(19)
(11)EP 2 389 849 B1

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45)Mention of the grant of the patent:
07.09.2016 Bulletin 2016/36

(21)Application number: 11167786.0

(22)Date of filing:  27.05.2011
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A47L 5/22(2006.01)
A47L 5/28(2006.01)
A47L 9/16(2006.01)
A47L 5/24(2006.01)
A47L 9/12(2006.01)
B04C 9/00(2006.01)

(54)

Cyclone dust collecting apparatus and hand-held cleaner having the same

Zyklonstaubsammelvorrichtung und tragbares Reinigungsgerät damit

Appareil dépoussiérant de type cyclone et nettoyeur portable l'utilisant


(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30)Priority: 15.09.2010 KR 20100090364
31.05.2010 US 349938 P

(43)Date of publication of application:
30.11.2011 Bulletin 2011/48

(73)Proprietor: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 443-742 (KR)

(72)Inventors:
  • Han, Jung-gyun
    Gwangju (KR)
  • Kim, Ki-man
    Gwangju (KR)
  • Baek, Seog-bong
    Busan (KR)
  • Kim, Dong-jun
    Gwangju (KR)

(74)Representative: Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB 
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München
80802 München (DE)


(56)References cited: : 
EP-A2- 1 952 743
WO-A2-2008/088278
EP-A2- 2 201 875
DE-U1- 8 814 124
  
      
    Note: Within nine months from the publication of the mention of the grant of the European patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to the European patent granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall not be deemed to have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent Convention).


    Description

    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS


    BACKGROUND


    1. Field



    [0001] The disclosure relates to a vacuum cleaner. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a cyclone dust collecting apparatus, which collects a dirt or dust from an air, and a hand-held vacuum cleaner having the same.

    2. Description of the Related Art



    [0002] In general, a vacuum cleaner is an apparatus, which generates a suction force by means of a suction motor mounted in a cleaner body thus to draw in an air laden with a dust or dirt and then filters and collects the dust or dirt from the drawn-in air through a dust collecting apparatus. Particularly, a cyclone dust collecting apparatus, which is a dust collecting apparatus to form a whirling current in the air thus to separate the dust or dirt therefrom by using a centrifugal force generated by the whirling of air, does not requires replacing dust bags. Thus, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus can be semi-permanently used.

    [0003] International Patent Publication WO 2008/088278 discloses a cyclone dust collecting apparatus and a hand-held cleaner having the same. The disclosed cyclone dust collecting apparatus is configured, so that an air flows into a cyclone inlet formed at a side thereof, goes down while whirling to separate a dust or dirt therefrom by a centrifugal force, converts a moving direction thereof at an angle of 180, and then passes through a filter while moving toward an upper part thereof in which a motor is disposed. However, in the cyclone dust collecting apparatus, there is a problem in that if the moving direction of air is reversed or sharply curved therein as above, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus may generate a loss in pressure due to such a change in flow path, thereby causing a dust separating efficiency thereof to deteriorate.

    [0004] In addition, in even the hand-held cleaner having the cyclone dust collecting apparatus disclosed in the prior art as described above, a separate duct member is disposed to connect an inlet port formed at an lower end of the hand-held cleaner and a cyclone inlet formed at a side of an upper part of a dust collecting bin, and thus a long flow path in which an outer air drawn in through the inlet port is flowed into the dust collecting bin through the cyclone inlet via the duct member is provided. Accordingly, in even the hand-held cleaner, there is a problem in that a loss in air flow is large.

    [0005] In particular, the hand-held cleaner can not use a high power suction motor because it is a small cleaner. Thus, in the hand-held cleaner, a decrease in dust separating efficiency due to the loss in pressure or flow tends to appear larger than that in a general vacuum cleaner.

    SUMMARY



    [0006] An aspect of the present disclosure is to address at least the above problems and/or disadvantages and to provide at least the advantages described below. Accordingly, an aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a cyclone dust collecting apparatus, which has a reduced pressure loss and an improved dust collecting efficiency, and a hand-held vacuum cleaner having the same.

    [0007] According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a pre-motor filter unit having a filter grill and a filter member, a dust collecting bin having one end to which the pre-motor filter unit is coupled and the other end opposite to the one end in which an cyclone inlet is formed, and a cyclone bin disposed in the dust collecting bin and having a spiral flow path-guide member integrally formed therein, wherein a moving path of air drawn into the cyclone inlet is maintained in the same direction until the air is discharged through the pre-motor filter unit via the cyclone bin.

