JP2003019446A - Cyclone type dust container and vacuum cleaner using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: A cyclone-type dust collection container capable of easily and quickly discarding dust collected inside without inverting a container body, and a vacuum cleaner using the same. . A container body has an upper portion in a cyclone chamber having an upper portion formed by a bottom wall provided at an intermediate portion in a vertical direction of the container body.
And a lower dust collecting chamber A, and a dust guide port 72 for guiding dust from the cyclone chamber B to the dust collecting chamber A is provided in the container body 34.
In the cyclone type dust collecting container provided in the above, the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 in which the lower end of the container main body 34 is opened downward, and the lower opening end of the container main body 34 is provided to be openable and closable by the bottom cover 40, Vacuum cleaner used.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cyclone type dust collecting container having a cyclone chamber and a dust collecting chamber at the top and bottom, and an electric vacuum cleaner using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a cyclone type dust collecting container of this type, as shown in FIG. 16, for example, a bottomed cylindrical cyclone container 1 and a bottomed cylindrical screwed to the lower end of the cyclone container 1 are used. Of the cyclone container 1 is provided with an inclined guide wall 4 (see FIGS. 17 and 18) that gradually inclines downward, and the inclined guide wall 4 and the bottom wall of the cyclone container 1 are provided. 18, a dust guide port 5 to the lower dust collecting container 2 is formed between the lower end of the container 3 and the lower end of the container 3, and a slit-shaped opening 6 extending between the inclined guide wall 4 and the containers 1 and 2 is formed as shown in FIG. What is formed is considered.

The cyclone type dust collecting container of this construction is used by being attached in the middle of the suction air passage from the suction port of the electric vacuum cleaner (not shown) to the electric blower. Then, when an electric blower (not shown) is operated and dust on the cleaning surface is sucked into the suction port body together with the air, the air containing the dust is generated as shown in FIG.
As shown by the alternate long and short dash line 7, the fluid flows into the cyclone container 1. Moreover, the inflowing air and dust flow downward in a spiral shape along the inner surface of the cyclone container 1, and then descend along the inclined guide wall 4 to collect dust from the dust guide port 5 and the slit-shaped opening 6. Flowing into container 2,
The dust 6 will be collected in the dust container 2. on the other hand,
The air from which dust has been removed flows upward as shown by a broken line 8 and is sucked into the electric blower through a filter (not shown).

[0004]

In order to dispose of the dust 6 thus collected, the dust container 2 is replaced by the cyclone container 1
Need to be removed from. However, in the above-mentioned cyclone type dust collecting container, it is not preferable that the air containing the dust that has flowed into the cyclone chamber goes out of the container. Therefore, the dust collecting container 2 is screwed to the lower end of the cyclone container 1. As a result,
Since it is necessary to rotate the dust collecting container 2 with respect to the cyclone container 1 several times, it takes time to remove the dust collecting container 2. Further, even when the dust container 2 is attached to the cyclone container 1, it is necessary to rotate the dust container 2 with respect to the cyclone container 1 several times, so that the attachment of the dust container 2 also takes time. . Further, unless the dust collecting container thus removed is turned upside down, the dust collecting container 2
Since the dust inside could not be thrown away, it was troublesome to throw away the dust.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide a cyclone type dust collecting container which can easily and quickly dispose of dust collected therein without turning the container body upside down.

A second object of the present invention is to provide an electric vacuum cleaner having a cyclone type dust collecting container which can easily and quickly dispose of dust collected therein without turning the container body upside down. To do.

[0007]

In order to achieve this first object, the cyclone type dust collecting container according to the invention of claim 1 is such that the inside of the container body is an upper part due to a partition wall provided in the middle of the container body in the vertical direction. It is divided into a cyclone chamber and a lower dust collection chamber,
In a cyclone type dust collecting container in which a passage for guiding dust from the cyclone chamber to the dust collecting chamber is provided in the container body, a lower end of the container body opens downward, and a lower opening end of the container body is a bottom lid. It is characterized by being opened and closed.

Further, the cyclone type dust collecting container of the invention of claim 2 is the cyclone type dust collecting container of claim 1, wherein the bottom lid is attached to the container body by a hinge so as to be opened and closed vertically. Locking means for fixing the bottom lid to the container body with the lower open end of the body closed is provided in the container body, and a handle is attached to the container body, and A lock releasing means for releasing a lock is provided on the handle.

