Nozzle for cleaner

• US 10,638,901 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2017
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yang, Ingyu, Ryu, Jungwan, Shin, Jinhyouk
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Dung Van
• Application Number:
  US15/662,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20180055313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/00 Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/02 Nozzles suction nozzles for fluid transport B65G51/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0411 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0416 driven by fluid pressure, e.g. by means of an air turbine
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0427 Gearing or transmission means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0461 Dust-loosening tools, e.g. agitators, brushes
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0477 Rolls
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/066 with adjustably mounted brushes, combs, lips or pads; Height adjustment of nozzle or dust loosening tools for suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casing A47L5/34
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/068 Nozzles combined with a different cleaning side, e.g. duplex nozzles or dual purpose nozzles

Abstract

A nozzle includes: a housing having a chamber formed in the housing and a front opening formed on a front side of the housing; a rotation cleaning part accommodated in the chamber and to clean a floor; a partition member provided in the chamber to partition the chamber into two areas and of which at least a portion is in contact with the rotation cleaning part; a driving unit to rotate the rotation cleaning part; and a connection tube connected to the housing and configured to transfer air introduced through the front opening to a dust container of the cleaner, wherein a lower passage formed below the rotation cleaning part and an upper passage formed above the rotation cleaning part are provided in the chamber, and a portion of the partition member is recessed to define the upper passages.

Claims

1. A nozzle for a cleaner, the nozzle comprising:

a housing that defines a chamber and a front opening;

a rotation cleaning part that is accommodated in the chamber and configured to clean a floor by rotating against the floor, at least a portion of the rotation cleaning part being exposed through the front opening;

a connection tube that is connected to the housing and configured to guide air received through the front opening toward a dust container of the cleaner;

a partition member that is located inside the chamber and partitions the chamber into (i) a first area that receives the rotation cleaning part and (i) a second area that is configured to communicate with the connection tube, wherein the first area and the second area face opposite sides of the partition member, and at least a portion of the partition member contacts the rotation cleaning part; and

a driving unit that is inserted into the rotation cleaning part in a direction parallel with a longitudinal axis of the rotation cleaning part, the driving unit being configured to rotate the rotation cleaning part about the longitudinal axis,

wherein the housing defines;

a lower passage that is located vertically below the rotation cleaning part in the chamber, and

an upper passage that is located vertically above the longitudinal axis of the rotation cleaning part in the chamber, at least a portion of the upper passage being defined by a recessed portion of the partition member,

wherein the rotation cleaning part includes an outer peripheral surface spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the housing and configured to clean the floor, and

wherein the upper passage is defined between the outer peripheral surface of the rotation cleaning part and the inner peripheral surface of the housing.

2. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the partition member comprises:

a first extension wall; and

a second extension wall that is located vertically above the first extension wall, and

wherein at least a portion of one or both of the first and second extension walls is configured to contact the rotation cleaning part.

3. The nozzle of claim 2,

wherein the first extension wall and the second extension wall are located in the first area.

4. The nozzle of claim 2, wherein the first extension wall defines a lower groove that is recessed from a portion of a surface of the first extension wall, the lower groove being in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotation cleaning part,

wherein the second extension wall defines an upper groove that is recessed from a portion of a surface of the second extension wall, the upper groove being in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotation cleaning part, and

wherein the lower groove and the upper groove are connected to each other and form a portion of the upper passage.

5. The nozzle of claim 2, wherein the partition member extends downward from an upper surface of the chamber, and

wherein the partition member further comprises a third extension wall that is configured to support the first extension wall.

6. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the housing defines a pair of upper passages, each of the pair of upper passages being located, respectively, at opposite sides of the rotation cleaning part.

7. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the upper passage is arranged to surround at least a portion of the driving unit.

8. The nozzle of claim 1, further comprising:

a front wheel that is located at a bottom surface of the housing and configured to guide the nozzle on the floor; and

a rear wheel that is located at the bottom surface of the housing at a position rearward of the front wheel,

wherein the connection tube includes a hinged portion that is located between the front and rear wheels.

9. The nozzle of claim 8, wherein the hinged portion includes hinge parts that are located vertically above a longitudinal axis of the connection tube.

10. The nozzle of claim 8, wherein the housing further comprises:

a body that accommodates the rotation cleaning part; and

a support member that is located vertically below the body and configured to cover a bottom portion of the body, and

wherein the front wheel and the rear wheel are located at the support member.

11. The nozzle of claim 10, wherein the housing further comprises an extension that extends rearward from a rear side of the body, and

wherein the rear wheel is located at the extension.

12. The nozzle of claim 10, wherein the rear wheel includes a rotary shaft that is located rearward of a rotational center of the connection tube.

13. The nozzle of claim 12, wherein the hinged portion includes a hinge shaft about which the connection tube is configured to rotate.

14. The nozzle of claim 13, wherein the hinge shaft is located vertically above the rotary shaft of the rear wheel.

15. The nozzle of claim 13, wherein the hinge shaft and the rotary shaft of the rear wheel are parallel with the longitudinal axis of the rotation cleaning part.

16. The nozzle of claim 12, wherein the front wheel includes a plurality of front wheels, and

wherein a rotation axis of each of the plurality of front wheels is parallel with the rotary shaft of the rear wheel.

17. The nozzle of claim 1, further comprising an inner tube that is located in the housing and configured to guide the air received through the front opening toward the connection tube.

18. The nozzle of claim 17, further comprising an auxiliary hose that connects the inner tube to the connection tube.

19. The nozzle of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises:

a body that defines the front opening and accommodates the rotation cleaning part; and

a connection member that connects the body to the connection tube, and

wherein the connection member includes hinge parts that rotatably couple the connection tube to the body.

20. The nozzle of claim 19, wherein the connection member comprises a first connection part that includes the hinge parts and a second connection part that is attached to the body, and

wherein the first connection part is connected to the second connection part and configured to rotate about an axis of the first connection part.