    [0008] The dust collecting bin may further include an anti-back flow rib extended from the cyclone inlet toward the pre-motor filter unit.

    [0009] The pre-motor filter unit may be coupled to an upper end of the dust collecting bin, and the cyclone inlet may be formed in a lower end of the dust collecting bin.

    [0010] The pre-motor filter unit may include an upper casing and a lower casing, the filter member may be mounted between the upper casing and the lower casing, and the filter grill may be convexly projected from the lower casing.

    [0011] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a hand-held cleaner includes a body, and a cyclone dust collecting apparatus detachably mounted in the body. The cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a pre-motor filter unit having a filter grill and a filter member, a dust collecting bin having one end to which the pre-motor filter unit is coupled and the other end opposite to the one end in which an cyclone inlet is formed, and a cyclone bin disposed in the dust collecting bin and having a spiral flow path-guide member integrally formed therein, wherein a moving path of air drawn into the cyclone inlet is maintained in the same direction and not changed until the air is discharged through the pre-motor filter unit via the cyclone bin.

    [0012] The body may include a cyclone mounting space for accommodating the cyclone dust collecting apparatus, a vacuum source provided on one side of the cyclone mounting space, and a cleaner inlet port provided on the other side of the cyclone mounting space to communicate with the cyclone inlet.

    [0013] The body may further include a rib formed on and projected from the cleaner inlet port.

    [0014] The body may further include a roller disposed on a lower end of the cleaner inlet port to rotate while being in contact with a surface to be cleaned thereby to allow the hand-held cleaner to be easily moved back and forth.

    [0015] The body may be mounted in a stick body to be usable as a stick cleaner.

    [0016] According the foregoing description, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus of the invention disclosure is configured, so that the cyclone inlet is formed on one end, that is, a lower surface of the dust collecting bin and the pre-motor filter unit including the grill is detachably disposed on the other end opposite to the one end, that is, an upper end of the dust collecting bin, thereby preventing a portion by which an air flow is depressed from generating thus to reduce a loss in pressure and to improve a dust collecting efficiency.

    [0017] In addition, the hand-held cleaner of the invention disclosure is configured so that the cleaner inlet port is connected with the cyclone inlet formed on the lower surface of the dust collecting bin without using any separate duct member, thereby allowing an air path and a loss in air flow to shorten and reduce thus to improve the dust collecting efficiency of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus.

    [0018] Also, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus of the invention disclosure is configured, so that the anti-back flow rib is internally projected and disposed in the cyclone inlet, thereby preventing a dust or dirt in the cyclone bin from flowing backward through the cyclone inlet.

    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS



    [0019] The above and other objects, features, and advantages of certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

    FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a handy type cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure in a state where a cyclone dust separating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is separated from a body;

    FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the cyclone dust separating apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

    FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a dust collecting bin and a cyclone bin of the cyclone dust separating apparatus shown in FIG. 2, as viewed from above;

    FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the hand-held cleaner of FIG. 1 in a state where the body from which the cyclone dust separating apparatus is removed stands up ;

    FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the hand-held cleaner in a state where the body of FIG. 4 lies down;

    FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing the hand-held cleaner shown in FIG. 1 in use;

    FIG. 7 is a right side view showing a stick cleaner including the hand-held cleaner according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure to which the hand-held cleaner having the cyclone dust separating apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is applied;

    FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing the stick cleaner of FIG. 7 to which the hand-held cleaner having the cyclone dust separating apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is applied in a state where the hand-held cleaner is separated from a stick body;

    FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing the handy-and-stick type cleaner of FIG. 7 in a state where the cyclone dust separating apparatus is separated from the hand-held cleaner; and

    FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the stick cleaner of FIG. 7.



    [0020] Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals will be understood to refer to the same elements, features, and structures.

    DETAILED DESCRIPTION



    [0021] Hereinafter, a cyclone dust collecting apparatus and a hand-held vacuum cleaner having the same according to certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing figures.

    [0022] In the following description, the matters defined in the description, such as detailed construction and elements, are provided to assist in a comprehensive understanding of the invention. However, the present disclosure can be practiced without those specifically defined matters. Also, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention with unnecessary detail.

    [0023] Referring to FIG. 1, a hand-held cleaner 50 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body 52, and a cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100.