Further, in order to achieve the second object, an electric vacuum cleaner according to a third aspect of the invention is characterized by including the cyclone type dust collecting container according to the first or second aspect.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [Structure] FIGS. 1 to 3 show a cleaner body 10 of an electric vacuum cleaner. This vacuum cleaner body 10 includes a body case 1
1, a cyclone type dust collecting container 12 and a lid 13. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the main body case 11 has a container mounting portion 11a on the front side and a blower chamber 11b on the rear side.
Have. Reference numeral 11a 'is a concave portion for disposing the container, which is provided in the container mounting portion 11a. In FIG. 2, the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 has a lower portion having a recess 1 at the front of the main body case 11.
The lid 13 is fitted inside the la 1 a ′ and covers the front upper part of the main body case 11 and the upper part of the cyclone type dust collecting container 12.

An electric blower 14 is arranged in the blower chamber 11b of the main body case 11. This electric blower 1
4 has a centrifugal fan 15 and a motor (driving means) 16 for driving the centrifugal fan 15. Reference numeral 11c denotes a wall portion 1 forming a rear portion (a part) of the recess 11a 'of the case body 11.
1c and 15a are suction ports of the centrifugal fan 15. A suction air passage 17 extending vertically is formed between the wall portion 11c and the suction port 15a. Reference numeral 18 is an upper wall of the main body case 11, and a communication port 18a to the suction air passage 17 is provided on the upper wall 18.
Are formed. A filter 19 is arranged at the upper end of the suction air passage 17.

The rear end of the lid 13 is attached to the body case 11 via a hinge 20 so as to be vertically rotatable. The hinge 20 includes a hinge arm 20a attached to the lid 13 and the hinge arm 20a.
1 has a support shaft 21 that is supported so as to be vertically rotatable.
As a result, the lid body 13 is attached to the main body case 11 so as to be vertically rotatable about the support shaft 21.

The lid 13 has a suction air passage 2 extending in the front-rear direction.
2 is formed, and a communication port 23 that opens to the rear end of the air passage 22 is formed at the rear end of the lid 13 downward.
The communication port 23 is opposed to the communication port 18a of the main body case 11. Moreover, a seal member 24, which elastically contacts the upper wall 18 of the main body case 11 along the peripheral edge of the communication opening 18a, is attached to the peripheral edge of the communication opening 23 as shown in FIGS. Further, the front opening 22a of the suction air passage 22 is located in the middle of the lid 13 in the front-rear direction, and an annular seal member (seal ring) as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is provided around the front opening 22a. ) 25 is attached.

A cylindrical hose connection port 26 is formed at the front end of the lid 13 and extends in the front-rear direction and opens into the lid 13. The rear end of the hose connection port 26 is inclined rearward as it goes upward. A seal ring 27 is attached to the rear end of the hose connection port 26.

A cover 28 is attached to the lower portion of the hose connection port 26 as shown in FIGS.
A substantially U-shaped lever disposition space 29 is formed between 8 and the hose connection port 26. Button insertion holes 30, 30 are formed in the side portion of the cover 28, and claw insertion holes (claw insertion slits) 31 extending in the left and right are formed in the lower portion of the cover 28. Further, curved lock levers 32 are provided in the left and right side portions of the U-shaped lever installation space 29, respectively.

A lock release button 32a protruding from the button insertion hole is integrally formed at the upper end of each lock lever 32, and a pawl insertion hole 31 is formed at the lower end of the lock lever 32.
A lock claw 32b that projects downward from is integrally formed. The claw portions of the lock levers 32b, 32b are oriented in opposite directions. In addition, each lock lever 32
An elastic member 33 such as rubber, a leaf spring, or a coil spring is interposed between the hose connection port 26 and the hose connection port 26, and
b and 32b are urged in a direction in which they are separated from each other.
A dust collection hose (not shown) is connected to the hose connection port 26, and a suction port body is connected to the dust collection hose via an extension pipe. <Cyclone type dust collecting container 12> This cyclone type dust collecting container 12 has a container body 34 and a hollow handle 35 as shown in FIG. The container body 34 has a dust collecting container 36, a cyclone container 37, and a filter 38 (see FIGS. 6 to 9). (Dust Collection Container 36) The dust collection container 36 has a tubular body 39 whose upper and lower sides are open, and a bottom lid 40 which opens and closes the lower opening end 39a of the tubular body 39. A dust collection chamber A is formed in the tubular body 39.

