JP2964005B2 - Vacuum cleaner suction tool - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning suction tool connected to a suction pipe of a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a cleaning device for cleaning futons, blankets, carpets and the like having a soft surface. The present invention relates to a hand-held suction device suitable for a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a manually-operated cleaning suction tool for cleaning soft surfaces such as futons and blankets, a cylindrical suction tool body provided with a suction port at a lower portion of an outer periphery has a number of suction holes. A rotating body is provided, and dust is sucked from the suction hole of the rotating body that is rotated by the movement through the suction port,
What collects dust in the vacuum cleaner main body is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-7-116089, JP-A-7-116090,
This is proposed by Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 54-158068.

[0003]

However, these conventional hand-operated suction tools have a structure in which the rotating body is formed of a cylindrical body, and the cylindrical rotating body rotates around the suction tool body. Therefore, the rotating body could only be made of a cylindrical body having a true circular cross section. Therefore, the contact surface of the rotating body to the object to be cleaned is limited to a part of the arc, and the suction area for the object to be cleaned is small,
There is a problem in that air is sucked in from the front-back direction of the cylindrical body, so that the dust-absorbing efficiency is very poor and sufficient dust-absorbing cannot be performed.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning tool for cleaning the object to be cleaned while holding it by hand and directly contacting the object with the object to be cleaned. It can be brought into surface contact, and this surface contact portion can secure a sufficient suction area for the object to be cleaned,
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hand-type cleaner suction tool which can enhance suction efficiency with respect to the surface of the object to be cleaned and can suck dust very well. A second object of the present invention is to provide such a hand-held suction tool, Furthermore, a vacuum cleaner that can be used as a hand-type dust cleaner that can be changed to a friction cleaning body as needed and can be wiped off by rubbing dust or the like adhered or adhered to clothes or the like. It is an object to provide a suction tool.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical measures. That is, the first configuration of the suction device of the vacuum cleaner according to the present invention includes a hand-held suction device body 1 provided with a connecting pipe 2 for connecting to the vacuum cleaner at a rear portion, and a front end of the body 1. A cylindrical member 3 extending forward and an endless rotating member 5 that rotates around the cylindrical member 3, and at least a part of the lower surface of the cylindrical member 3 is substantially flat. The rotating member 5 is formed by connecting a number of caterpillar elements 6 endlessly, and the caterpillar element 6 is formed with a plurality of suction holes 7. ,
And a connecting portion 8 for connecting the caterpillar elements to each other.

[0006] The second configuration is a hand-held suction tool body 1 provided with a connection pipe 2 for connecting to a vacuum cleaner at a rear portion, and extends forward from a tip end of the body 1. A pipe 4 having an air suction port 4a formed on a lower surface thereof;
A cylindrical member 3 mounted so as to be able to be turned upside down around the pipe 4 around the pipe, and an endless rotating member 5 rotating around the cylindrical member 3; At least a part of the lower surface of the rotary member 5 is formed substantially flat, and an intake port 11 is provided on the lower surface.
Is formed by connecting a number of caterpillar elements 6 endlessly. The caterpillar element 6 has a plurality of suction holes 7.
A connecting portion 8 for connecting the caterpillar elements to each other; and a dust removing plate 12 capable of wiping dust adhered to clothes or the like is disposed so as to cover the upper surface of the rotating member 5 and is attached to the cylindrical member 3. This is a configuration held.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In carrying out the present invention,
It is preferable that each part of the above-described configuration is partially formed, and is appropriately assembled and implemented. The material is preferably a synthetic resin molded product in terms of good molding efficiency, but a metal material can be used partially. In the case of molding using a synthetic resin material, an endless rotating member 5 and a cylindrical member 3 supporting the same are used.
It is preferable to select and use materials excellent in abrasion resistance and low in frictional resistance with each other.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment according to a first configuration of a suction device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.
Indicates a suction tool body that constitutes a grip for hand holding,
A connecting pipe 2 connected to the suction pipe of the vacuum cleaner is provided at the rear end, and a short cylindrical connecting protruding part 4A having an air suction port 4a opened at the front surface is extended from the front end face of the body.
It is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material.

