CN113317715A - Vacuum cleaner docking device - Google Patents

Abstract

Translated fromChinese

本发明公开一种吸尘器泊接装置，可用于泊接一吸尘器，所述吸尘器泊接装置包括泊接台，所述泊接台被配置为用于将吸尘器在不使用时可释放地锁定在挂壁上并处于直立、泊接位置中，其中，所述吸尘器泊接装置包括回收台，所述回收台与所述泊接台相连并可一同处于所述挂壁上。该吸尘器泊接装置挂装方便，不额外占据室内空间，并在收纳吸尘器的同时，提供对吸尘器充电和清洁的功能。

The invention discloses a vacuum cleaner docking device, which can be used for docking a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner docking device includes a docking platform, and the docking platform is configured to releasably lock the vacuum cleaner on a hook when not in use. on a wall and in an upright, docked position, wherein the vacuum cleaner docking device includes a recovery table, which is connected to the docking table and can be co-located on the wall. The vacuum cleaner docking device is convenient to hang, does not occupy additional indoor space, and provides the functions of charging and cleaning the vacuum cleaner while accommodating the vacuum cleaner.

Description

Vacuum cleaner docking device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of dust collector accessories, in particular to a dust collector docking device.

Background

A vacuum cleaner is an apparatus that performs cleaning by sucking or wiping dust or foreign substances in a cleaning target area. Such cleaners can be distinguished as: a manual cleaner in which a user directly moves the cleaner and performs cleaning, and an automatic cleaner which operates by itself and performs cleaning. The manual vacuum cleaner can be classified into: cylinder cleaners, upright cleaners, hand-held cleaners, stick-cleaners and the like. The vacuum cleaner may be configured to include a rechargeable battery that can supply power for operation of the vacuum cleaner only when the rechargeable battery is recharged at any time. For these main users, it is also becoming one of the needs of users to reduce the cleaning times of these vacuum cleaners.

Therefore, the best option to solve the above-mentioned need is to charge and clean the rechargeable battery while the vacuum cleaner is at rest.

The existing vacuum cleaner rest stand includes a bracket for resting a vacuum cleaner head and a support stand provided with a charging plug for charging the vacuum cleaner, so as to rest the vacuum cleaner while charging the vacuum cleaner. In addition, there are some conventional bases for automatic vacuum cleaners equipped with a dust collection function, but in the case of a vacuum cleaner with an upper center of gravity, dust collection, charging, and the like of a rest stand should be provided on the upper side in the case of rest, and therefore, the vacuum cleaner rest stand/base of the prior art document cannot solve the present resting requirement.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a docking device for a vacuum cleaner, which can improve user convenience.

The purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:

a suction cleaner docking arrangement for docking a suction cleaner, the docking arrangement comprising a docking station configured for releasably locking the suction cleaner on a wall in an upright, docked position when not in use, wherein the suction cleaner docking arrangement comprises a recovery station which is connected to and co-locatable on the wall.

Further, the docking station is provided with a charging terminal for charging a battery of the cleaner.

Further, the docking station includes at least one opening; a negative pressure component and a dust collecting component arranged at the upstream of the negative pressure component are arranged in the recovery table; the docking station and the recovery station at least comprise an air flow channel therebetween, and the air flow channel can be communicated with the opening and the dust collection assembly.

Further, the recovery station is detachably arranged relative to the docking station; the recovery station and the docking station are arranged up and down with the top wall of the recovery station detachably docked to the bottom wall of the docking station, or the recovery station and the docking station are arranged left and right with the side wall of the recovery station detachably docked to the side wall of the docking station.

Further, the bottom wall or the side wall of the docking platform is provided with a connecting clamping groove, and correspondingly, the top wall or the side wall of the recovery platform is provided with a docking clamping block.

Further, the airflow passage includes a hose disposed between the opening and the dirt collection assembly.

Further, the vacuum cleaner includes a dirt cup including an outer cup wall exposing an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, and the docking station includes a surrounding wall at least partially enclosing the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner.

Furthermore, the opening is arranged on the surrounding wall, the dust cup of the dust collector is provided with a dust exhaust opening and a cover part corresponding to the dust exhaust opening, and the size of the opening is larger than that of the dust exhaust opening.

Further, the docking station includes at least a lower retaining member configured to hold the vacuum cleaner; the lower holding member includes a guide portion configured to guide the dust discharge opening of the cleaner to move toward the opening of the docking station.

Further, a sealing gasket is arranged on the surrounding wall outside the opening.

