the outer warp of inner conduit (84 ").

On above-mentioned inner conduit (84 "), keep at a certain distance away be formed with a plurality of holddown grooves (84 " a).The said fixing groove (84 " a) inboard recessed to inner conduit (84 "), the fixed lobe portion (114 ') of the elasticity muscles and bones (114) that will illustrate below optionally holding.

Be formed with conduits join portion (83) in the lower end of handle (82) (in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, being left-hand end).The conduits join portion (83) that is incorporated into is inserted in the upper end of outer conduit (84 ').The trailing flank of conduits join portion (83) rearward one protrude and be formed with flex hook (88 ').

Externally conduit (84 ') above have from the beginning to the end long axle accommodate pipe (102).Axle is accommodated pipe (102) and is contained the reception and registration axle (104) that can slide up and down.That is, the reception and registration axle (104) that is made of steel wire is built in axle and accommodates in the pipe (102), and such reception and registration axle (104) slides up and down with handle control lever (86).Therefore, pass on the upper end of axle (104) to become hinge to cooperate with the lower end of handle control lever (86), the lower end combines with the following gliding member that will say (120).

Externally the lower end of conduit (84 ') is formed with guide pipe (110).Guide pipe (110) is to form around lower end, outer conduit (84 ') outside, and such guide pipe (110) is gone up fixed axis and accommodated pipe (102).

On guide pipe (110), be formed with a certain size cutting part (112), be formed with elasticity muscles and bones (114) on such cutting part (112).Elasticity muscles and bones (114) is that the integrally formed also upper end of lower end and guide pipe (110) can constitute by mobile forwards, backwards certain position.That is, elasticity muscles and bones (114) is made of plastic material, can be moved forwards, backwards by the characteristic and the vivid elastic force upper end that is had of this material.

Be formed with fixed lobe portion (114 ') and insertion section (114 ") in the end (upper end) of elasticity muscles and bones (114).That is, be formed with the fixed lobe portion (114 ') of protrusion at the back side, upper end of above-mentioned elasticity muscles and bones (114), the front, upper end is formed with forward the insertion section of protruding (114 ").Fixed lobe portion (114 ') be the holddown groove that optionally is inserted into inner conduit (84 ") (84 " part in a), insertion section (114 ") are the parts in the patchhole (122) of the gliding member (120) that will illustrate below optionally being inserted into.

Also possessing in the outside of guide pipe (110) has gliding member (120).The shape of gliding member (120) preferably with the corresponding drum of guide pipe (110) for well, perforation is formed with patchhole (122) in the front.Patchhole (122) probably becomes square shape, and such patchhole (122) is optionally accommodated the insertion section (114 ") of elasticity muscles and bones (114).

Positive upper end at gliding member (120) also is formed with reception and registration projection (124).Passing on projection (124) is that positive upper end by gliding member (120) convexes to form upward, combines with the lower end of passing on axle (104).

Be formed with spring fixed part (126) in the positive lower end of gliding member (120).Spring fixed part (126) is to be protruded by the positive lower ends downward side of gliding member (120) to form, and is with compression spring (128) on such spring fixed part (126).Compression spring (128) is to apply the compression stress that is moved upward to gliding member (120), and the lower end combines with the following fixed part that will illustrate (130).

Externally the lower end of conduit (84 ') is formed with fixed part (130).Fixed part (130) is that the bottom that centers on outer conduit (84 ') in more detail forms around the lower end of guide pipe (110).Therefore, there are gliding member (120) and compression spring (128) in the inside of fixed part (130).

Be formed with down flex hook (88 ") and bar-shaped suction pipe Storage Department (132) at the back side of fixed part (130).That is, the back side of fixed part (130) is formed with the following flex hook (88 ") of the complications of protruding certain position downwards, is formed with the bar-shaped suction pipe Storage Department (132) that protrudes upward at the reverse side of flex hook down (88 ").Therefore, though not shown in the figures, on bar-shaped suction pipe Storage Department (132), bar-shaped suction pipe should be arranged certainly.

As above-mentioned explanation, for handle of the present invention (80), being formed with control lever hinge (86 ') on the handle (82) is the handle control lever (86) that reverses of axle, and the handle conduit (84) that links to each other with the lower end of handle (82) is by the outer conduit (84 ') that can slide mutually and inner conduit (84 ") formation.Also have, control sliding of outer conduit (84 ') and inner conduit (84 ") by the catheter anchoring system of the reception and registration axle (104) of passing on handle control lever (86) reverse-acting and gliding member (120) and elastomeric element formations such as (114).