    [0024] On a front part of the body 52 are provided a first discharge part 56 in the form of a grill having a plurality of discharge holes, a handle 62 and a power button 65. A vacuum source M (see FIG. 6) for generating a suction force and a battery (not shown) are mounted in an upper part of the body 52. On a rear part of the body 52, a second discharge part 58 (see FIG. 5) in the form of a grill having a plurality of discharge holes is formed at a position opposite to that of the first discharge part 56. On the rear part of the body 52, a second connecting terminal 60 (see FIG. 8) is disposed on an upper part of the second discharge part 58. A roller 114 (see FIGS. 5 and 6) is rotatably disposed on a lower end of the body 52. A cyclone mounting space 51 in which the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 is mounted is penetrated through and formed in the lower part of the handy 52.

    [0025] Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6, the body 52 includes a cleaner inlet port 63, a roller 114, an inlet gasket 63', an outlet gasket 67, and a rib 69. The cleaner inlet port 63 is coupled with an opening 4 of a stick body 14 and a cyclone inlet 110 while being in tight contact therewith. The inlet gasket 63' is disposed on a circumferential surface of the cleaner inlet port 63 to prevent an air from being leaked through coupled portions of the cleaner inlet port 63 and the cyclone inlet 110. The outlet gasket 67 is disposed around a motor inlet port M' formed on an upper part of the cyclone mounting space 51 to increase a contact force of coupled portions between a pre-motor filter unit 70 and the body 52 thus to prevent an air from being leaked therethrough.

    [0026] The roller 14 is disposed on a lower part of the cleaner inlet port 63, and when the hand-held cleaner 50 is used being separated from the stick body 14, rotates while being in contact with a surface to be cleaned thus to allow the hand-held cleaner 50 to easily move back and forth and to reduce a friction between the surface to be cleaned and the hand-held cleaner 50.

    [0027] The rib 69 is formed on and projected from the cleaner inlet port 63, and when the hand-held cleaner 50 is mounted in a mounting space 3, is inserted into the opening 4 of the stick body 14 to prevent an air from being leaked between the cleaner inlet port 63 and the opening 4. In addition, when the hand-held cleaner 50 is tilted to allow the cleaner inlet port 63 to be in contact with the surface to be cleaned, the rib 69 reduces a separated space between the surface to be cleaned and the cleaner inlet port 63 to allow the suction force of the vacuum source M to be transmitted to the surface to be cleaned well, thereby improving a dust suction performance of the hand-held cleaner to the surface to be cleaned.

    [0028] Referring to FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dust collecting bin 102, a cover member 104, a pre-motor filter unit 70 and a cyclone bin 107.

    [0029] The dust collecting bin 102 is made of a transparent material and has an approximately rectangle shape. The pre-motor filter unit 70 is detachably mounted on a side of the duct collecting bin 102.

    [0030] The cover member 104 is made of a transparent material and integrally formed with the dust collecting bin 102. The cover member 104 forms an outer surface of the hand-held cleaner 50 when the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 is mounted in the cyclone mounting space 51 of the hand-held cleaner 50.

    [0031] On both side ends of the cover member 104 is disposed a pair of locking members 113, which is able to be hinged and elastically supported by springs (not shown). Thus, a user can push the pair of locking members 113 with her or his one hand to lock or release them in or from locking grooves 77 (see FIG. 4) formed on both sides of the cyclone mounting space 51 of the body 52, thereby assembling or separating the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 in or from the body 52.

    [0032] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 6, since in the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100, the dust collecting bin 102 and the cover member 104 are transparent, the user can check the amount of dust collected in the dust collecting bin 102 or an operation state thereof in the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 with her or his eyes from the outside. Further, the user can see the inside of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 from the front part and the rear part of the hand-held cleaner 50 even when the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 is mounted in the cyclone mounting space 51. Also, the user can see the inside of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 through a front part of a stick vacuum cleaner 1(see FIG. 7) even when the hand-held cleaner 50 is mounted in the stick body 14. In other words, through a body-transparent part 18 of the stick body 14, the user can check the inside of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 with her or his eyes. Referring to FIG. 7, the user can see the inside of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 through a rear part of the handy-and-stick type vacuum cleaner 1. In other words, when the stick vacuum cleaner 1 is used, the user can check the inside of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 through the rear part of the stick vacuum cleaner 1 even if she or he does not move in front of the stick vacuum cleaner 1.