At the rear of the tubular body 39, as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 10, a protrusion 41 protruding downward is formed. The bottom cover 4 shown in FIG.
0 is attached by a hinge 42. This hinge 42
Are support shafts (axial projections) 43, 43 projecting from both sides of the projecting portion 41 of the tubular body 39, and projections projecting from the rear edge of the bottom lid 40 at left and right intervals. 44, 44 (FIGS. 8 to 1)
0, see FIG. 11 (a). This protrusion 44,44
Shaft engaging holes 44a, 44a are formed in the opposing surfaces of the. The support shafts 43, 4 are provided in the shaft engaging holes 44a, 44a.
3 is fitted to be rotatable relative to the axis. As a result, the bottom lid 40 pivots (opens and closes) up and down on the front side about the support shafts 43, 43. Also, this bottom lid 4
As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a locked claw 45 protruding upward is formed at the front end portion of 0. The locked claw 45 has a claw portion 45a directed rearward as shown in FIG. 11 (b). (Grip 35) This grip 35 has a hollow mounting portion 46 fixed vertically to the front edge portion of the tubular body 39, and a hollow continuous installation projecting toward the front side at the upper end portion of this mounting portion 46. Part 47
And a hollow grip 48 extending downward from the front end of the connecting portion 47 is formed in an inverted U shape. Reference numeral 47a is an upper wall of the connecting portion 47, and 47b is a button insertion hole provided in the upper wall 47a.

The handle 35 has a container locking means 49.
The bottom lid lock means 50 and the lock release means 51 are attached. (Container Locking Means 49) The container locking means 49 includes a plate-like locking claw 52 disposed in the lower end of the grip portion 48,
It has a biasing means (not shown) such as rubber and spring, and a slide member 53. The lock claw 52 is attached to the grip portion 48 so as to be rotatable back and forth around the upper end, and the urging means urges the lock claw 52 rearward (to the right in FIG. 2). Further, the slide member 53 is movable up and down so that the grip portion 4 can move.
It is arranged in the inside 8 and is biased upward by a spring (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the slide member 53 moves upward from the lock claw 52 when the lock claws 32b, 32b of the hose connection port 26 are not inserted on both sides of the button insertion hole 47b. Have been separated from.

Further, the lock claw 32 of the hose connection port 26
When inserting b and 32b on both sides of the button insertion hole 47b, the gap between the lock claws 32b and 32b is narrowed against the elastic force of the elastic member 33. Then, when the lock claws 32b, 32b are inserted into both sides of the button insertion hole 47b, the lock claws 32b, 32b are urged by the urging force of the elastic member 33 in the directions of separating from each other, and the lock claws 32b,
32b is engaged with the upper wall 47a on both sides of the button insertion hole 47b as shown in FIG. 4 (b).

Moreover, when the lock claws 32b, 32b are inserted into both sides of the button insertion hole 47b, the lock claw 32 is formed.
The slide member 53 is pressed and displaced downward by b and 32b against the spring force of a spring (not shown).

