Drum for cleaner and cleaner having the same

• US 10,105,030 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2016
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hong, Seok Man, Park, Sung Jin, Kim, Dong Wook, Kwon, Ki Hwan, Ha, Dong Woo, Yoon, Jin Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): REDDING, DAVID A
• Application Number:
  US14/987,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20170135544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,022 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/24 Floor-sweeping machines, motor-driven
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4005 Arrangements of batteries or cells; Electric power supply arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4011 Regulation of the cleaning machine by electric means; Control systems and remote control systems therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4013 Contaminants collecting devices, i.e. hoppers, tanks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4041 Roll shaped surface treating tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4072 Arrangement of castors or wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/022 Recharging of batteries
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/06 Control of the cleaning action for autonomous devices; Automatic detection of the surface condition before, during or after cleaning
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0477 Rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0613 with means specially adapted for picking up threads, hair or the like, e.g. brushes, combs, lint pickers or bristles pads

Abstract

A cleaner includes a case which includes an inlet for suctioning in rubbish on a surface to be cleaned, a driver which is provided inside the case and includes a motor which generates power, a drum body which is provided in the inlet and configured to receive the power from the driver and rotate, and a drum blade arranged in an outer circumferential direction of the drum body and formed with a blade air current hole through which air suctioned in through the inlet passes.

Claims

1. A cleaner comprising:

a case including an inlet to suction air and rubbish on a surface to be cleaned;

a driver provided inside the case and including a motor to generate power;

a drum body provided in the inlet and configured to receive the power from the driver and rotate; and

a drum blade rotatably provided along an outer circumference of the drum body and including

a blade portion extending from the drum body and having a blade air current hole configured to allow the air and rubbish suctioned into the inlet to pass through, and

a restricting portion extending from the drum body to form a predetermined angle with the blade portion, and configured to restrict a rotation of the drum blade in the drum body.

2. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum blade extends outward from the outer circumference of the drum body in a radial direction of the drum body to contact the surface to be cleaned.

3. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the blade air current hole includes a plurality of blade air current holes provided along a longitudinal direction of the drum body.

4. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum blade includes a plurality of drum blades arranged along the outer circumference of the drum body.

5. The cleaner of claim 4, further comprising:

a drum brush provided between at least two of the plurality of drum blades along the outer circumference of the drum body and including at least one brush extending outward from the outer circumference of the drum body in a radial direction of the drum body.

6. The cleaner of claim 4, further comprising:

a plate blade disposed between two of the plurality of drum blades along the outer circumference of the drum body and extending outward from the outer circumference of the drum body in a radial direction of the drum body.

7. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the blade air current hole is provided in at least one of a circular shape and a honeycomb shape.

8. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum blade is provided to increasingly shift forward in a direction of rotation going from a central portion to both ends of the drum body along a longitudinal direction of the drum body.

9. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum blade includes a viscoelastic material.

10. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum body further comprises a body air current hole penetrating the drum body in a radial direction thereof.

11. The cleaner of claim 10, wherein the body air current hole includes a plurality of body air current holes provided in a longitudinal direction of the drum body.

12. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein one end of the drum blade is rotatably connected to the drum body to allow the drum blade to rotate around the one end as the drum body rotates and another end opposite the one end is pointing away from the drum body.

13. The cleaner of claim 12, further comprising a connecting member which rotatably connects the drum blade with the drum body,

wherein the drum blade comprises a blade connecting portion provided at the one end to allow the connecting member to be rotatably coupled therewith, and

wherein the drum body comprises fixing portions which fix the connecting member at both ends thereof.

14. The cleaner of claim 13, wherein the drum body comprises a mounting groove on the outer circumference of the drum body, on which the drum blade is rotatably mounted.

15. The cleaner of claim 12, wherein the drum blade is slanted along a longitudinal direction of the drum body.

16. The cleaner of claim 1, wherein the drum blade comprises a plurality of blade segments disposed on both sides of the blade air current hole in a longitudinal direction of the drum body.

17. A cleaner comprising:

a case including an inlet to suction air and rubbish on a surface to be cleaned;

a driver provided inside the case and including a motor to generate power;

a drum body provided in the inlet and configured to receive the power from the driver and rotate; and

a drum blade with one end rotatably connected to the drum body and rotatable outward in a radial direction of the drum body, and including

a blade portion extending from the drum body, and

a restricting portion extending from the drum body to form a predetermined angle with the blade portion, and configured to restrict a rotation of the drum blade in the drum body.

18. The cleaner of claim 17, further comprising a connecting member which rotatably connects the drum blade with the drum body,

wherein the drum blade includes a connecting member coupling hole provided at the one end to allow the connecting member to be rotatably coupled therewith, and

wherein the drum body includes fixing portions which fix the connecting member on an outer circumference of the drum body.

19. The cleaner of claim 17, wherein the drum body includes a mounting groove on an outer circumference of the drum body, on which the drum blade is rotatably mounted.

20. A drum for a cleaner, comprising:

a drum body having a cylindrical shape;

a drum blade including a blade portion extending outward from an outer circumference of the drum body in a radial direction of the drum body, and a restricting portion extending from the drum body to form a predetermined angle with the blade portion, and configured to restrict a rotation of the drum blade; and

at least one blade air current hole provided in the blade portion of the drum blade in the drum body.

21. The drum of claim 20, further comprising a connecting member which rotatably couples the drum blade with the drum body.

22. The drum of claim 21, wherein the drum blade includes a blade coupling portion at one end connected to the drum body to allow the connecting member to be rotatably coupled therewith, and

wherein the drum body comprises a fixing portion which fixes the connecting member on the outer circumference of the drum body.

23. The drum of claim 21, wherein the drum body includes a mounting groove on the outer circumference of the drum body, on which the drum blade is rotatably mounted.

24. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

a motor to generate a suction force;

a case including an inlet to provide the suction force near a surface to be cleaned;

a rotatable drum provided in the inlet and configured to rotate around an axis substantially parallel with the surface to be cleaned; and

a drum blade including a blade portion extending from an outer circumference of the rotatable drum, and a restricting portion extending from the drum body to form a predetermined angle with the blade portion, and configured to restrict a rotation of the drum blade in the drum body,

wherein at least one of the rotatable drum and the drum blade includes an air current hole configured to allow the suction force to be provided in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the rotatable drum.