HOSE AND ACCESSORY HOLDER FOR AN UPRIGHT VACUUM CLEANER

• US 20100325831A1
• Filed: 04/06/2010
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, See-hyun, Lee, Byung-Jo
• Granted Patent: US 8,522,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/323
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0027 specially adapted for holding the suction cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0036 specially adapted for holding the suction hose

Abstract

A hose and accessory holder for an upright vacuum cleaner comprises a tool fixing portion having accessory tools insertable thereinto, a hose fixing portion for attachably/detachably fixing a hose thereto, and a holder fastening portion for attachably/detachably fastening the holder to a vacuum cleaner body. The tool fixing portion further comprises fitting members respectively formed in the insertion directions of the accessory tools on inner circumferential surfaces of the tool fixing portion, and protruding inwardly from the tool fixing portion.

Claims

1. A hose and accessory tool holder for a vacuum cleaner, the holder comprising:

a tool fixing portion configured for insertion of accessory tools;

a hose fixing portion configured for attachably/detachably fixing a hose thereto; and

a holder fastening portion configured for attachably/detachably fastening to a vacuum cleaner body,

wherein the tool fixing portion comprises fitting members formed in the respective insertion directions of the accessory tools on inner circumferential surfaces of the tool fixing portion, and protruding inwardly from the tool fixing portion.

2. The holder of claim 1, wherein the tool fixing portion further comprises a stopper protruding in a direction vertical to the fitting member at the centre of the inner circumferential surface of the tool fixing portion so as to adjust the insertion lengths of the accessory tools.

3. The holder of claim 1, wherein the hose fixing portion further comprises at least one anti-slide member protruding inwardly from the hose fixing portion.

4. The holder of claim 1, wherein the holder fastening portion comprises a cylindrical fastening member, and has fixing projections and guide projections formed on outer circumferential surfaces thereof.

5. The holder of claim 4, wherein a pair of the fixing projections are symmetrical with each other in the horizontal direction of the fastening member.

6. The holder of claim 4, wherein a pair of the guide projections are formed to be symmetrical with each other in the vertical direction of the fastening member.

7. The holder of claim 4, wherein the fastening member is provided on a base member formed on an outer circumferential surface of the hose fixing portion.

8. The holder of claim 4, further comprising a reinforcing rib formed at the connection portion of the hose fixing portion and the tool fixing portion.

9. The holder of claim 1, wherein the holder is such that it can be fastened to the vacuum cleaner body by forming a fastening hole case on the vacuum cleaner body, inserting the holder into the fastening hole case, and then rotating the holder through a predetermined angle.

10. The holder of claim 9, wherein a fastening hole case is provided at one side surface of the vacuum cleaner body, the holder fastening portion being inserted into the fastening hole from the outside of the fastening hole case.

11. The holder of claim 10, wherein:

hole extension portions are formed on the outer circumferential surface of the fastening hole, the fixing projections being respectively inserted into the hole extension portions;

fixing projection support portions are formed on the outer circumferential surface for respectively supporting the fixing projections during fastening; and

guide grooves are formed on the outer circumferential surface for respectively guiding the guide projections for movement from insertion positions to fastening positions.

12. An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a vacuum cleaner body;

a main nozzle unit;

an auxiliary suction nozzle; and

a hose and accessory holder, comprising;

a first unit by means of which a hose and at least one accessory tool are attachably/detachably connectable to the holder; and

a second unit by means of which the holder is attachably/detachably connectable to the vacuum cleaner body.

13. The holder of claim 12, wherein:

the second unit is connectable to the vacuum cleaner body when the hose and at least one accessory tool are inserted into the holder, when the vacuum cleaner is not in use, or when cleaning using the main nozzle unit; and

the first unit is separatable from the vacuum cleaner body for connection to the hose, or for permitting only the hose to be separated therefrom when the holder is fastened to the vacuum cleaner body, when cleaning using the auxiliary suction nozzle.