CN107212809B

CN107212809B - Garbage can type dust collector

Info

Publication number: CN107212809B
Application number: CN201710633009.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕冬祥
Original assignee: Jiangsu Midea Cleaning Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Jiangsu Midea Cleaning Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-07-28
Filing date: 2017-07-28
Publication date: 2021-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-28
Also published as: CN107212809A

Abstract

The invention discloses a garbage can type dust collector, which comprises: the dust and air channel is limited in the shell assembly, the baffle plate is arranged in the air flow channel, and the air flow is bent at least once when flowing in the dust and air channel. According to the garbage bin type dust collector, the baffle plate is arranged in the dust and air channel, so that the airflow is bent at least once when flowing in the dust and air channel. Therefore, the flowing distance of the air flow in the dust and air channel can be prolonged, the noise caused in the flowing process of the air flow can be reduced, and the user experience of the garbage can type dust collector is improved.

Description

Garbage can type dust collector

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a garbage can type dust collector.

Background

In the related art, the dust collector is placed in a room or other places when not needed, but still occupies a certain space, which affects the life quality of users. In addition, the vacuum cleaner cleans a room by sucking impurities (such as dust) and loose debris together with air into the body through a motor and removing the impurities and loose debris through a dust collecting unit and the like in the body, and the noise generated during the working process of the vacuum cleaner is large, which greatly affects the experience of a user.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a garbage can type dust collector which has the advantages of simple structure and low noise.

A trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the dust and air collecting device comprises a shell assembly, wherein a dust and air channel is defined in the shell assembly, a baffle plate is arranged in the air channel, and air flow is bent at least once when flowing in the dust and air channel.

According to the garbage bin type dust collector provided by the embodiment of the invention, the baffle plate is arranged in the dust and air channel, so that the airflow is bent at least once when flowing in the dust and air channel. Therefore, the flowing distance of the air flow in the dust and air channel can be prolonged, the noise caused in the flowing process of the air flow can be reduced, and the user experience of the garbage can type dust collector is improved.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a drive assembly is disposed within the dust and gas passage, the drive assembly dividing the dust and gas passage into an upstream passage and a downstream passage. Thereby, the drive assembly may drive the flow of the air flow within the dust and air channel.

In some embodiments of the invention, the baffle is disposed in at least one of the upstream of the channel and the downstream of the channel. Therefore, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel can be prolonged, and the flowing noise of the airflow is further reduced.

Further, the baffle is a plurality of, and a plurality of baffle is in the interval staggered arrangement in passageway upstream or passageway downstream. Therefore, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel can be further prolonged, and the comfort of the garbage can type dust collector during working is improved.

Optionally, a battery is disposed within the housing assembly, the battery configured to be part of the baffle. Therefore, the battery can provide energy for the garbage bin type dust collector and reduce the production cost of the baffle plate.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the housing assembly comprises: the driving assembly is arranged on the barrel body assembly; and the barrel cover assembly is pivotally connected with the barrel body assembly, one part of the dust and air channel is positioned in the barrel body assembly, and the other part of the dust and air channel is positioned in the barrel cover assembly. Therefore, the opening of the bucket body assembly can be opened or closed by the bucket cover assembly so as to clean the garbage and the dust in the garbage bucket type dust collector.

In some embodiments of the invention, the drive assembly is disposed at a location of the tub assembly that is proximate to the tub cover assembly. Therefore, the layout design of the internal components of the garbage can type dust collector is facilitated.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the inlet of the dust and air channel is disposed on the bottom wall of the tub assembly, and the outlet of the dust and air channel is disposed on the tub assembly. Therefore, dust carrying with the airflow can enter the dust and air channel from the inlet, and is filtered and dedusted in the garbage can type dust collector, and the dedusted airflow flows out of the garbage can type dust collector from the outlet.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a sound attenuating material is provided in the dust and air passage. Therefore, the noise of the garbage can type dust collector during working can be further reduced.

In some embodiments of the invention, the trash can cleaner further comprises a pull rod connected to the housing assembly. Therefore, the garbage can type dust collector is convenient to push to move.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the direction of the arrows indicates the direction of airflow;

FIG. 2 is a front view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a trash can cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a left side view of the trash can cleaner with the lid assembly in an open position in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a trash can vacuum cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the lid assembly in an open state;

fig. 10 is a left side view of the trash can cleaner according to the embodiment of the present invention, in which the pull rod is in a stretched state.

Reference numerals:

a dust collector 100 of a garbage can type,

the dust and air purifier comprises a shell assembly 10, a dust and air channel 110, a baffle plate 111, a driving assembly 112, a battery 113, a barrel assembly 120, an inlet 121, an outlet 122, a barrel cover assembly 130 and a pull rod 140.