    [0033] Referring to FIG. 3, the cyclone bin 107 is disposed in the dust collecting bin 102 to divide an inner space of the dust collecting bin 102 into a centrifugal chamber S1 and a dust accommodating chamber S2 (see FIG. 6). A central pipe 108 is provided in a center of the cyclone bin 107, and a spiral flow path-guide member 106 for inducing a rotation of air drawn in through a cyclone inlet 110 is disposed between the cyclone bin 107 and the central pipe 108.

    [0034] Referring to FIGS. 2, 3 and 6, the pre-motor filter unit 70 is disposed to be coupled to a upper part of the dust collecting bin 102, and includes an upper casing 76, a lower casing 72, and a filter member 74. A grill 71 is convexly projected from the lower casing 72, and a plurality of air holes 78 for discharge an air is formed in the upper casing 76. The filter member 74 is mounted between the upper casing 76 and the lower casing 72. When the pre-motor filter unit 70 is mounted in the dust collecting bin 102, the convex grill 71 is inserted to a certain extent into the cyclone bin 107, that is, the centrifugal chamber S1. The convex grill 71 allows the air to maintain a whirling force in an upper part of the cyclone bin 107, and first filters a relatively large dust or dirt from the air discharged from the centrifugal chamber S1. Further, the filter member 74 secondly separates a fine dust or dirt from the air past the grill 71.

    [0035] As shown in FIG. 1, when the cyclone duct collecting apparatus 100 is separated from the hand-held cleaner 50, the pre-motor filter unit 70 along with the cyclone duct collecting apparatus 100 is separated therefrom. To dump the dust or dirt, the user should separate the pre-motor filter unit 70 form the cyclone duct collecting apparatus 100. Thus, whenever the user dumps the dust or dirt, she or he can naturally check contamination levels of the pre-motor filter unit 70 and timely replace the filter member 74 with a new one.

    [0036] Referring to FIGS. 2 to 6, the cyclone inlet 110 is formed in a lower surface of the dust collecting bin 102 to come in tight contact with the cleaner inlet port 63, and has a semicircle shape. Around an inner side of the cyclone inlet 110 is provided an anti-back flow rib 112, which is projected toward the inside of the dust collecting bin 102. Although the anti-back flow rib 112 is illustrated as being provided on a portion of a circumference of the cyclone inlet 110, it may be formed on the entire circumference of the cyclone inlet 110 to project to a certain distance into the cyclone bin 107 therefrom. The anti-back flow rib 112 acts to prevent the dust or dirt remained in the cyclone bin 107 from flowing out through the cyclone inlet 110.

    [0037] Referring to FIG. 3, a central pipe 108 and a flow path-guide member 106 are disposed in the cyclone bin 107. The flow path-guide member 106 has spiral shape, and is disposed between an outer surface of the central pipe 108 and an inner surface of the cyclone bin 107. The air draw in through the cyclone inlet 110 rides on the flow path-guide member 106 and rotates while forming a whirling current to separate the dust or dirt therefrom.

    [0038] FIGS. 7 to 10 are views showing a stick cleaner 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure to which the hand-held cleaner 50 is applied.

    [0039] Referring to FIS. 7 to 10, the stick cleaner 1 of the present disclosure includes a stick body 14, a nozzle assembly 2, and a hand-held cleaner 50.

    [0040] The stick body 14 is divided into a handle 16 provided on an upper part thereof and a central part 11 in the form of a jar provided on a lower part thereof. The handle 16, as a portion coupled to an upper end of the central part 11, is a portion, which is gripped by the user, so that she or he can push or pull the nozzle assembly 2 when using the stick cleaner 1. A mounting space 3 formed in the central part 11 is a space, which can mount or separate the hand-held cleaner 50 in or from the stick body 14.

    [0041] In FIG. 7, a front part of the stick body 14 is a side of the stick body 14, which is viewed from a direction of arrow A, and a rear part of the stick body 14 is a side of the stick body 14 , which is viewed from a direction of arrow B. Referring to FIG. 7, a body discharge part 20, which is made up of a plurality of discharge holes, is formed in the front part of the stick body 14, and the body-transparent part 18, which is made of a transparent panel, is formed below the body discharge part 20.

    [0042] The nozzle assembly 2 is rotatably coupled to a lower end of the stick body 14, and an inner air passage 7 (see FIG. 10) in the nozzle assembly 2 is communicated with a neck part 6 and the opening 4 of the stick body 14. Accordingly, an external air and a dust or dirt drawn in through the nozzle assembly 2 are flowed into the hand-held cleaner 50 through the neck part 6 and the opening 4 of the stick body 14. Referring to FIG. 10, a bottom inlet port 2a for drawing in the air from the surface to be cleaned is formed in a lower surface of the nozzle assembly 2 and a cylindrical brush 3 for brushing off the dust or dirt from the surface to be cleaned is rotatably disposed in the nozzle assembly 2.

