Upright type vacuum cleaner

• US 20030159231A1
• Filed: 02/18/2003
• Published: 08/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Oh, Jang-Keun
• Application Number:
  US10/368,752
• Publication Number:
  US 20030159231A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/320
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/34 Machines for treating carpets in position by liquid, foam, or vapour, e.g. by steam
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/405 Machines using UV-lamps, IR-lamps, ultrasound or plasma cleaning
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 11/4083 Liquid supply reservoirs; Preparation of the agents, e.g. mixing devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/035 Electrolysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/18 Liquid substances or solutions comprising solids or dissolved gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/16 using physical phenomena
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/461 by electrolysis
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/4618 for producing "ionised" acidic or basic water

Abstract

An upright type vacuum cleaner uses an electrolyzed solution instead of detergent, and includes a cleaner body comprising a driving portion for generating a suction force, and a contaminant collecting portion for collecting contaminants drawn in by the suction force of the driving force, a suction brush movably formed on a lower portion of the cleaner body to be moved along a surface to be cleaned for drawing in the contaminants on the surface to be cleaned by the suction force from the driving portion, and a multi-layered electrolyzing device for carrying out an electrolysis by a plurality of electrolytic cells, and for jetting an electrolyzed solution through the suction brush against the surface to be cleaned, the electrolyzed solution being used for removing contaminants on the surface to be cleaned. The multi-layered electrolyzing device includes an electrolyzing portion disposed inside of the cleaner body for generating the electrolyzed solution with a solution as supplied, an electrolyzed solution jetting portion for jetting the electrolyzed solution generated at the electrolyzing portion through the suction brush and against the surface to be cleaned, and a waste water collecting portion for recovering used electrolyzed solution and the contaminants therein after the electrolyzed solution is jetted against the surface to be cleaned and has removed the contaminants on the surface. The electrolyzing portion includes a water tank disposed on an upper side of the cleaner body, first and second electrolyzing tanks connected in series, so that the solution from the water tank is electrolyzed at least two times, and an electrolyzed solution storage tank for temporarily storing the electrolyzed solution which is electrolyzed and fed from the first and the second electrolyzing tanks.

Claims

1. An upright type vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a cleaner body comprising a driving portion for generating a suction force, and a contaminant collecting portion for collecting contaminants drawn in by the suction force of the driving force;

a suction brush movably formed on a lower portion of the cleaner body to be moved along a surface to be cleaned for drawing in the contaminants on the surface to be cleaned by the suction force from the driving portion; and

a multi-layered electrolyzing device for carrying out an electrolysis by a plurality of electrolytic cells, and for jetting an electrolyzed solution being used through the suction brush against the surface to be cleaned, the electrolyzed solution being used for removing contaminants on the surface to be cleaned.

2. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the multi-layered electrolyzing device comprises:

an electrolyzing portion disposed inside of the cleaner body, for generating the electrolyzed solution from a solution supplied from a reservoir disposed in the cleaner body;

an electrolyzed solution jetting portion for jetting the electrolyzed solution generated at the electrolyzing portion through the suction brush and against the surface to be cleaned; and

a waste water collecting portion for recovering used electrolyzed solution and the contaminants therein after the electrolyzed solution is jetted against the surface to be cleaned and has removed the contaminants on the surface.

3. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the electrolyzing portion comprises:

a water tank disposed on an upper side of the cleaner body;

first and second electrolyzing tanks connected in series, so that the solution from the water tank is electrolyzed at least two times; and

an electrolyzed solution storage tank for temporarily storing the electrolyzed solution which is electrolyzed and fed from the first and the second electrolyzing tanks.

4. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the electrolyzing portion comprises:

a water tank disposed on an upper side of the cleaner body;

an additive tank disposed downstream of the water tank;

a mixing tank for mixing and diffusing the additives from the additive tank in the solution from the water tank;

a first electrolyzed solution tank and a second electrolyzed solution tank connected in series so that the mixture of the solution and the additive from the mixing tank can be electrolyzed at least two times; and

an electrolyzed solution storage tank for temporarily storing the electrolyzed solution discharged from the first and second electrolyzing tanks.

5. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 3, wherein each of the first and the second electrolyzing tanks is each constructed in a layered structure comprising at least an anode plate and a cathode plate, and a partition disposed between the anode plate and the cathode plate.

6. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 5, wherein there is a reservoir disposed between the first and the second electrolyzing tanks.

7. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the reservoir separately stores an anolyte and a catholyte discharged from the first layered electrolyzing tank, and

the anolyte is fed into an anode cell of the second electrolyzing tank, while the catholyte is fed into a cathode cell of the second electrolyzing tank.

8. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein the reservoir separately stores an anolyte and a catholyte discharged from the first electrolyzing tank, and

the anolyte is fed into a cathode cell of the second electrolyzing tank, while the catholyte is fed into an anode cell of the second electrolyzing tank.

9. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 6, wherein a gas removing device is attached to the upper portion of the reservoir, for removing gas generated by the electrolysis process from the electrolyzed solution.

10. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the electrolyzed solution jetting portion comprises:

an electrolyzed solution conveyance path connecting the electrolyzing portion to a leading end of the suction brush;

a jetting pump disposed in the electrolyzed solution conveyance path; and

a nozzle provided at an end of the electrolyzed solution conveyance path for jetting the electrolyzed solution therethrough.

11. The upright type vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the waste water collecting portion is arranged in the discharging path of the cleaner body.