Vacuum cleaner having main body detachably mounted in frame

• US 20070289085A1
• Filed: 11/21/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• 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: Yoo, Dong-Hun
• Application Number:
  US11/602,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20070289085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/334
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/225 Convertible suction cleaners, i.e. convertible between different types thereof, e.g. from upright suction cleaners to sledge-type suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/28 Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle A47L5/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/32 with means for connecting a hose hose couplings for suction cleaners A47L9/24
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/362 of the horizontal type, e.g. canister or sledge type

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner is disclosed that includes a main body having a dust collector and a vacuum motor; a cleaner frame for detachably mounting the main body; a main brush assembly connected to a lower end of the cleaner frame; and a flexible hose and auxiliary brush assembly connected to the main body, wherein the main body is further provided with a traveling wheel and a support member, whereby the main body can be moved conveniently by using the traveling wheel and the support member and cleaning operation also can be performed by sucking external air through the auxiliary brush assembly at a state of the main body standing in the case that the main body of the vacuum cleaner is detached from the cleaner frame.

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

a main body having a dust collector and a vacuum motor;

a cleaner frame in which the main body is detachably mounted;

a main brush assembly connected to a lower end of the cleaner frame; and

a flexible hose and an auxiliary brush assembly connected to the main body,

wherein the main body is further provided with a traveling wheel and a support member, and

wherein, when the main body is mounted into the cleaner frame, an upright cleaning operation can be performed by sucking external air into the main brush assembly, and where, when the main body is dismounted from the cleaner frame, the main body can be moved using the traveling wheel and the support member and a canister type cleaning operation can be performed by sucking external air through the auxiliary brush assembly.

2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the main body further comprises a length adjustable telescopic handle.

3. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the traveling wheel comprises two traveling wheels that are installed at a lower end of the main body.

4. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the cleaner frame further comprises a base plate for fixing the lower end of the main body and a locking member for locking a side surface of the main body.

5. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 4, wherein the base plate is formed with a pair of wheel insert grooves in which the two traveling wheel are inserted and a recess groove in which the support member is inserted.

6. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 5, wherein the support member comprises two support members and wherein the base plate comprises two recess grooves in which the two support members are inserted.

7. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the cleaner frame further comprises a base plate for fixing a lower end of the main body and a locking member for locking a side surface of the main body.

8. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 6, wherein the base plate is formed with a wheel insert groove in which the traveling wheel is inserted and a recess groove in which the support member is inserted.

9. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

a main body having a lower end and an auxiliary brush assembly, the lower end including a pair of traveling wheels and at least one support member; and

a cleaner frame having a base plate and a main brush assembly, the base plate including a pair of wheel insert grooves and a recess groove,

wherein, for an upright cleaning operation external air is drawn into the main brush assembly and the main body is mounted in the cleaner frame on the base plate so that the pair of traveling wheels are received by the pair of wheel insert grooves and the support member is received by the recess groove, and

wherein, for a canister type cleaning operation external air is drawn into the auxiliary brush assembly and the main body is dismounted from the cleaner frame so that the main body is movable using the pair of traveling wheels.

10. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the main body further comprises a length adjustable telescopic handle.

11. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the cleaner frame further comprises a locking member for locking a side surface of the main body.

12. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the support member comprises two support members and wherein the base plate comprises two recess grooves in which the two support members are received.