    [0043] Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8, a first connecting terminal 12 is provided in the mounting space 3 of the stick body 14, and a second con necting terminal 60 is disposed on the rear part of the hand-held cleaner 50. If the hand-held cleaner 50 is mounted in the mounting space 3, the first and the second connecting terminals 12 and 60 come in contact with or to each other and thus the stick body 14 and the hand-held cleaner 50 are electrically connected. In FIG. 8, a reference number 22 is a locking button, which when the hand-held cleaner 50 is fixed in or separated from the mounting space 3, is selectively engaged with a locking groove 53 (see FIG. 1) formed on an upper end of the body 52 of the hand-held cleaner 50.

    [0044] Hereinafter, operations of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure and the hand-held cleaner 50 having the same and an operation the handy-and-stick type vacuum cleaner 1 to which the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 and the hand-held cleaner 50 are applied will be explained with reference to the drawings as described above.

    [0045] The user can separate the hand-held cleaner 50 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure from the rear part of the stick body 14 to clean a surface to be cleaned by using only the hand-held cleaner 50 (hereinafter, referred as 'hand-held cleaning').

    [0046] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 6, in the hand-held cleaning, the user turns on/off the vacuum source M disposed in the body 52 by using the power button 65 disposed on the body 52. To draw in an external air and a dust or dirt from the surface to be cleaned, the user can move the hand-held cleaner 50 while bringing the cleaner inlet port 63 and the roller 114 in contact with the surface to be cleaned. The operation of the hand-held cleaner 50 allows the external air to flow into the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 through the cleaner inlet port 63 and the cyclone inlet 110. Since the cyclone inlet 110 is located on the lower part of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100, the air passed through the cleaner inlet port 63 is quickly flowed into the cyclone inlet 110 coming in contact therewith. The flowed-into external air laden with the dust or dirt is flowed into the centrifugal chamber S1 while whirling along the spiral flow path-guide member 106, and the dust or dirt included in the air is separated from the air by the whirling centrifugal force and crosses the upper end of the cyclone bin 107 to be stored in the dust collecting bin 102. The air from which the dust or dirt is separated as described above continues going straight upward without changing a moving direction thereof and then passes through the pre-motor filter unit 70 mounted in the upper part of the cyclone bin 107. At this time, a fine dust or dirt remained in the air is removed by the grill 71 and the filter member 74, and the air is discharged to the first and the second discharge parts 56 and 58 via the vacuum source M. Even if while the hand-held cleaner 50 is used as shown in FIG. 6, the dust or dirt is remained in the centrifugal chamber S1, the anti-back flow member 112 provided in the cyclone inlet 110 prevents the dust or dirt from being out of the cyclone inlet 110.

    [0047] Referring to FIGS. 7 to 10, if the user mounts the hand-held cleaner 50 of the present disclosure in the stick body 14 in order to use the stick cleaner (hereinafter, referred as 'stick type cleaning'), she or he pushes the power switch disposed on the stick body 14 to operate the stick vacuum cleaner 1, and then grips the handle 16 of the stick body 14 with her or his hand and uses the stick body 14, tilting the stick body 14 to the nozzle assembly 2. The user properly tilts the stick body 14 to meet her or his physical condition and then cleans the surface to be cleaned while moving the handy-and-stick type vacuum cleaner 1 in every direction. The external air laden with the dust or dirt is flowed into the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 via the nozzle assembly 2, the neck part 6 and the opening 4 of the stick body 14. The external air flowed into the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 whirls in the centrifugal chamber S1, and the dust or dirt included in the external air is separated from the external air by the whirling centrifugal force and stored in the dust collecting bin 102. The air from which the dust or dirt is separated passes through the pre-motor filter unit 70 to remove fine dust or dirt therefrom by means of the grill 71 and the filter member 74, and then is discharged to the first and the second discharge parts 56 and 58 of the hand-held cleaner 50 via the vacuum source M. Among this air, the air discharged to the second discharge part 58 is discharged to the front part of the stick body 14 through the body discharge part 20.

