Cyclonic separating device for upright vacuum cleaner and upright vacuum cleaner having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10517452-B2
Application number	US-201715638119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2017
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A cyclonic separating device for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner with the same are disclosed. The cyclonic separating device includes a dirt cup, a filter and a cyclonic cone assembly. The filter is disposed in the dirt cup and includes a filter inlet and a filter outlet communicating between the filter inlet and an air outlet. The cyclonic cone assembly includes a cyclone cylinder and a cyclonic guide, in which a first end of the cyclone cylinder is communicated with an air inlet, and the cyclonic guide is fitted in a second end of the cyclone cylinder and is detachably fitted over the filter to spirally guide dirty air introduced into the cyclone cylinder from the air inlet to the filter inlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a brushroll;
a motor assembly comprising a motor housing and a motor disposed within the motor housing, wherein a rotating axis of a motor drive shaft and a rotating axis of the brushroll are disposed in a non-parallel manner, and the motor drives the brushroll by a drive belt and is rotatable between a first upright position in which the drive belt is tensioned and a first oblique position in which the drive belt is loosened;
a body assembly comprising a body, a bridging member mounted on the body and a cyclonic separating device comprising a dirt cup comprising an air inlet and an air outlet, a filter disposed in the dirt cup and comprising a filter inlet and a filter outlet communicating between the filter inlet and the air outlet, and a cyclonic cone assembly comprising a cyclone cylinder and a cyclonic guide, wherein a first end of the cyclone cylinder is connected to the air inlet, and the cyclonic guide cooperates with a second end of the cyclone cylinder and is detachably fitted over the filter to spirally guide dirty air introduced into the cyclone cylinder from the air inlet to the filter inlet, and the bridging member is rotatably connected to the motor housing to make the body rotatable between a second upright position and a second oblique position;

wherein the bridging member causes the motor to move from the first oblique position to the first upright position when the body moves from the second upright position to the second oblique position.

2. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a clutching device disposed between the bridging member and the motor, wherein the motor is moved from the first oblique position to the first upright position by the bridging member via the clutching device, when the body moves from the second upright position to the second oblique position.

3. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein the clutching device comprises:
a first toggling block fixed on the motor;
a second toggling block disposed on the bridging member; and
a lever cam member rotatably disposed on the motor housing and defining two ends cooperating with the first toggling block and the second toggling block respectively.

4. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein the clutching device comprises:
a first sliding rail disposed on the bridging member;
a toggling tongue fixed on the motor and rotatable relative to the motor housing; and
a lever member defining a first end slidably cooperating with the first sliding rail and a second end cooperating with an end of the toggling tongue.

5. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein the clutching device comprises:
a slide chute formed on the bridging member;
a triggering member rotatably supported on the motor housing and defining a first end with a sliding column slidably cooperating with the slide chute and a second end having a toggling rod adapted for prodding the movement of the motor;
wherein the sliding column slides along the slide chute to make the triggering member rotate when the bridging member drives the movement of the slide chute, and the toggling rod prods the rotation of the motor relative to the motor housing when the triggering member rotates.

6. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein the clutching device comprises:
a second sliding rail formed on the bridging member and defining a tail end having a second sliding rail tail groove formed by a recess in a surface of the tail end of the second sliding rail; and
a lever rotating member rotatably disposed on the motor housing and defining two ends cooperating with the second sliding rail and the motor respectively, wherein when the body moves from the second upright position to the second oblique position, a first end of the lever rotating member slides from the second sliding rail tail groove to the second sliding rail, and the motor is moved from the first oblique position to the first upright position by a second end of the lever rotating member.

7. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 6 , wherein the second sliding rail is configured as an arc second sliding rail with a rotating axis of the bridging member as a central axis.

8. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic member is disposed between the motor and the motor housing and is configured to push the motor moving from the first upright position to the first oblique position when the body moves from the second oblique position to the second upright position.

9. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the drive belt is winded upon a central part in a direction of the axis of the brushroll.

10. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a brushroll casing disposed outside the brushroll and comprising a brushroll air-suction channel and a drive-belt mounting chamber for mounting the drive belt, wherein the brushroll air-suction channel comprises a first air-suction channel and a second air-suction channel located at both sides of the drive-belt mounting chamber.

11. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 10 , wherein the first air-suction channel and the second air-suction channel are disposed symmetrically with respect to the drive belt.

12. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , further comprising two wheels disposed at two sides of the motor housing respectively and rotatably connected to the motor housing, wherein the bridging member comprises a top plate and two side plates connected at both sides of the top plate, the two side plates being clamped between two side walls of the motor housing and the corresponding wheels respectively and rotatably connected to the motor housing.

13. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 12 , wherein the top plate of the bridging member is provided with a first connecting pipe that defines a positioning column therein; the body is provided with a second connecting pipe at a lower end thereof; and a baffle is provided with a positioning cartridge that is fitted over the positioning column after the second connecting pipe is inserted into the first connecting pipe.

14. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclonic guide comprises a first cylindrical surface and the filter comprises a second cylindrical surface, the cyclonic guide being detachably fitted over and cooperating with the filter by the first cylindrical surface and the second cylindrical surface.

15. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 14 , wherein the filter is configured as a cylinder with an open end and a closed end; the open end of the filter defines the filter outlet and the filter inlet is formed on a side wall of the filter.

16. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 15 , wherein the filter comprises a first section and a second section; the first section is configured to be a solid cylinder while the second section is configured to be a hollow cylinder; a first end of the second section is connected to a first end of the first section and a second end of the second section is open to define the filter outlet, and the filter inlet is formed on a side wall of the second section.

17. The upright vacuum cleaner according to claim 16 , wherein the filter inlet comprises a plurality of filter pores that are evenly spaced apart and distributed in an axial direction and/or a circumferential direction of the second section.

18. The upright vacuum cleaner according to cl

Assignees

• Jiangsu Midea Cleaning Appliances Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hu Wei
• Zou Hui
• Xiao Xiahu

Classifications

• A47L9/165

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• A47L9/22

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• A47L5/00

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