The connecting projection 4 of the suction tool body 1
The cylindrical member 3 is connected to A by screwing. The cylindrical member 3
Is formed in a deformed oval shape having a gentle upper surface in a side view and a lower surface as a flat surface, and a suction port 11 is provided in a part of the flat lower surface. The tubular member 3 is formed of a synthetic resin half body 3a, 3b divided into two parts in the left-right direction in a longitudinally central shape. The coupling member 9 is applied to the distal end side, and is fastened by a stopper 18. . A locking projection 18a is connected to the inner surface of the stopper 18 so that the locking projection 18a is formed in the coupling 9 and the projection passing hole 9a is formed in the cylindrical member 3. By rotating through the hole 3d, it engages with the inner surface of the distal end wall of the tubular member 3 and is fixed.

An endless rotating member 5 which rotates along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member 3 is provided around the cylindrical member 3. The front-rear direction of the rotating member 5 is regulated by a front wall of the suction body 1 and a rear wall of the coupling 9. As shown in FIG. 1, the rotating member 5 is formed by connecting a number of elongated track elements 6 endlessly. The track element 6 includes a plurality of suction holes 7 and front and rear connecting portions 8. The track elements 6 are connected endlessly through the connecting portions 8. In the embodiment shown in this figure, the connecting part 8 is formed in the shape of a pipe so that it can be coaxially arranged with respect to the connecting part of the adjacent caterpillar element,
A shaft 19 is inserted into these pipe-like connecting portions 8 to form a chain.

The pipe-like connecting portion 8 is provided with the caterpillar element 6
It is preferable that it protrudes outward from the plate surface. This allows the caterpillar-shaped rotating member to be smoothly rotated by reliably contacting the object to be cleaned and receiving contact resistance during cleaning. As a means for increasing the contact resistance, a small protrusion may be formed on the surface of the track element 6.

Next, an embodiment of the second configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. 4 to 8 show a first embodiment of a suction device of a vacuum cleaner having a second configuration according to the present invention, wherein reference numeral 1 denotes a suction device body as a hand-held member, A connecting pipe 2 connected to the pipe is provided at the rear end, and a pipe 4 having an air suction port 4a formed on the lower surface integrally extends from the front end face of the body. The suction tool body 1 is composed of an upper body 1a and a lower body 1b made of a synthetic resin and divided into upper and lower parts, and are integrally connected to each other by fitting.

A cylindrical member 3 is mounted on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe 4 of the suction tool body 1 so as to be able to turn around the pipe 4 in a reverse manner. The structure of the tubular member 3 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the half of the synthetic resin half body 3 is divided into two parts.
a and 3b, and are integrally connected at the body side portion via a ring-shaped coupling 10 by screwing or bonding. The coupling 10 on the body side is rotatably fitted at the base end of the pipe 4, the coupling 9 on the distal end is fitted over the distal end of the tubular member 3, and It is fixed to. This fastening is achieved by engaging a projection 18a formed on the back side of the stopper 18 with a projection passage hole 9a formed on the coupling 9 and a projection passage hole 3a formed on the tubular member 3.
d and 3d, and slides in the horizontal direction, whereby the cylindrical member 3 is engaged with and fixed to the inner surface of the distal end wall. The cylindrical member 3 has a large-diameter portion 4 formed at the tip of a pipe 4 when the half bodies 3a and 3b are connected to each other.
b is configured to engage with a rib hole 3c formed near the tip end of the half body 3a, 3b, thereby preventing the tubular member 3 from falling out of the pipe 4.

An endless rotating member 5 which rotates along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member 3 is provided around the cylindrical member 3 as in the case of the first embodiment. . Since the shapes and connecting means of the many track elements 6 constituting the rotating member 5 are the same as described above, a specific description will be omitted.

The suction device of the second configuration has a plate-like dust removal plate 12 that can wipe off dust adhering or adhering to clothes or the like. The dust removing plate 12 is arranged so as to cover the upper surface of the rotating member 5. The dust removing plate 12 is integrally formed with a directional brushed dust removing cloth 12b, 12b, such as a commercially available clothing cleaner, which is fitted on both sides of a suction opening 12d at an intermediate portion thereof in a flat rectangular frame 12a. Have been. Further, the dust removing plate 12 has insertion pieces 12c, 12c at both ends, and as shown in FIG. 7, these insertion pieces 13, 13 are formed on the opposing surfaces of the upper protruding portions of the couplings 9, 10. By being inserted into the receiving holes 13, 13, the couplings 9, 10 are held at a slight distance from the upper surface of the rotating member 5.