The dust cup assembly comprises an air inlet cover 210, a through hole 211, a sound insulation cavity 212, a flange 213, a side brush 220, a universal wheel 230 and a dust cup assembly 240.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

A trash can cleaner 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 10. It should be noted that the trash can type dust collector 100 can be used as a dust collector when dust removal work is required; when the dust collector is not used for dust collection, the dust collector can be used as a common garbage can, so that the function diversity of the garbage can type dust collector 100 can be improved, and the space occupancy rate of the garbage can type dust collector 100 can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, according to a trash can cleaner 100 of an embodiment of the present invention, the trash can cleaner 100 includes: the housing assembly 10, the housing assembly 10 defines a dust and air passage 110 therein. It can be understood that, during the operation of the trash can type vacuum cleaner 100, the dust entrained with the airflow can be sucked into the dust and air channel 110, and filtered and dedusted in the trash can type vacuum cleaner 100, and the airflow after dedusting is discharged out of the trash can type vacuum cleaner 100 along the dust and air channel 110, so as to achieve the effect of cleaning and dedusting.

As shown in fig. 1, a baffle 111 is disposed in the dust and air passage 110, and the airflow is bent at least once when flowing in the dust and air passage 110. Therefore, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel 110 can be prolonged, so that the flowing speed of the airflow can be reduced, and the noise caused by the airflow flowing is reduced.

According to the garbage can type vacuum cleaner 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, the airflow is bent at least once while flowing in the dust and air passage 110 by providing the baffle 111 in the dust and air passage 110. Therefore, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel 110 can be prolonged, the noise caused in the flowing process of the airflow can be reduced, and the user experience of the trash can type dust collector 100 is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 7 and 9, a driving assembly 112 is provided in the dust and air passage 110, and the driving assembly 112 divides the dust and air passage 110 into an upstream passage and a downstream passage. Thus, the drive assembly 112 can provide a driving force for the flow of the air flow in the dust and air channel 110 to maintain the flow of the air flow in the dust and air channel 110. It should be noted that the driving assembly 112 divides the dust and air channel 110 into an upstream channel and a downstream channel, the upstream channel can be understood as an air inlet channel of the dust and air channel 110, and the downstream channel can be understood as an air outlet channel of the dust and air channel 110. The drive assembly 112 may draw a dust laden airflow from upstream of the channel into the dirt cup assembly 240 for filter dust removal and drive the filter dust removed airflow out of the canister cleaner 100 downstream of the channel.

In some embodiments of the invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 9, baffles 111 are provided in at least one of the upstream and downstream channels. That is, the baffle 111 may be provided upstream of the passage, the baffle 111 may be provided downstream of the passage, or the baffles 111 may be provided both upstream of the passage and downstream of the passage. Thereby, the flowing distance of the air flow in the dust and air passage 110 is extended to reduce the noise generated when the air flow flows.

Further, the baffle 111 is a plurality of baffles, and the baffles 111 are arranged alternately in the upstream or downstream of the channel. Therefore, by arranging the plurality of baffle plates 111, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel 110 can be further prolonged, so that the noise of the trash can vacuum cleaner during working is further reduced, and the user experience of the trash can vacuum cleaner 100 is improved.

