Vacuum cleaner

• US 10,213,078 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2016
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Shin, Paik, Sok-won, Lim, Won-kyu, Lee, Jae-min, Lee, Hyun-ju, Jung, Young-sung, Ha, Jung-su
• Primary Examiner(s): Van Nguyen, Dung
• Application Number:
  US15/357,260
• Publication Number:
  US 20170143175A1
• Time in Patent Office: 827 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/30 with driven dust-loosening tools, e.g. rotating brushes
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/34 with height adjustment of nozzles or dust-loosening tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/362 of the horizontal type, e.g. canister or sledge type
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0411 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0455 Bearing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0477 Rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0494 Height adjustment of dust-loosening tools

Abstract

A nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a driving member including a first driving shaft and a second driving shaft in both sides thereof, a first drum of which one end is coupled to the first driving shaft to be driven by directly receiving driving force of the first driving shaft, and a second drum of which one end is coupled to the second driving shaft to be driven by directly receiving driving force of the second driving shaft.

Claims

1. A nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a driving member including a first driving shaft and a second driving shaft in both sides thereof;

a first drum of which one end is coupled to the first driving shaft;

a second drum of which one end is coupled to the second driving shaft;

a front housing which receives the driving member and the first drum and the second drum and has a suction port configured to suck air in a bottom surface thereof; and

side housings which close both opened side portions of the front housing,

wherein first and second installation surfaces are spaced from the side housings at a predetermined interval.

2. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the first drum has a first insertion groove which is concavely formed in a first coupling surface facing the driving member,

wherein the second drum has a second insertion groove which is concavely formed in a second coupling surface facing the driving member,

wherein the first driving shaft is inserted into the first insertion groove, and

wherein the second driving shaft is inserted into the second insertion groove.

3. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 2,

wherein the first driving shaft and the second driving shaft have driving surfaces formed in outer circumferences thereof, and

wherein the first insertion groove and the second insertion groove have driven surfaces which are rotatably supported to the driving surfaces.

4. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first drum and the second drum include:

main brushes installed in outer circumferences thereof; and

auxiliary brushes installed in the first and second installation surfaces are arranged in opposite sides of the first coupling surface and the second coupling surface.

5. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the auxiliary brushes are installed in central portions of the first and second installation surfaces and are obliquely arranged to protrude from the outer circumferences of the first drum and the second drum.

6. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a lifting member coupled to the driving member and configured to selectively lift up positions of the first drum and the second drum,

wherein the lifting member includes;

a pivot shaft disposed in parallel to an axis direction of the driving member;

a supporting member configured to rotatably support the pivot shaft; and

a connection member fixedly installed to the pivot shaft and the driving member.

7. A nozzle assembly comprising:

a driving member;

a pair of drums arranged in both sides of the driving member and configured to be rotated through driving force of the driving member; and

a lifting member coupled to the driving member and configured to selectively lift up positions of the pair of drums.

8. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lifting member includes:

a pivot shaft disposed in parallel to an axis direction of the driving member;

a supporting member configured to rotatably support the pivot shaft; and

a connection member fixedly installed to the pivot shaft and the driving member.

9. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 8, wherein the lifting member further includes a position regulating member having a seating surface in which a bottom surface of the connection member is placed and a supporting surface which is arranged over the seating surface to be spaced from the seating surface and is in contact with a top surface of the connection member.

10. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein an interval between the seating surface and the supporting surface is larger than a thickness of the connection member.

11. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein a drum is switched between a first position in which the bottom surface of the connection member is in contact with the seating surface and a second position in which the bottom surface of the connection member is in noncontact with the seating surface according to a type of surface to be cleaned.

12. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

a housing which receives the driving member and the pairs of drums and has a suction port configured to suck air in a bottom surface thereof,

wherein each of the pair of drums includes an auxiliary brush installed in one surface arranged in an opposite side of the driving member.

13. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 12, wherein the housing includes:

a front housing has a suction port and has a both-side opened cylindrical shape; and

side housings installed in both sides of the front housing, wherein the one surfaces of the pair of drums are arranged to be spaced from inner surfaces of the side housings at a predetermined interval.

14. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 13, wherein the auxiliary brush is installed in a central portion of the one surface of a drum and is obliquely arranged to protrude from an outer circumference of the drum.

15. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 14,

wherein each of the pair of drums has a supporting projection which is formed to protrude in the central portion of the one surface of the drum, and

wherein each of the side housings has an elongated supporting groove which the supporting projection is inserted thereinto and corresponds to a lifting direction of the drum.

16. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 13,

wherein each of the side housings has a supporting projection which is formed to protrude from the inner surface of the side housing, and

wherein each of the pairs of drums has an elongated supporting groove, which the supporting projection is inserted thereinto and corresponds to a lifting direction of a drum, in a central portion of the one surface of the drum.

17. The nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 12, wherein one end portion of the auxiliary brush is installed in a drum and the other end portion of the auxiliary brush has a larger cross-section area than the one end portion of the auxiliary brush.

18. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

a main body in which a dust collector is installed;

a nozzle assembly; and

a flexible hose which couples the main body and the nozzle assembly,

wherein the nozzle assembly includes;

a driving member,

a pair of drums coupled to both sides of the driving member to be driven through driving force of the driving member, and

a lifting member coupled to the driving member and configured to selectively lift up positions of the pair of drums.