    [0048] According the foregoing description, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100 according the exemplary embodiment of the invention disclosure is configured, so that the cyclone inlet 110 is formed on the lower surface of the dust collecting bin 102 and the pre-motor filter unit 70 including the grill 71 is detachably disposed in almost straight line on the upper end of the dust collecting bin 102, thereby preventing a flowing direction of air from being changed in the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 110. Accordingly, in the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100, a loss in pressure is reduced and a dust collecting efficiency is improved. In addition, the anti-back flow rib 112 is internally projected and disposed in the cyclone inlet 110, thereby preventing the dust or dirt in the cyclone bin 107 from flowing backward through the cyclone inlet 112 and thus allowing convenience to improve.

    [0049] Also, the hand-held cleaner 50 according the exemplary embodiment of the invention disclosure is configured so that the cleaner inlet port 63 is directly connected with the cyclone inlet 110 formed on the lower surface of the dust collecting bin 102 without using any separate duct member, thereby allowing a loss in air flow due to an inflow of air to reduce thus to improve the dust collecting efficiency of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 100.

    [0050] Although representative embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described in order to exemplify the principle of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments. It will be understood that various modifications and changes can be made by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the appended claims. Therefore, it shall be considered that such modifications, changes and equivalents thereof are all included within the scope of the present disclosure.


    Claims

    1. A cyclone dust collecting apparatus (100) comprising:

    a pre-motor filter unit (70) having a filter grill (71) and a filter member (74);

    a dust collecting bin (102) having one end to which the pre-motor filter unit (70) is coupled and the other end opposite to the one end in which an cyclone inlet (110) is formed; and

    a cyclone bin (107) disposed in the dust collecting bin (102) and having a spiral flow path-guide member (106) integrally formed therein,

    wherein a moving path of air drawn into the cyclone inlet (110) is maintained in the same direction until the air is discharged through the pre-motor filter unit (70) via the cyclone bin (107).


     
    2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dust collecting bin (102) further comprises an anti-back flow rib (112) extended from the cyclone inlet (110) toward the pre-motor filter unit (70).
     
    3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-motor filter unit (70) is coupled to an upper end of the dust collecting bin (102), and the cyclone inlet (110) is formed in a lower end of the dust collecting bin.
     
    4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-motor filter unit (70) comprises an upper casing (76) and a lower casing (72), the filter member (74) is mounted between the upper casing and the lower casing, and the filter grill (71) is convexly projected from the lower casing (72).
     
    5. A hand-held cleaner (50) comprising:

    a body (52); and

    a cyclone dust collecting apparatus (100) according to one of the previous claims detachably mounted in the body (52).


     
    6. The cleaner as claimed in claim 5, wherein the body (52) comprises a cyclone mounting space (51) to accommodate the cyclone dust collecting apparatus (100), a vacuum source (M) provided on one side of the cyclone mounting space (51), and a cleaner inlet port (63) provided on the other side of the cyclone mounting space to communicate with the cyclone inlet (110).
     
    7. The cleaner as claimed in claim 6, wherein the body (52) further comprises a rib (59) formed on and projected from the cleaner inlet port (63).
     
    8. The cleaner as claimed in claim 6, wherein the body (52) further comprises a roller (114) disposed on a lower end of the cleaner inlet port (63) to rotate while being in contact with a surface to be cleaned thereby to allow the hand-held cleaner to be easily moved back and forth.
     
    9. A stick cleaner (1) comprising:

    a stick body (14) comprising a handle (16) provided on an upper part thereof and a central part (11) in the form of a jar provided on a lower part thereof;

    a nozzle assembly (2) rotatably coupled to a lower end of the stick body (14);

    a mounting space (3) formed in the central part;

    an inner air passage connecting the nozzle assembly (2) and the mounting space (3); and

    a hand-held cleaner (50) detachably mounted in the mounting space (3) to provide suction force to the nozzle assembly (2) through the inner air passage,

    wherein the hand-held cleaner (50) comprises

    a body (52); and

    a cyclone dust collecting apparatus (100) according to one of the claims 1 to 4 detachably mounted in the body (52).


     
    10. The stick cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein the body (52) comprises a cyclone mounting space (51) to accommodate the cyclone dust collecting apparatus (100), a vacuum source (M) provided on one side of the cyclone mounting space (51), and a cleaner inlet port (63) provided on the other side of the cyclone mounting space to communicate with the cyclone inlet (110).
     
    11. The cleaner as claimed in claim 10, wherein the body (52) further comprises a rib (59) formed on and projected from the cleaner inlet port (63).
     


