Cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10716440-B2
Application number	US-201615741469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jul 21, 2020

Abstract

More powerful and convenient cleaners are provided. A cleaner includes a suction fan portion, and a driver driving the suction fan portion, wherein the driver comprises a driving motor having a plurality of rotors configured to rotate, wherein the suction fan portion comprises a first fan rotated by a first rotor and a second fan rotated by a second rotor of the driving motor, wherein the driving motor further comprises a stator commonly used for the first rotor and the second rotor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cleaner comprising:
a suction fan portion comprising a first fan and a second fan; and
a driver driving the suction fan portion and comprising:
a driving motor including a first rotor configured to rotate the first fan,
a second rotor configured to rotate the second fan, and
a stator commonly used for the first rotor and the second rotor,

wherein:
the second fan is an axial flow fan in which a direction of air flow is parallel with a rotary shaft, and
the first fan is one of a centrifugal fan flowing air from the inside to a circumferential direction by a centripetal force or a mixed flow fan having a middle characteristic between the axial flow fan and the centrifugal fan.

2. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the driving motor is provided with two rotors and a single stator.

3. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the first fan and the second fan are rotated in opposite directions to each other.

4. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein:
the driving motor corresponds to a brushless DC motor, and
the first rotor is an inner rotor, the second rotor is an outer rotor, and the stator is disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor.

5. The cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inverter controlling a rotation of the first and second rotor.

6. The cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power portion having a battery and an AC-DC converter to supply electricity to the driving motor.

7. The cleaner of claim 6 , wherein:
the AC-DC converter is a non-isolated flyback converter,
the battery and the AC-DC converter comprise a DC output condenser, respectively, and
an electric capacity of a condenser in the driving motor is at least 40 times greater than the electric capacity of a condenser in the AC-DC converter.

8. The cleaner of claim 6 , further comprising:
a start switch starting an operation; and
a controller supplying power to the driving motor from at least any one of the battery and the AC-DC converter, when the start switch is pushed.

9. The cleaner of claim 6 , further comprising:
a motor case corresponding to a container for the driving motor; and
a heat sink plate dissipating a heat of the power portion,
wherein the motor case comprises a metal portion, and
wherein the heat sink plate and the metal portion of the motor case are connected to allow a heat transfer.

10. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the cleaner is a cordless stick type cleaner.

11. A cleaner comprising:
an inlet port; and
a suction fan portion communicated with the inlet port and comprising a first fan and a second fan rotated in a direction opposite to the first fan,
wherein:
the first fan is installed closer to the inlet port than the second fan,
the second fan is an axial flow fan in which a direction of air flow is parallel with a rotary shaft, and
the first fan is one of a centrifugal fan flowing air from the inside to a circumferential direction by a centripetal force or a mixed flow fan having a middle characteristic between the axial flow fan and the centrifugal fan.

12. The cleaner of claim 11 , wherein:
an outer diameter of the first fan is equal to or less than an outer diameter of the second fan, and
a length of the first fan in the direction toward a center of a rotation is longer than a length of the second fan in the direction toward a center of a rotation.

13. A cleaner comprising:
a suction fan portion comprising a first fan and a second fan; and
a driver driving the suction fan portion and comprising a driving motor including:
an inner rotor configured to rotate the first fan,
an outer rotor configured to rotate the second fan, and
a stator commonly used for the outer rotor and the inner rotor and disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor.

14. The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein any one of the first fan and the second fan is an axial flow fan in which a direction of air flow is parallel with a rotary shaft.

15. The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein:
any one of the first fan and the second fan is an axial flow fan in which a direction of air flow is parallel with a rotary shaft, and
an other fan is one of a centrifugal fan flowing air from the inside to a circumferential direction by a centripetal force or a mixed flow fan having a middle characteristic between the axial flow fan and the centrifugal fan.

16. The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein the first fan and the second fan are rotated in opposite directions to each other.

17. The cleaner of claim 13 , wherein the driving motor corresponds to a brushless DC motor.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoshida Minoru
• Kitajima Kenji
• Ito Tetsuya
• Kubo Yasunori

Classifications

• A47L9/22 Primary

  Mountings for motor fan assemblies · CPC title

• A47L5/28

  Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle (A47L5/24 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47L9/2878

  Dual-powered vacuum cleaners, i.e. devices which can be operated with mains power supply or by batteries · CPC title

• A47L9/28

  Installation of the electric equipment, e.g. adaptation or attachment to the suction cleaner; Controlling suction cleaners by electric means · CPC title

• A47L9/2842

  Suction motors or blowers · CPC title