The docking station has the advantages that the recovery station is matched on the docking station, and the docking station and the recovery station can be assembled into a whole to be hung on a wall or other cabinet walls, so that the docking device of the dust collector is convenient to hang, the indoor space is not occupied additionally, and the functions of charging and cleaning the dust collector can be provided while the dust collector is stored.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of one embodiment of a docking device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the docking device of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1 in cooperation with a vacuum cleaner;

FIG. 3 is a partial schematic view of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic view of the vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the mating arrangement of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial view of the circled portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of another embodiment of the docking device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of another embodiment of the docking device for a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by the specific implementation mode in combination with the attached drawings. It is to be understood that the embodiments described herein are illustrative only and are not limiting upon the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in one embodiment of the invention, thecleaner docking device 200 includes adocking station 210, thedocking station 210 being configured to releasably lock the cleaner on a wall in an upright, docked position when not in use. In particular, the vacuumcleaner docking apparatus 200 includes arecovery station 260, therecovery station 260 being connected to thedocking station 210 and being adapted to be located on the wall. Therecovery station 260 is configured for cleaning a dirt storage unit of the cleaner when the cleaner is in an upright, docked position. It should be noted that thecleaner docking device 200 is further provided with apower supply terminal 213 on thedocking station 210 corresponding to thecharging terminal 13 of the cleaner to allow the cleaner to be charged at the same time when the cleaner is in the upright, docked position.

Upstream and downstream are not defined in the airflow direction in which therecovery station 260 operates normally. Specifically, referring to fig. 5, thedocking station 210 includes at least one opening 214, and therecycling station 260 includes anegative pressure component 265 and adust collecting component 261 disposed upstream of thenegative pressure component 265. At least oneairflow channel 267 is disposed between thedocking station 210 and therecycling station 260, and theairflow channel 267 communicates with theopening 214 and thedust collecting assembly 261. Therecovery stage 260 generates negative pressure through thenegative pressure assembly 265 and performs dirt recovery on the docked vacuum cleaner through theopening 214 to recover dirt into thedust collection assembly 261.

Generally, thedirt collection assembly 261 is a dirt bag assembly or a dirt box assembly having a cyclonic separation component, and thedirt collection assembly 261 is removably disposed with respect to therecovery stage 260. Meanwhile, the volume of thedust collection assembly 261 is much larger than that of a dust cup assembly of the dust collector, and in a preferable mode, a compression structure can be further arranged in thedust collection assembly 261 and can compress the dirt stored in the dust collection assembly to recover more dirt.

Referring further to fig. 3 and 4, thedocking vacuum cleaner 100 includes amain body 10 and asurface cleaning assembly 15 detachably docking with themain body 10, wherein thesurface cleaning assembly 15 may be a floor brush assembly, a long flat suction assembly, a telescopic flat suction assembly, or a mite removing assembly. Themain body 10 includes a dirt cup assembly (not numbered), and a negative pressure assembly (not numbered) connected to the dirt cup assembly. In the normal operation mode of the vacuum cleaner, dirty air enters the dust cup assembly through thesurface cleaning assembly 15, and after dust and air are separated through the dust cup assembly, clean air is discharged out of the vacuum cleaner through the negative pressure assembly.

Specifically, the dirt cup assembly includes adirt cup 12 and a dirt-air separating assembly (not shown) at least partially housed in thedirt cup 12, and thedirt cup 12 includes acup body 120 and acup cover 121 movably disposed relative to thecup body 120. The user can open thecap 121 to clean the dust in thedust cup 12. It should be noted that in alternative embodiments (not shown), the dirt cup may be provided without the lid, and the user may clean the dirt cup by removing the dirt-air separation assembly and removing the opening from the dirt-air separation assembly when the dirt cup needs to be cleaned. In order to avoid the secondary pollution caused by the two cleaning methods, or to minimize the frequency of the two cleaning methods, thedust cup 12 further includes adust discharge opening 124 and acover 125 corresponding to thedust discharge opening 124, and thecover 125 can open thedust discharge opening 124 under the action of external force to provide an additional cleaning passage for the dust cup. Preferably, a sealinggasket 126 is provided between thecover 125 and the dust exhaust opening 124 to enhance the sealing between thecover 125 and the dust exhaust opening 124 in the normal operation mode.

Referring further to FIG. 5, in response to the additional dirt cup cleaning path described above, thedocking station 260 of the vacuumcleaner docking device 200 of the present invention may be actively or passively placed in a self-cleaning mode for dirt retrieval when thevacuum cleaner 100 is mounted to thedocking station 210 and in an upright, docked position. In the self-cleaning mode, thecover 125 is capable of opening the dust discharge opening 124 under the action of the negative pressure provided by thenegative pressure assembly 265 to draw the stored dirt in thedust cup 12 away from thedust cup 12, and at this time, the clean air mainly flows into thedust cup 12 from thesurface treatment assembly 15, and after mixing the dirt in thedust cup 12, the dirt is carried along and discharged out of the vacuum cleaner through thedust discharge opening 124, so as to achieve the purpose of self-cleaning the dust cup assembly of the vacuum cleaner. In other, inferior solutions, the clean air may also be added to the dirt cup downstream of the dirt-air separation assembly (where downstream is defined by the direction of flow of the normal working airflow of the cleaner), although this solution may sacrifice some air flow to reduce the cleaning effectiveness of the dirt cup, but may enhance the cleaning effectiveness of the dirt-air separation assembly.

