Locking device for exhaust filter cover of vacuum cleaner

• US 20030115714A1
• Filed: 05/21/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Byung-Sun, Yang
• Granted Patent: US 6,868,579 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/327.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/127 tube- or sleeve-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

The present invention relates to a locking structure for an exhaust filter cover of a vacuum cleaner. According to the present invention, there is provided a locking device for an exhaust filter cover of a vacuum cleaner, comprising locking protrusions formed to protrude radially inward from an inner end of the exhaust filter cover which includes a plurality of exhaust holes and supports a filter therein; and locking grooves within which the locking protrusions are locked and which are formed on an outer peripheral surface of an exhaust flange formed to protrude laterally from the circumference of a circular exhaust portion that is formed on a side surface of a motor housing fixed within a casing of a main body of the vacuum cleaner, whereby the exhaust filter cover is fixed to the main body of the vacuum cleaner. Furthermore, each locking groove includes an insertion portion formed linearly from the exterior to the interior, and a locking portion formed to be perpendicular to the insertion portion and to extend along the circumference of the exhaust flange.

Claims

1. A locking device for an exhaust filter cover of a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

locking protrusions formed to protrude radially inward from an inner end of the exhaust filter cover which includes a plurality of exhaust holes and supports a filter therein; and

locking grooves within which the locking protrusions are locked and which are formed on an outer peripheral surface of an exhaust flange formed to protrude laterally from the circumference of a circular exhaust portion that is formed on a side surface of a motor housing fixed within a casing of a main body of the vacuum cleaner,

whereby the exhaust filter cover is fixed to the main body of the vacuum cleaner.

3. The locking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each locking groove includes an insertion portion formed linearly from the exterior to the interior, and a locking portion formed to be perpendicular to the insertion portion and to extend along the circumference of the exhaust flange.

4. The locking device as claimed in claim 3, wherein an entrance of the locking portion is formed with a catching boss.

2. A locking device for an exhaust filter cover of a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

locking protrusions formed to protrude radially outward from an inner end of the exhaust filter cover which includes a plurality of exhaust holes and supports a filter therein; and

locking grooves within which the locking protrusions are locked and which are formed on an inner peripheral surface of an exhaust flange formed to protrude laterally from the circumference of a circular exhaust portion that is formed on a side surface of a motor housing fixed within a casing of a main body of the vacuum cleaner,

whereby the exhaust filter cover is fixed to the main body of the vacuum cleaner.