    Ansprüche

    1. Ein Zyklonstaubsammelgerät (100), welches aufweist:

    eine Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) mit einem Filtergitter (71) und einem Filterbauteil (74);

    einen Staubsammelbehälter (102) mit einem Ende, an dem die Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) angekoppelt ist, und mit einem anderen Ende gegenüberliegend zu dem einen Ende, in dem ein Zykloneneinlass (110) ausgebildet ist, und

    ein Zyklonenbehälter (107), der in dem Staubsammelbehälter (102) angeordnet ist und

    ein Spiralfließwegführungsbauteil (106) einteilig in diesem aufweist, wobei

    ein Bewegungspfad von in den Zykloneneinlass (110) eingesaugter Luft in der gleichen Richtung aufrechterhalten wird, bis die Luft durch die Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) über den Zyklonenbehälter (107) abgegeben wird.


     
    2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Staubsammelbehälter (102) weiterhin eine Anti-Rückfluss-Rippe (112) aufweist, die sich von dem Zykloneneinlass (110) in Richtung Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) erstreckt.
     
    3. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) mit einem oberen Ende des Staubsammelbehälters (102) gekoppelt ist und der Zykloneneinlass (110) in einem unteren Ende des Staubsammelbehälters (102) gebildet ist.
     
    4. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Vormotorfiltereinheit (70) ein oberes Gehäuse (76) und ein unteres Gehäuse (72) aufweist, das Filterbauteil (74) zwischen oberem und unterem Gehäuseteil montiert ist, und das Filtergitter (71) konvex vorsteht vom unteren Gehäuse (72).
     
    5. Ein handgehaltenes Reinigungsgerät (50), welches aufweist:

    einen Körper (52) und ein Zyklonenstaubsammelgerät (100) gemäß einem der vorangehenden Ansprüche, welches lösbar in dem Körper (52) montiert ist.


     
    6. Reiningungsgerät nach Anspruch 5, wobei der Körper (52) einen Zyklonenmontageraum (51) zur Aufnahme des Zyklonenstaubsammelgeräts (100), eine Vakuumquelle (M), die auf einer Seite des Zyklonenmontageraums (51) vorgesehen ist und einen Reinigungsgeräteinlass (63) aufweist, der auf der anderen Seite des Zyklonenmontageraums vorgesehen ist, um mit dem Zykloneneinlass (110) zu kommunizieren.
     
    7. Reinigungsgerät nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Körper (52) weiterhin eine Rippe (59) aufweist, die am Reinigungsgeräteinlass (63) gebildet ist und von diesem vorsteht.
     
    8. Reinigungsgerät nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Körper (52) weiterhin eine Rolle (114) aufweist, die an einem unteren Ende des Reinigungsgeräteinlasses (63) angeordnet ist, um zu rotieren, während eines Kontakts mit einer zu reinigenden Oberfläche, wodurch das handgehaltene Reinigungsgerät einfach vorwärts und rückwärts bewegbar ist.
     
    9. Stabreinigungsgerät (1), welches aufweist:

    einen Stabkörper (14) mit einem Handgriff (16) an einem oberen Teil des Körpers und

    einem mittleren Teil (11) in Form eines Topfes, der in einem unteren Teil des Körpers vorgesehen ist;

    einer Düsenanordnung (2), die drehbar an einem unteren Ende des Stabkörpers (14) gekoppelt ist;

    einen Montageraum (3), gebildet in dem mittleren Teil;

    eine innere Luftpassage, die die Düsenanordnung (2) und den Montageraum (3) verbindet, und einem handgehaltenen Reinigungsgerät (50), welches lösbar in dem Montageraum (3) montiert ist, um eine Saugkraft auf die Düsenanordnung (2) über die innere Luftpassage auszuüben, wobei

    das handgehaltene Reinigungsgerät (50) aufweist:

    einen Körper (52) und ein Zyklonenstaubsammelgerät (100) gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, welches lösbar in dem Körper (52) montiert ist.


     
    10. Stabreinigungsgerät nach Anspruch 9, wobei der Körper (52) einen Zyklonenmontageraum (51), in dem das Zyklonenstaubsammelgerät (100) anordbar ist, eine Vakuumquelle (M), die auf einer Seite des Zyklonenmontageraums (51) vorgesehen ist, und einen Reinigungsgeräteinlass (63) aufweist, der auf der anderen Seite des Zyklonenmontageraums (51) zur Kommunikation mit dem Zykloneneinlass (110) vorgesehen ist.
     
