Cleaner head, removing apparatus, and removing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11559134-B2
Application number	US-201916460196-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2019
Priority date	Sep 18, 2018
Publication date	Jan 24, 2023
Grant date	Jan 24, 2023

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a cleaner head includes a first rotor, a second rotor, and a contact surface. The first rotor can be rotationally driven in a state where an outer peripheral surface of the first rotor is in contact with a sheet that includes organic fiber and is formed on a base, and can remove a part of the sheet from the base. The second rotor is arranged next to the first rotor in a direction along a rotation axis of the first rotor, and is rotated together with the first rotor in a state where the second rotor is not in contact with the sheet. The contact surface is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the second rotor at a position away from the sheet around the rotation axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cleaner head comprising:
an outer cover inside which a storing space is formed, the storing space being open to an outside of the outer cover at an opening;
a first rotor that is stored in the storing space of the outer cover, and can be rotationally driven about a rotation axis, the first rotational rotor being rotationally driven in a state where an outer peripheral surface of the first rotor is configured to be in contact with a sheet at the opening of the storing space so that the first rotor is configured to remove a part of the sheet from a base;
a second rotor that is stored in the storing space of the outer cover, and that is provided next to the first rotor in a direction along the rotation axis of the first rotor, the second rotor being rotated together with the first rotor about the rotation axis by the rotational drive of the first rotor, an outer diameter of the second rotor being smaller than an outer diameter of the first rotor so that the second rotor is not in contact with the sheet when the first rotor is in contact with a sheet at the opening of the storing space; and
a first contact surface that is arranged in the storing space inside the outer cover, and that is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the second rotor at a position away from the opening of the storing space.

2. The cleaner head according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotor is adjacent to the first rotor in the direction along the rotation axis.

3. The cleaner head according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotor includes a plurality of brush bristles on the outer peripheral surface of the first rotor.

4. The cleaner head according to claim 1 , wherein
the second rotor includes a plurality of brush bristles on the outer peripheral surface of the second rotor, and
the first contact surface is in contact with the brush bristles of the second rotor at a position away from the base and the sheet around the rotation axis.

5. The cleaner head according to claim 1 , further comprising a plate on which the first contact surface is formed, wherein
the plate includes a second contact surface that is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the first rotor at a position away from the base and the sheet around the rotation axis, and that is provided on a portion different from the first contact surface, and
the second contact surface can remove a part of or all of the sheet removed from the base and caught on the outer peripheral surface of the first rotor through a contact with the outer peripheral surface of the first rotor while the first rotor is rotating.

6. The cleaner head according to claim 5 , wherein
the plate includes a groove recessed toward a side away from the rotation axis of the first rotor,
the first rotor and the second rotor are inserted in the groove,
the first contact surface is formed in the groove, and is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the second rotor in the groove, and
the second contact surface is formed in the groove, and is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the first rotor in the groove.

7. A removing apparatus comprising:
a cleaner head comprising:
an outer cover inside which a storing space is formed, the storing space being open to an outside of the outer cover at an opening;
a first rotor that is stored in the storing space of the outer cover, and can be rotationally driven about a rotation axis, the first rotational rotor being rotationally driven in a state where an outer peripheral surface of the first rotor is configured to be in contact with a sheet at the opening of the storing space so that the first rotor is configured to remove a part of the sheet from a base;
a second rotor that is stored in the storing space of the outer cover, and that is provided next to the first rotor in a direction along the rotation axis of the first rotor, the second rotor being rotated together with the first rotor about the rotation axis by the rotational drive of the first rotor, an outer diameter of the second rotor being smaller than an outer diameter of the first rotor so that the second rotor is not in contact with the sheet when the first rotor is in contact with a sheet at the opening of the storing space; and
a first contact surface that is arranged in the storing space inside the outer cover, and that is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the second rotor at a position away from the opening of the storing space;

a suction source configured to be actuated so that suction force from the opening to the storing space and suction force from the storing space to the suction source act; and
a collection tank into which an aspirate as a result of the suction by the suction source is collected.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Uchida Kenya
• Kikuchi Yuma

Classifications

• A46B13/001 Primary

  Cylindrical or annular brush bodies · CPC title

• A46B15/0053 Primary

  Brushes fitted with ventilation suction, e.g. for removing dust (vacuum cleaner A47L7/00) · CPC title

• A46B2200/3073

  Brush for cleaning specific unusual places not otherwise covered, e.g. gutters, golf clubs, tops of tin cans, corners · CPC title

• B08B1/34

  rotating about an axis parallel to the surface · CPC title

• B08B15/04

  from a small area, e.g. a tool {(removing chips B23Q11/0042)} · CPC title