Suction nozzle apparatus and cleaner having the same

• US 10,251,520 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jeong, Kyung-han, Jung, Young-sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dung Van
• Application Number:
  US15/467,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20170280957A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/00 Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/30 with driven dust-loosening tools, e.g. rotating brushes
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/362 of the horizontal type, e.g. canister or sledge type
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 7/0066 adapted for removing nail dust, hair or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/009 Carrying-vehicles; Arrangements of trollies or wheels; Means for avoiding mechanical obstacles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0411 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0477 Rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0488 Combinations or arrangements of several tools, e.g. edge cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles

Abstract

A suction nozzle apparatus and a cleaner having the same includes a casing of which a mounting groove is formed in a bottom surface, a drum brush rotatably coupled to the mounting groove of the casing, and a cutting member configured to remove a foreign substance wound around the drum brush. The drum brush includes a drum core in which at least one foreign substance collecting groove that the foreign substance is wound is formed in an outer circumference and a blade formed in a spiral form in the outer circumference of the drum core.

Claims

1. A suction nozzle apparatus comprising:

a casing having a bottom surface including a mounting groove;

a drum brush rotatably coupled to the mounting groove of the casing; and

a cutting member configured to remove a foreign substance wound around the drum brush,

wherein the drum brush includes a drum core having an outer circumference including a foreign substance collecting groove and a blade, and

wherein the cutting member is fixed in a position corresponding to the foreign substance collecting groove.

2. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cutting member is disposed to form a gap with the foreign substance collecting groove.

3. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of blades,

wherein the a plurality of blades comprise:

first and second blades group each disposed at both sides of the foreign substance collecting groove, and

wherein the first and second blades group each from a spiral line in an opposite direction to move the foreign substance to the foreign substance collecting groove.

4. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cutting member is installed inside the mounting groove.

5. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cutting member includes a grinder configured to cut the foreign substance.

6. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the foreign substance collecting groove is formed in a circumferential direction of the drum brush and has a structure which is gradually narrowed toward an inner side of the drum brush from an outer side of the drum brush.

7. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein a space between the grinder and the foreign substance collecting groove is narrowed toward a center of the foreign substance collecting groove.

8. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein the grinder comprising a grind stone,

wherein the grind stone comprises a grinding joint formed on the surface of the grind stone, or

wherein the grind stone is coated by a diamond on the surface of the grind stone.

9. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a base brush detachably installed in a lower portion of the casing and including at least one rib configured to prevent a wire from entering the mounting groove, and

the cutting member is installed in the base brush.

10. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the rib is formed in a position corresponding to the foreign substance collecting groove.

11. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a base brush detachably installed in a lower portion of the casing, and

the base brush further includes at least one side cover configured to cover at least one of both end portions of the drum brush.

12. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cutting member includes a heating element.

13. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the heating element forms a gap with the foreign substance collecting groove.

14. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the heating element is wound around the foreign substance collecting groove.

15. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 14, wherein the heating element includes a hot-wire coil.

16. A suction nozzle apparatus comprising:

a casing including an inner side having a suction passage, and a bottom surface including a mounting groove communicating with the suction passage;

a drum brush including a plurality of rubber blades rotatably installed in the mounting groove and a foreign substance collecting groove configured to collect a foreign substance; and

a cutting member fixed in a position corresponding to the foreign substance collecting groove and configured to remove the foreign substance.

17. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the cutting member maintains a space with the foreign substance collecting groove and cuts the foreign substance.

18. The suction nozzle apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein the cutting member burns the foreign substance.

19. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

a main body including a suction source configured to provide a suction force and a dust collector configured to collect a foreign substance; and

a suction nozzle apparatus having a suction passage coupled to the main body,

wherein the suction nozzle apparatus includes;

a drum brush including a foreign substance collecting groove configured to collect the foreign substance and a plurality of rubber blades coupled in a spiral form to move the foreign substance to the foreign substance collecting groove; and

a cutting member fixed in a position corresponding to the foreign substance collecting groove, and configured to remove the foreign substance from the foreign substance collecting groove through at least one of cutting or heating.