At this time, the lower end portion of the slide member 53 pushes and displaces the back side of the lock claw 52 to the front side as shown in FIG. 2, so that the lock claw 52 is provided at the front end of the body case 11. It is adapted to be engaged with the upper wall 11e of 11d. As a result, the handle 35 is locked (fixed) to the main body case 11. (Bottom Lid Locking Means 50) The bottom lid locking means 50 is, as shown in FIG. 12, a support shaft 54 projecting or mounted in the lower end of the mounting portion 46 toward the front and rear, and a support shaft 54.
Has a lock claw 55 rotatably attached to the left and right. The lock claw 55 is a claw portion 55 protruding rightward in the drawing.
It has a at the lower end and a pressing operation portion 55b protruding rightward at the upper end. Also, the bottom lid locking means 50
Is a spring receiver 56 which is located below the pressing operation portion 55b and is provided to project in the mounting portion 46, and the pressing operation portion 55b and the spring receiver 5 are provided.
6 has a spring (elastic member, biasing means) 57 interposed between the spring and the spring 6. Then, the claw portion 55a of the lock claw 55
Is engaged with the claw portion 45a of the locked claw 45 provided on the bottom lid 40 from below, and locks (fixes) the front end portion of the bottom lid 40 to the front end portion of the tubular body 39 to form a tubular body. The lower open end of 39 is closed. (Lock Releasing Means 51) The lock releasing means 51 has a claw pressing operation member 58 and a spring (biasing means) 59 as shown in FIG. The claw operating member 58 is connected to the slide plate portion 59 that is vertically movable in the mounting portion 46, the upper end of the slide plate portion 59, and is vertically movable in the continuous portion 47. It has a continuous plate portion 60 and a lock release button 61 provided at an end of the continuous plate portion 60 and protruding upward from the button insertion hole 47a. The spring 49 is interposed between the lock release button 61 and the lower wall 47c of the connecting portion 47, and urges the pawl operating member 58 upwards to push the lock release button 61 into the button insertion hole 47a.
From above. An inclined surface 59a that is inclined toward the pressing operation portion 55b is formed at the lower end of the slide plate portion (pressing portion) 59. <Cyclone container 37> This cyclone container 37 has a bottomed cyclone container body 6 as shown in Figs.
2 and a lid 63 that covers the upper portion of the cyclone container body 62. The cyclone container main body 62 has a large-diameter, elliptical outer cylinder portion 64, and a small-diameter inner cylinder portion 65 provided inside the outer cylinder portion 64 so as to be inscribed at the position of the major axis position a1. Thereby, the inner tubular portion 65 is eccentric with respect to the outer tubular portion 64. A cyclone chamber B is formed in the inner cylinder portion 65. The outer cylinder portion 64 may be cylindrical. The position a1 is located at the center of the rear side in the left-right direction,
The handle 35 is located on the opposite side of the position a1, that is, at a portion of 180 ° with respect to the position a1.

Further, between the outer cylindrical portion 64 and the inner cylindrical portion 65, an angle α (for example, 13
There is provided an inclined wall 66 extending from a position a2 shifted clockwise by 5 °) to a position a1 over a length of an angle β (for example, 225 °). The inclined wall 66 is located substantially at the upper ends of the outer tubular portion 64 and the inner tubular portion 65 at the position a2.
In No. 1, the height is the same as the upper surface of the bottom wall 67 of the cyclone chamber B (the partition wall between the dust collecting chamber A and the cyclone chamber B).

Moreover, the opposite side of the position a1, that is, the position a1
An air inlet 68 to the cyclone container 37 in the suction air passage is formed at a position a3 of 180 ° with respect to.
The air inlet 68 is formed between the bulging portion 63a provided in the lid 63 and a part of the upper end portion of the handle 35 as shown in FIG. The center line L of the air inlet 68 is directed to the center O1 of the outer tubular portion 64 and the center O2 of the inner tubular portion 65. The distance from the center O2 to the outer cylinder portion 64 is the shortest at the position a1 and the longest on the side opposite to the position a1.

The inclined wall 66 is set so that its width gradually narrows from the position of the air inlet 68 toward the position a1 and becomes substantially zero at the position a1.
4 and the upper surface of the bottom wall 67. Also,
Above the inclined wall 66, the position a from the air inlet 68
A guide air passage 69 is formed that gradually lowers to 1 along the inner peripheral surface of the outer tubular portion (peripheral wall) 64, and gradually narrows toward the position a1 like the inclined wall 66.