In this embodiment, as means for changing the reversing position of the cylindrical member 3, that is, for holding the position where the dust removing plate 12 is on the upper surface side and the lower surface side of the cylindrical member 3, FIG. 8, the inner coupling 1
A concave portion 14 and a ball 15 which is elastically fitted to the concave portion 14 are provided at predetermined positions on a vertical contact surface of the suction body 1 and the suction tool body 1 so that they are elastically fitted to each other to maintain a posture. is there.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 shows another method of changing the reversing posture of the cylindrical member 3, and the lock lever 16 swings up and down around the rear end side of the body 1. FIG. Are arranged along the upper inner surface of the body 1, and the front end 16 a is formed in an opening 14 a formed in the front wall of the body 1.
The lock holes 17, 1 formed on the upper and lower sides on the back side of the inner coupling 10 as shown in FIG.
7. When the cylindrical member 3 is turned upside down, the push projection 16b protruding upward from the body 1 is pushed in the direction of arrow P in FIG. 9 to push down the distal end 16b of the lock lever 16 as shown by the phantom line to lock. The coupling 10 is disengaged from the hole 17.
Can be rotated.

FIG. 11 shows still another reversing posture changing means. In this structure, a lock lever 16 which slides in the front-rear direction is provided on the upper surface of the body 1, and the tip 16a of the lock lever 16 has a cylindrical member. 3 may be formed so as to fit into the lock hole 17 provided in the coupling 10 at the predetermined posture position, and the tip portion 16a may be formed to be inserted into and removed from the lock hole 17.

The suction tool shown in the above embodiment is connected to the suction pipe of the vacuum cleaner through the connection pipe 2 and is mainly used for cleaning futons, blankets and carpets. Body 1
Is gripped by hand and the lower surface of the suction tool is pressed against the surface of a soft blanket or futon and slid in the left-right direction, the rotating member 5 rotates, and the suction port of the cylindrical member 3 passes through the many suction holes 7. Dust and ticks are sucked into the cleaner body through 4. In this case, the rotation of the rotating member 5 causes the surface of the futon to be pressed in sequence, so that the futon is not pulled into the suction tool or stuck together. In particular, the rotating member 5
Has a caterpillar structure, so that the contact surface of the rotating member 5 with the object to be cleaned can be brought into contact in a surface contact state, whereby a sufficient suction area can be secured and dust and ticks can be efficiently sucked. It is.

While the hand-held suction tool of the present invention is still connected to the hose of the cleaner body, the tubular member 3 is rotated upside down so that the dust removing plate 12 is inverted and transferred to the lower surface side, so that clothes, etc. By rubbing while pressing against the garment, it is possible to perform dust suction cleaning with a vacuum cleaner while scraping dust adhered or adhered to clothing. Further, in the use posture of the dust removing plate 12, the dust removing plate 12 can be detached from the cleaner body and used as a hand-type simple dust removing cleaner.

In the above-described embodiment, the cylindrical member 3 of the suction tool is shown as being formed in an oblong shape having an arcuate upper surface in a side view. Since the structure of the member 5 is a caterpillar structure, it is possible to change the side shape of the tubular member 3 to an appropriate shape. Further, the lower surface of the cylindrical member 3 does not need to be a completely flat surface, and may be embodied as having an appropriate gentle curvature or a corrugated surface.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment of the rotating member 5. The rotating member 5 shown in this embodiment is provided with a predetermined lengthwise direction with respect to one synthetic resin band-shaped plate. By making a V-cut so as to be able to bend at intervals, a large number of caterpillar elements 6 having a plurality of suction holes 7 are formed in a chain via a V-cut connecting portion 8, and both ends thereof are endless. They are connected in a shape. In this case, the tough strip 20 may be joined to the back surface of the rotating member 5 to reinforce the connection of the track elements 6. Moreover, when using this tough band material 20,
A number of caterpillar elements 6 can be formed into independent single elements, respectively, and can be embodied as a structure as an endless strip by being closely or connected to the strip 20 at a predetermined interval. Further, the caterpillar element 6 in FIG.
Are shown as having projections 6a... Provided on the respective surfaces so as to obtain a reliable contact resistance with the object to be cleaned.