Optionally, a battery 113 is provided within the housing assembly 10, and the battery 113 may be configured as part of the baffle 111. It will be appreciated that the dustbin 100 can be powered during operation by the provision of a battery 113 within the housing. Moreover, by providing the battery 113, inconvenience in cleaning caused by connection of the trash can type vacuum cleaner 100 to a power source is overcome. In addition, as shown in fig. 9, a part of the baffle 111 may be configured by using a battery 113, whereby space utilization efficiency of the trash can type cleaner 100 may be improved and processing cost of the baffle 111 may be saved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the housing assembly 10 may include: a tub assembly 120 and a tub cover assembly 130. Wherein, the driving assembly 112 is disposed on the barrel assembly 120. Thereby, layout assembly of the drive assembly 112 is facilitated. The tub cover assembly 130 is pivotably connected to the tub assembly 120. Thus, the opening of the tub assembly 120 can be opened or closed by the tub cover assembly 130 to facilitate disposal of the garbage in the garbage tub cleaner 100. A portion of the dust and air passage 110 is located at the tub assembly 120, and another portion is located at the tub cover assembly 130. Thereby, the flow distance of the air flow in the dust and air passage 110 can be extended to reduce the air flow noise.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 9, the driving assembly 112 is provided at a position of the tub assembly 120 adjacent to the tub cover assembly 130. It will be appreciated that by locating the drive assembly 112 at a location on the tub assembly 120 adjacent to the tub cover assembly 130, the design layout of the dust and air passage 110 is facilitated, and the layout assembly of the baffle 111, the battery 113, etc. is facilitated.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the inlet 121 of the dust and gas passage 110 is disposed at the bottom wall of the tub assembly 120, and the outlet 122 of the dust and gas passage 110 is disposed at the tub assembly 120. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the inlet 121 of the dust and air passage 110 may be disposed on the bottom wall of the bucket assembly 120, and it can be understood that when the trash bucket 100 performs a dust removing operation, dust can be sucked into the dust and air passage 110 through the inlet 121 of the bottom wall, filtered and removed in the trash bucket 100, and the filtered and removed air flow is discharged out of the trash bucket 100 through the outlet 122. As shown in fig. 5, the outlet 122 of the trash can 100 may be disposed at a lower left position of the can assembly 120, so that the airflow flowing out of the outlet 122 may be prevented from being directly blown onto the user, and the user experience of the trash can 100 may be improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a sound deadening material may be provided in the dust and air passage 110. For example, a noise reduction material may be attached to the inner peripheral wall of the dust and air passage 110 or the surface of the baffle 111, so that the noise generated when the airflow flows can be absorbed by the noise reduction material, and the trash can type vacuum cleaner 100 can be operated more quietly and comfortably.

As shown in fig. 8 and 10, the trash can cleaner 100 can further include a pull rod 140, the pull rod 140 being connected to the housing assembly 10, according to some examples of the invention. Therefore, the user can push the garbage can type vacuum cleaner 100 to move conveniently through the pull rod 140, so that the dust removing work is more flexible and convenient. In some embodiments of the present invention, the tie bar 140 may be fixedly connected to the housing assembly 10. The connection stability of the fixed connection is high, and the connection mode is simple and easy to realize. In other embodiments of the present invention, one end of the pull rod 140 is pivotally connected to the housing assembly 10. It will be appreciated that the pull rod 140 is rotatable relative to the housing assembly 10 and the relative position of the pull rod 140 and the housing assembly 10 may be adjusted. Thus, the orientation angle between the drawbar 140 and the housing assembly 10 may be adjusted for ease of operation, thereby improving the experience for users of different heights.

The trash can cleaner 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail in one specific embodiment with reference to fig. 1 to 10. It is to be understood that the following description is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting.

As shown in fig. 1-10, the trash can vacuum cleaner 100 can include a housing assembly 10, a drive assembly 112, an air inlet cover 210, a pull rod 140, an edge brush 220, a universal wheel 230, a battery 113, a dirt cup assembly 240, and the like.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the housing assembly 10 includes a tub assembly 120 and a tub cover assembly 130, the tub cover assembly 130 is located above (as shown in fig. 1) the tub assembly 120 and is pivotably connected to the tub assembly 120, an upper end surface of the tub assembly 120 has an open opening, and the tub cover assembly 130 is adapted to open or close the open opening. The housing assembly 10 may define a dust and air passage 110 therein, a portion of the dust and air passage 110 is located on the lid assembly 130, an inlet 121 of the dust and air passage 110 is disposed on the bottom wall of the tub assembly 120, a portion of the dust and air passage 110 is located on the tub assembly 120, and an outlet 122 of the dust and air passage 110 is disposed on the lower left of the lid assembly 130.

As shown in fig. 7, the suction hood 210 and the driving assembly 112 are disposed in a portion of the dust and air channel 110 in the tub assembly 120, and the driving assembly 112 is disposed at a position of the tub assembly 120 close to the tub cover assembly 130, so that the driving assembly 112 can drive the airflow in the dust and air channel 110 to flow. The air inlet cover 210 can be umbrella-shaped, and the air inlet cover 210 can cover the driving assembly 112. The air inlet cover 210 is opposite to the inner peripheral wall of part of the barrel assembly 120, the edge of the air inlet cover 210 is provided with a flange 213, the flange 213 is connected with the inner peripheral wall of the barrel assembly 120, and a sound insulation cavity 212 is defined between the air inlet cover 210 and the barrel assembly 120. Sound-deadening material may be disposed within sound-insulating chamber 212 and may absorb sound waves. The air inlet cover 210 may have a through hole 211 to communicate with the soundproof chamber 212. The portion of the dust and air channel 110 defined by the driving assembly 112 and the air inlet cover 210 can communicate with the sound-insulating chamber 212, and sound waves in the dust and air channel 110 in this area can enter the sound-insulating chamber 212 through the through holes 211.