At a portion facing the air inlet 68, a partition wall 70 extending in an arc shape from the outer cylindrical portion 64 to the peripheral edge of the cyclone chamber B, and an arc shape continuous with the partition wall 70 and extending along the cyclone chamber B. A guide wall 71 is formed.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the cyclone container 37 extends vertically along the inner peripheral surface of the cyclone chamber B and extends from the bottom wall 67 of the cyclone chamber B to the inclined wall 66.
A dust guide port (dust guide passage) 72 extending in a rectangular shape is formed up to the vicinity of the upper end of the. A large-diameter communication port 63b corresponding to the cyclone chamber B is formed in the center of the lid 63.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the lid 63 has a guide wall 63 facing the guide wall 71 and an inclined portion 63c inclined from the air inlet 68 side toward the communication port 63b side.
d (see FIGS. 12 and 14). This inclined portion 63c
The guide wall 63d also constitutes a part of the guide air passage 69. On the upper portion of the lid 63, the cylindrical portion 6 for mounting the filter is provided.
3d is formed. A net filter NF having a cylindrical shape with a bottom and a diameter increasing toward the upper end (upper open end) is attached to the communication port 63b of the lid 63. Although the net filter NF is simply shown in the drawing, a filter net is actually attached to the entire outer surface of the side and bottom of the cylindrical and tapered filter frame. <Filter 38> This filter 38 includes a filter frame 73 (see FIG. 1) fitted in the tubular portion 63d as shown in FIGS.
5) and a filter member 74 held in the filter frame 73. And with the lid 13 closed,
The seal member 25 is adapted to elastically contact the filter frame 73. [Operation] Next, the operation of the electric vacuum cleaner having such a configuration will be described. (1) Setting of cyclone type dust collecting container 12 As shown in FIG. 3, the lid 13 of the cleaner body 10 is opened upward, and the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 is placed in the recess 11a 'in the front part of the body case 11. Insert the bottom edge of. At this time, the lower end of the grip portion 48 of the handle 35 is inserted into the insertion hole 11d as shown in FIG. In this state, the lid 13 is closed as shown in FIG.

At this time, the lock claw 32 of the hose connection port 26
Insert b and 32b on both sides of the button insertion hole 47b. At the time of this insertion, the gap between the lock claws 32b and 32b is narrowed against the elastic force of the elastic member 33. And the lock claw 3
When 2b and 32b are inserted into both sides of the button insertion hole 47b, the lock claws 32b and 32b are urged by the urging force of the elastic member 33 in the direction of separating from each other, and the lock claws 32b and 3b.
2b is locked to the upper wall 47a on both sides of the button insertion hole 47b as shown in FIG. 4 (b).

Moreover, when the lock claws 32b, 32b are inserted into both sides of the button insertion hole 47b, the lock claw 32 is inserted.
The slide member 53 is pressed and displaced downward by b and 32b against the spring force of a spring (not shown). At this time, the lower end portion of the slide member 53 pushes and displaces the back side of the lock claw 52 to the front side as shown in FIG. 2 to insert the lock claw 52 into the insertion hole 11d provided in the front end portion of the main body case 11.
The upper wall 11e is engaged with the upper wall 11e. As a result, the handle 35 is locked (fixed) to the main body case 11. (2) Operation during cleaning In this way, the cyclone type dust container 12 is attached to the cleaner body 10
Hose connection port 26 of the cleaner body 10
Connect a dust collecting hose (not shown) to the dust collecting hose and connect it to the suction port through an extension pipe.

When the electric blower 14 is operated,
Intake negative pressure acts on the suction air passage 17 from the electric blower 14. This intake negative pressure is shown via the filter 19, the communication port 18a, the suction air passage 22, the filter 38, the communication port 63b, the cyclone chamber B, the guide air passage 69, the air inlet 68, a dust collecting hose and an extension pipe (not shown). Do not act on the suction mouth.

In this state, the suction port body is moved back and forth to clean the cleaning surface. With this cleaning, dust is sucked together with air from the suction port body. The dust sucked together with the air flows into the air inlet 68 through the extension pipe and the dust collecting hose.

The dust-containing air flowing into the air inlet 68 is guided by the partition wall 70 and the guide wall 71.
After being deflected to the 9 side, that is, in the direction along the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical portion 64, the inside of the guide air passage 69 is rotated in the circumferential direction along the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical portion 64, and at the same time, the inclined wall is formed. Flowing downward along 66 to the bottom wall 67 of the cyclone chamber B,
A vortex is formed in the cyclone chamber B.

The width of the guide air passage 69 narrows toward the position a1 in the same manner as the width of the inclined wall 66 changes,
It is zero at the bottom wall 67. Therefore, the air flowing in the guide air duct 69 toward the position a1 is
At the portion of (3), it is made to flow into the cyclone chamber B in the tangential direction, and becomes an effective vortex flow in the cyclone chamber B.