Although the embodiments which are considered to be representative of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not necessarily limited to only the structures of the embodiments, but has the structural requirements and achieves the above object. However, as long as it has the following effects, it can be appropriately modified and implemented.

[0024]

The suction device of the present invention is of a hand-held type, and can be cleaned by directly holding the body by hand and swinging it in the left-right direction. Even in narrow areas, hanging items such as curtains, irregularly shaped clothing, or any place or any place such as a high place such as on a desk, chair, or furniture, can be properly cleaned Which has a remarkable effect.

Since the structure is constructed as described above, the contact surface of the rotating member with the object to be cleaned can be brought into contact with the object within a required range, thereby providing a sufficient suction area. Not only can the dust and ticks be suctioned strongly and efficiently by securing the large contact area, but also the contact resistance during rotation of the caterpillar-shaped rotating member can be reliably received and smoothly rotated. The effect can be expected.

[0026] In addition, in the suction device of the second configuration, while the suction device is connected to the hose of the cleaner body, the cylindrical member is rotated to reverse the up-down direction so that the dust removal plate is placed on the lower surface. Side, and rub while pressing against the object to be cleaned such as clothes, so that the suction cleaning by the vacuum cleaner is performed while rubbing off the hard-to-suction dust adhered or adhered to the surface of the object to be cleaned. In addition, there is an effect that the suction tool can be removed from the cleaner body and used as a hand-type simple dust cleaner similarly for cleaning an object to be cleaned.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing an embodiment of a first configuration.

FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 in an assembled state.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the product of FIG. 2 in the central longitudinal direction.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part showing an embodiment of a second configuration.

5 is an overall perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 4 in an assembled state.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a cylindrical member of the product of FIG. 5;

7 is a longitudinal sectional view in a central longitudinal direction of a main part of the product of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional view showing a reversing posture holding means.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view in a central longitudinal direction of a main part showing another embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of the product of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a main part showing a reversing holding means for a cylindrical member according to another embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotating member according to another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suction implement body 2 Connection pipe 3 Cylindrical member 4 Pipe 4a Air suction port 5 Rotating member 6 Caterpillar element 7 Suction small hole 8 Connecting part 11 Suction port 12 Dust removal plate

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] Connection tube (2) for connecting to a vacuum cleaner
Hand-held suction body (1) provided at the rear, and a cylindrical member (3) extending forward from the tip of the body (1).
And an endless rotating member that rotates around the cylindrical member (3).
(5), at least a part of the lower surface of the cylindrical member (3) is formed substantially flat, and an intake port (11) is provided on the lower surface, and the rotating member (5) has a large number of Caterpillar element
(6) ... endlessly connected to each other, and the caterpillar element
(6) is a suction tool for a vacuum cleaner having a plurality of suction holes (7) ... and a connecting portion (8) for connecting the caterpillar elements to each other. 2. A connecting pipe (2) for connecting to a vacuum cleaner.
A hand-held suction body (1) provided at the rear, and a pipe (4) extending forward from the tip of the body (1) and having an air suction port (4a) formed on the lower surface, This pipe
A cylindrical member (3) mounted so that it can be turned upside down around the pipe around (4), and an endless rotating member (5) that rotates around the cylindrical member (3). The said tubular member (3)
At least a part of the lower surface is formed substantially flat and an intake port (11) is provided on the lower surface, and the rotating member (5) is formed by connecting a number of caterpillar elements (6) endlessly. The caterpillar element (6) has a plurality of suction holes (7) ...
And a connecting portion (8) for connecting the caterpillar elements to each other, and further a dust removing plate (12) capable of wiping dust adhered to clothes or the like so as to cover the upper surface of the rotating member (5). A suction device for a vacuum cleaner which is arranged and held by a tubular member (3).