Below describe in detail as the effect of the vacuum cleaner handle of above-mentioned formation as follows:

At first, start vacuum cleaner (50), produce suction under the motor (not shown) in being built in body (70) drives.By sucking extraneous air and foreign matter from the suction inlet (not shown) that is formed on nozzle body (60) bottom surface, these suck air and flow in the body (70) by being connected flexible pipe (H) with foreign matter.Then, it is inner and airborne foreign matter filtered to flow into dust bucket (73).

Process dust bucket (73) filters the air of foreign matter from newly flowing in the body (70), passes through exhaust cap (74) again to the outside discharge of vacuum cleaner (50) through built-in motor (not shown) then.

The following describes length adjustment method according to vacuum cleaner handle of the present invention (80).

When utilizing vacuum cleaner (50) cleaning, need reconcile the length of handle (80).That is, the user is in one's hands to stop under the state of handle (80), the hinge that reverses (64) of on nozzle body (60) rearward end of tramping with one's feet down.Body (70) reverses for center back side with the bottom like this.Then, user's length of regulating handle (80) again.This moment, the user used finger (thumb etc.) handle control lever (86) forwards under the state of catching handle (82) on the other hand.

Like this, handle control lever (86) serves as that axle reverses with control lever hinge (86 '), accommodates the inner row that breaks away of pipe (102) at the reception and registration axle (104) of control lever hinge (86 ') bottom hinge combination downwards at axle.

Be combined with the reception and registration projection (124) of gliding member (120) in the lower end of passing on axle (104), so along with passing on axle (104) to move, gliding member (120) also will move downwards downwards.That is, if when the power of passing on is bigger than the compression stress of compression spring (128), gliding member (120) moves downwards by passing on axle (104).

Gliding member (120) moves downwards, and accommodate in the patchhole (122) of gliding member (120) insertion section (114 ") that causes being pressed in the elasticity muscles and bones (114) below the gliding member (120).Therefore, the fixed lobe portion (114 ') of elasticity muscles and bones (114) as shown in Figure 6 internally the holddown groove of conduit (84 ") (84 " a) break away from, so inner conduit (84 ") just can slide.

That is, handle control does that (86) are as shown in Figure 5 preceding, and elasticity muscles and bones (114) is pressed in below the gliding member (120), fixed lobe portion (114 ') be in always the holddown groove that is inserted into inner conduit (84 ") (84 " a) state.Therefore, inner conduit (84 ") is fixed, length that can't regulating handle (80).But in case as above-mentioned when drawing back handle control lever (86), just can slide as inner conduit shown in Figure 6 (84 ").

With catching under the state of handle (82) on the other hand, the length adjustment of drawing back handle control lever (86) handle (80) with thumb just becomes possibility as above-mentioned user.Also have, has regulated the length of handle (80) after, take away from handle control lever (86) pointing.Like this, gliding member (120) is moved upward and gets back to former seat again under the effect of compression spring (128), the fixed lobe portion (114 ') of elasticity muscles and bones (114) be the holddown groove that is inserted into inner conduit (84 ") again (84 " a) in and the length of fixed handle (80).

Not only limit in the above-described embodiments as above-mentioned the present invention, and the technical staff of relevant industries can change on basis of the present invention flexibly in as above-mentioned technical scope.

Claims

1, a kind of handle of vacuum cleaner, it is characterized in that possessing with the control lever hinge is a handle of the handle control lever that reverses; Link to each other the handle conduit that constitutes by outer conduit and inner conduit with a side of handle; Along with the handle control lever on the handle moves and moves, the outer conduit of joystick conduit and the inner conduit that is formed with holddown groove carry out the catheter anchoring system that selectivity slides.

2, the handle of vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 is characterized in that being formed with the holddown groove that an end of catheter anchoring system optionally inserts on the inner conduit of handle conduit.

3, the handle of vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 is characterized in that a side length direction of conduit externally forms, the reception and registration axle that is moved up and down by moving of handle control lever; Form in a side of passing on axle, with a gliding member of passing on axle to move; Fixed by gliding member, optionally accommodate the elasticity muscles and bones in the holddown groove of inner conduit.

4, the handle of vacuum cleaner according to claim 3 is characterized in that externally the lower end of conduit is formed with around the guide pipe of outer conduit outside, and elasticity muscles and bones and guide pipe are integrally formed.

5,, it is characterized in that on gliding member, connecting the insertion groove that the end selectivity that forms flexible muscles and bones is inserted according to the handle of claim 3 or the 4th described vacuum cleaner.

6, the handle of vacuum cleaner according to claim 5, it is characterized in that on the end of elasticity muscles and bones, being formed with the holddown groove that optionally is inserted into inner conduit separately) in fixed lobe portion and the reverse side that is formed on fixed lobe portion optionally be inserted into gliding member patchhole in the insertion section.

7,, it is characterized in that also being formed with the compression spring that applies a direction power to gliding member in a side of gliding member according to the handle of claim 3 or 4 described vacuum cleaners.