The air of such a vortex flows toward the dust guide port 72, but the flow velocity decreases as it reaches the dust guide port 72, while the intake negative pressure acting on the upper center of the cyclone chamber B causes a cyclone. While flowing to the center of the chamber B, it flows upward toward the communication port 63b side of the lid 63 and passes through the filter 38.

At this time, since the dust contained in the vortex has a mass much larger than that of the air, when the dust flows along the inner peripheral surface of the cyclone chamber B toward the dust guide port 72 along with the vortex, the cyclone flows into the cyclone. The moving speed (inertial force) in the direction along the inner peripheral surface of the chamber B increases as it approaches the dust guide port 72, enters the dust collection chamber A below through the dust guide port 72, and reaches the bottom of the dust collection chamber A. To be collected.

In this way, as the vortex flow approaches the dust guide port 72 in the cyclone chamber B, the dust is separated from the air by the inertial force even when the flow velocity of the vortex air decreases and flows toward the upper filter 38 side. At the same time, it enters the dust collecting chamber A below through the dust guide port 72 and is collected at the bottom of the dust collecting chamber A.

Therefore, dust is introduced into the dust collecting chamber A through the dust guide port 7.
Even if it enters from 2, the air carrying the dust will be in the dust guide port 7
It does not enter the dust collecting chamber A from 2. As a result, no vortex or turbulence is generated in the dust collecting chamber A, so that the dust does not soar to the side wall or the upper portion and adhere to the upper surface or the upper side surface of the dust collecting chamber A, etc. It will be deposited from the bottom in A.

The air from which large dust has been removed in this way passes through the net filter NF of the lid 63 while flowing to the center of the cyclone chamber B as described above, and then the communication port 63.
After flowing upward toward the b side and passing through the filter 38,
After being sucked into the centrifugal fan 15 of the electric blower 14 via the suction air passage 22, the communication port 18 a, the filter 19, and the suction air passage 17, the inside of the motor 16 of the electric blower 14 is cooled,
It is exhausted to the outside of the body case 11. (3) Disposal of dust When the dust collected in the dust collecting chamber A of the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 in this way is accumulated up to the upper part of the dust collecting chamber A, the lock button of the hose connection port 26 When 32a and 32a are pressed against the elastic force of the elastic member 33, the lock claws 32b and 32b of the hose connection port 26 are displaced toward each other, and the distance between the lock claws 32b and 32b is set to the button insertion hole 47b. Narrower than the width on both sides of. In this state, by lifting the hose connection port 26 upward, the lock claws 32b, 32b can be pulled out from the button insertion hole 47b, and by further lifting the hose connection port 26 upward, the lid body 13 of FIG. You can open it like this.

When the lock claws 32b, 32b are pulled out from the button insertion hole 47b in this way, the slide member 53 is pressed and displaced upward by the spring force of a spring (not shown). At this time, the lower end of the slide member 53 is locked by the lock claw 5.
It is separated upward from the back side of 2. As a result, the lock claw 52 is retracted into the grip portion 48 by the biasing means (not shown), and the upper wall 1 of the insertion hole 11d of the main body case 11 is retracted.
The engagement with 1e is released.

In this state, by grasping and lifting the grip portion 48 of the handle 35, the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 can be taken out from the recess 11a 'of the main body case 11. Then, the lower side of the cyclone type dust collecting container 12 is inserted into a dust bag or the like, the mouth of the dust bag is brought into close contact with the periphery of the cyclone type dust collecting container 12, and then the lock release button 61 of the handle 35 is springed. When it is pushed down against the spring force of 59, the slide plate portion 59 integrated with the lock release button 61 is formed.
The tip of the lock pushes the pushing operation portion 55b of the lock claw 55 downward against the spring force of the spring 57.

As a result, the lock claw 55 rotates about the support shaft 54, and the claw portion 55a of the lock claw 55 is moved to the bottom cover 40.
The locking claw 45 is disengaged from the lower side of the claw portion 45a to the side, and the lock of the work cover 40 is released. By this unlocking, the bottom lid 40 is pressed downward by its own weight and the weight of the dust collected in the dust collecting chamber A, and is pivotally displaced downward around the support shaft 43, so that the dust collecting chamber The dust in A falls into the garbage bag and is discarded. Therefore, the dust can be discarded without soiling the hands.