As shown in fig. 1, 7 and 9, the driving assembly 112 divides the dust and air passage 110 into an upstream passage communicating with the inlet 121 and a downstream passage communicating with the outlet 122. Baffles 111 are arranged in the downstream of the channel at intervals in a staggered manner, so that an S-shaped channel is formed in the downstream of the channel. Sound deadening materials are provided on the inner peripheral wall downstream of the passage and the surfaces of the baffle plates 111 to absorb the flow noise of the gas flow.

As shown in fig. 8 and 10, one end of the pull rod 140 is pivotally connected to the lid assembly 130, the pull rod 140 can rotate relative to the housing assembly 10, and the relative position of the pull rod 140 and the housing assembly 10 can be adjusted. As shown in FIG. 6, the side brush 220 is rotatably disposed on the outer bottom wall of the bucket assembly 120, the side brush 220 is movable on the outer bottom wall of the bucket assembly 120, when the trash can 100 is not used for cleaning, the side brush 220 can be moved under the outer bottom wall of the bucket assembly 120 to enhance the aesthetic property of the trash can 100, when the trash can 100 is used, the side brush 220 can be moved outward to clean surrounding trash, and the side brush 220 can be rotated along the rotation axis thereof to clean the surrounding trash and guide the trash and dust to the inlet 121.

As shown in fig. 2 to 5, the universal wheels 230 are provided on the outer bottom wall of the tub assembly 120 to allow the garbage can cleaner 100 to be freely moved indoors. As shown in fig. 7 and 9, the battery 113 can supply power to the trash can 100, so that the trash can 100 does not need to be connected to an external power source, the trash can 100 can be used conveniently, and when the trash can 100 is used as a trash can, the storage problem of the power cord does not need to be considered.

It should be noted that, as shown in fig. 1, 7 and 9, the dirt cup assembly 240 is disposed on the lid assembly 130, and when the trash can 100 performs a dust removing operation, a user pushes the trash can 100 to move on the floor through the pull rod 140, and the edge brush 220 guides dust and dirt on the floor to the inlet 121. Under the driving action of the driving assembly 112, the airflow carries dust into the channel upstream from the inlet 121 and enters the dust cup assembly 240 from the channel upstream, the air and the dust can be separated in the dust cup assembly 240, and the filtered airflow enters the channel downstream and is discharged out of the trash can type dust collector 100 from the outlet 122 after S-shaped flowing in the channel downstream, so that dust removal and cleaning work is completed.

Thus, by providing the baffle 111 in the dust and air passage 110, the airflow is bent at least once when flowing through the dust and air passage 110. Therefore, the flowing distance of the airflow in the dust and air channel 110 can be prolonged, the noise caused in the flowing process of the airflow can be reduced, and the user experience of the trash can type dust collector 100 is improved.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A trash can-style vacuum cleaner, comprising:

the dust and air collecting device comprises a shell assembly, a dust and air channel is defined in the shell assembly, a plurality of baffle plates are arranged in the dust and air channel, the dust and air channel is S-shaped, airflow is bent at least twice when flowing in the dust and air channel, a battery is arranged in the shell assembly, and the battery is constructed into a part of the baffle plates;

the air inlet cover, the air inlet cover is located in the casing subassembly, the air inlet cover with the sound insulation chamber is injectd to the casing subassembly between, the intracavity that gives sound insulation is equipped with the amortization material piece, be equipped with the through-hole on the air inlet cover, the dirt air passage pass through the through-hole with the sound insulation chamber is linked together.

2. A trash can vacuum cleaner as in claim 1 wherein a drive assembly is disposed within the dust and air channel, the drive assembly dividing the dust and air channel into a channel upstream and a channel downstream.

3. A trash can cleaner as claimed in claim 2, wherein the baffle is provided in at least one of the upstream and downstream channels.

4. A trash can cleaner as claimed in claim 3 wherein the baffles are plural and are staggered upstream or downstream of the passageway.

5. A trash can cleaner as defined in claim 2, wherein the housing assembly comprises:

the driving assembly is arranged on the barrel body assembly; and

the barrel cover assembly is pivotally connected with the barrel body assembly, one part of the dust and air channel is located in the barrel body assembly, and the other part of the dust and air channel is located in the barrel cover assembly.

6. A trash can cleaner as claimed in claim 5, wherein the drive assembly is provided on the can assembly adjacent the lid assembly.

7. A garbage can cleaner as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inlet of the dust and air channel is provided in the bottom wall of the can assembly and the outlet of the dust and air channel is provided in the can assembly.

8. A garbage can cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dust and air channel is provided with sound deadening material.

9. A trash can cleaner as defined in claim 1, further comprising: a pull rod connected with the housing assembly.