    11. Reinigungsgerät nach Anspruch 10, wobei der Körper (52) weiterhin eine Rippe (59) aufweist, die an dem Reinigungsgeräteinlass (63) gebildet und vorstehend von diesem ausgebildet ist.
     


    Revendications

    1. Appareil de dépoussiérage à cyclone (100), comprenant :

    une unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70) comportant une grille de filtre (71) et un élément de filtre (74) ;

    un bac de récolte de poussière (102) comportant une extrémité à laquelle est accouplée l'unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70) et une autre extrémité, opposée à ladite extrémité, dans laquelle est formée une entrée de cyclone (110) ; et

    un bac de cyclone (107) disposé dans le bac de récolte de poussière (102), dans lequel est formé intégralement un élément guide de chemin d'écoulement en spirale (106),

    dans lequel un chemin de déplacement de l'air aspiré dans l'entrée de cyclone (110) est maintenu dans la même direction jusqu'à ce que l'air soit déchargé à travers l'unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70) via le bac de cyclone (107).


     
    2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le bac de récolte de poussière (102) comprend en outre une nervure d'écoulement anti-refoulement (112) qui s'étend depuis l'entrée de cyclone (110) vers l'unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70).
     
    3. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70) est couplée à une extrémité supérieure du bac de récolte de poussière (102), et l'entrée de cyclone (110) est formée dans une extrémité inférieure du bac de récolte de poussière.
     
    4. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de filtre en amont du moteur (70) comprend un boîtier supérieur (76) et un boîtier inférieur (72), l'élément de filtre (74) est monté entre le boîtier supérieur et le boîtier inférieur, et la grille de filtre (71) est projetée de manière convexe à partir du boîtier inférieur (72).
     
    5. Dispositif de nettoyage portable (50), comprenant :

    un corps (52) ; et

    un appareil de dépoussiérage à cyclone (100) selon l'une des revendications précédentes, monté de manière détachable dans le corps (52).


     
    6. Dispositif de nettoyage selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le corps (52) comprend un espace de montage de cyclone (51) pour loger l'appareil de dépoussiérage à cyclone (100), une source de vide (M) pourvue sur un côté de l'espace de montage de cyclone (51), et un orifice d'entrée de dispositif de nettoyage (63) pourvu sur l'autre côté de l'espace de montage de cyclone pour communiquer avec l'entrée de cyclone (110).
     
    7. Dispositif de nettoyage selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le corps (52) comprend en outre une nervure (59) formée sur l'orifice d'entrée du dispositif de nettoyage (63) et se projetant depuis celui-ci.
     
    8. Dispositif de nettoyage selon la revendication 6, dans lequel le corps (52) comprend en outre un rouleau (114) disposé sur une extrémité inférieure de l'orifice d'entrée du dispositif de nettoyage (63) pour tourner tout en étant en contact avec une surface à nettoyer, pour permettre ainsi de déplacer facilement le dispositif de nettoyage portable d'avant en arrière.
     
    9. Aspirateur balai (1) comprenant :

    un corps de balai (14) comportant un manche (16) pourvu sur une partie supérieure correspondante, et une partie centrale (11) sous forme de pot pourvue sur une partie inférieure correspondante ;

    un ensemble de buse (2) couplé de manière rotative à une extrémité inférieure du corps de balai (14) ;

    un espace de montage (3) formé dans la partie centrale ;

    un passage d'air interne qui connecte l'ensemble de buse (2) à l'espace de montage (3) ; et

    un dispositif de nettoyage portable (50) monté de manière détachable dans l'espace de montage (3) pour procurer une force d'aspiration à l'ensemble de buse (2) via le passage d'air interne,

    dans lequel le dispositif de nettoyage portable (50) comprend

    un corps (52) ; et

    un appareil de dépoussiérage à cyclone (100) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, monté de manière détachable dans le corps (52).


     
    10. Aspirateur balai selon la revendication 9, dans lequel le corps (52) comprend un espace de montage de cyclone (51) pour loger l'appareil de dépoussiérage à cyclone (100), une source de vide (M) pourvue sur un côté de l'espace de montage de cyclone (51), et un orifice d'entrée de dispositif de nettoyage (63) pourvu sur l'autre côté de l'espace de montage de cyclone pour communiquer avec l'entrée de cyclone (110).
     
    11. Dispositif de nettoyage selon la revendication 10, dans lequel le corps (52) comprend en outre une nervure (59) formée sur l'orifice d'entrée du dispositif de nettoyage (63) et se projetant depuis celui-ci.
     




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