Further, by inserting the bottom cover 40 into the recess of the main body case 11 while holding the grip portion 48 of the handle 35, the bottom cover 40 is rotated to the tubular body 39 side with the support shaft 43 as the matchmaker. By moving, the claw portion 45a of the bottom lid 40 comes into contact with the inclined guide 55a 'of the claw portion 55a of the lock claw 55. After this,
When the bottom cover 40 is further rotated upward, the tilt guide 55
Due to the action of a ', the claw portion 55a of the lock claw 55 causes the bottom cover 4 to move.
The lock claw 55 is rotated against the spring force of the spring 57 in the direction away from the 0 claw portion 45a.

When the claw portion 45a of the bottom cover 40 is located below the claw portion 55a of the lock claw 55, the lock claw 55 is rotated by the spring force of the spring 57 in the opposite direction to the above, and the lock claw 55 is rotated. The claw portion 55a of the bottom claw portion 45a of the bottom lid 40
The bottom lid 40 is locked in a state where the bottom lid 40 closes the bottom opening of the tubular body 39.

[0045]

Since the cyclone type dust collecting container of the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to easily and quickly dispose of the dust collected inside without inverting the container body. Further, the electric vacuum cleaner having the cyclone type dust collecting container can easily and quickly dispose of the dust collected inside the cyclone type dust collecting container.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cleaner body of an electric vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing the vacuum cleaner body shown in FIG. 1 partially broken away.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the vacuum cleaner body shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 in a state in which a lid is opened.

4 (a) and 4 (b) are operation explanatory views showing the relationship between the lock claw of the hose connection port shown in FIG. 3 and the grip portion of the cyclone type dust collecting container shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing the cyclone type dust collecting container shown in FIG. 2 in a partially sectioned manner at a portion passing through a handle.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the cyclone type dust collecting container shown in FIG. 2 in a partially cross-sectional view of a portion that does not pass through a handle.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the cyclone container body and the handle shown in FIG.

8 is an assembled perspective view of the dust collecting container and the cyclone container body shown in FIG.

9 is an assembled perspective view of the dust container and the cyclone container body shown in FIG. 8 as viewed from another angle.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

11A is a plan view of the bottom cover shown in FIG. 5, and FIG.
FIG. 7A is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of an attachment portion of the handle of FIG. 5 to the dust container.

13 is a bottom view of the lid of the cyclone container of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of a lid of the cyclone container of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the filter frame of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a conventional cyclone type dust collecting container.

17 is a plan view of the cyclone container of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the bottom wall of the cyclone container shown in FIGS. 16 and 17.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 ... Cyclone type dust container 34 ... Container body 40 ... Bottom lid 42 ... Hinge 50 ... Bottom lid locking means 51 ... Unlocking means 67 ... Bottom wall (partition wall) 72 ... Dust guide port (dust guide passage) A: Dust collection chamber B: Cyclone room

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Masatoshi Tanaka             Toshiba Tec, 43 Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Hadano Factory Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshihiro Tsuchiya             Toshiba Tec, 43 Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Hadano Factory Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeyuki Ichino             Toshiba Tec, 43 Horiyamashita, Hadano City, Kanagawa Prefecture             Hadano Factory Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3B062 AH05                 4D053 AA03 AB01 BA01 BB06 BC01                       BD04 CA12 CB04 CC04 CD21                       CE07 DA01

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body is partitioned into an upper cyclone chamber and a lower dust collecting chamber by a partition wall provided in the middle of the container body in the vertical direction, and a passage for guiding dust from the cyclone chamber to the dust collecting chamber is provided. In a cyclone type dust collecting container provided in the container body, a lower end of the container body is opened downward, and a lower opening end of the container body is provided so as to be opened and closed by a bottom lid. Dust collection container. 2. The cyclone type dust collecting container according to claim 1, wherein the bottom lid is attached to the container body so as to be vertically openable and closable by a hinge, and the bottom opening is closed with the bottom opening end of the container body closed. Locking means for fixing the lid to the container body is provided on the container body, a handle is attached to the container body, and unlocking means for unlocking the bottom lid by the locking means is provided on the handle. Cyclone type dust container. 3. An electric vacuum cleaner comprising the cyclone type dust collecting container according to claim 1 or 2.