Specifically, thedirt cup 12 of thevacuum cleaner 100 includes an outer cup wall that exposes an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, while thedocking station 210 includes a surrounding wall that at least partially envelopes the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner. Anopening 214 is provided in the surrounding wall, the size of the opening 214 being larger than the size of the dust discharge opening 124. Further, theopening 214 provides a space for thecover 125 of the dust discharge opening 124 to move. Further, the surrounding wall is provided with a sealing gasket (not shown) at the outside of theopening 214 to integrally surround both the dust exhaust opening 124 and thecover 125, so that the sealing between theopening 214 and thedust exhaust opening 124 is not affected by the movement of thecover 125 to enhance the sealing between the opening 214 and the dust exhaust opening 124.

In detail,docking station 210 includes at least a lower retainingmember 212, the lower retainingmember 212 configured to hold thecleaner 100. The lower retainingmember 212 includes a guide (not numbered) configured to guide thecleaner 100 to move to a correct storage position of thedocking station 210, that is, the guide is configured to guide thedust discharge opening 124 of the cleaner to move to theopening 214 of the docking station.

Referring to fig. 6, the guide may include aguide rib 2121/a guide slope (not shown) provided on the receiving inner wall of thelower holding member 212 to guide the cleaner 100 to move to the correct receiving position of thedocking station 210; the guide member may further include an abdicatinggroove 2122 formed in thelower holding member 212, wherein the abdicatinggroove 2122 corresponds to a dust inlet pipe of the vacuum cleaner, so as to guide a user to correctly mount the vacuum cleaner, and enhance the stability of the vacuum cleaner.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, therecycling platform 260 is fixedly connected to thedocking platform 210, and therecycling platform 260 is disposed below thedocking platform 210, so as to fully utilize the space below the docking platform and between the wall and the vacuum cleaner, so that thedocking platform 210 does not increase the indoor space, and the layout is more reasonable. Meanwhile, the height of thedust collecting assembly 261 of thedocking station 210 is moderate, which does not cause inconvenience in the disassembly of thedust collecting assembly 261.

However, in other embodiments, please specifically refer to fig. 7 and 8, therecycling station 260 may be detachably disposed with respect to thedocking station 210, and the arrangement of therecycling station 260 and thedocking station 210 may be configured according to the preference of the user. Preferably, theretrieval station 260 anddocking station 210 are arranged one above the other, with the top wall of the retrieval station removably docked to the bottom wall of the docking station. Optionally,retrieval station 260 anddocking station 210 are arranged side-to-side, with the side walls of the retrieval station detachably docked to the side walls of the docking station.

Specifically, the bottom wall or the side wall of the docking station is provided with a connecting clamping groove (not shown), correspondingly, the top wall or the side wall of the recovery station is provided with a docking clamping block (not shown), and the docking station and the recovery station are quickly disassembled and assembled through the connecting clamping groove and the docking clamping block. In both embodiments, theairflow path 267 preferably includes hoses (not shown) that can interface the opening and the dust collection assembly, respectively, to facilitate assembly.

The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and features of this invention, which is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but rather is susceptible to various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, which changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A suction cleaner docking arrangement for docking a suction cleaner, the docking station being configured for releasably locking the suction cleaner on a wall in an upright, docked position when not in use, characterised in that the suction cleaner docking arrangement comprises a recovery station which is connected to the docking station and is co-located on the wall.

2. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the docking station is provided with a charging terminal for charging a battery of the vacuum cleaner.

3. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the docking station includes at least one opening; a negative pressure component and a dust collecting component arranged at the upstream of the negative pressure component are arranged in the recovery table; the docking station and the recovery station at least comprise an air flow channel therebetween, and the air flow channel can be communicated with the opening and the dust collection assembly.

4. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 3, wherein the recovery station is removably disposed with respect to the docking station; the recovery station and the docking station are arranged up and down with the top wall of the recovery station detachably docked to the bottom wall of the docking station, or the recovery station and the docking station are arranged left and right with the side wall of the recovery station detachably docked to the side wall of the docking station.

5. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 4, wherein the docking station has a bottom wall or a side wall with a connection slot, and the top wall or the side wall of the recovery station has a docking block.

6. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 3, wherein the airflow path includes a hose disposed between the opening and the dirt collection assembly.

7. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 1, wherein the vacuum cleaner includes a dirt cup including an outer cup wall that exposes an outer surface of the vacuum cleaner, the docking station including a surrounding wall that at least partially encloses the outer cup wall of the vacuum cleaner.

8. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 7, wherein the opening is defined in the surrounding wall, and wherein the dirt cup of the vacuum cleaner is defined by a dirt discharge opening and a cover portion corresponding to the dirt discharge opening, the opening being sized larger than the dirt discharge opening.

9. The vacuum cleaner docking device of claim 8, wherein the docking station includes at least a lower retaining member configured to hold the vacuum cleaner; the lower holding member includes a guide portion configured to guide the dust discharge opening of the cleaner to move toward the opening of the docking station.

10. A vacuum cleaner docking apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the surrounding wall is provided with a sealing gasket on the outside of the opening.

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