DUST COLLECTOR

• US 20110113587A1
• Filed: 11/08/2010
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Makita Corporation
• Original Assignee: Makita Corporation
• Inventors: KAMIYA, Takeshi, NAGASAKA, Hidenori
• Granted Patent: US 8,671,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/339
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/14 cleaning by blowing-off, also combined with suction cleaning
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/36 Suction cleaners with hose between nozzle and casing; Suction cleaners for fixing on staircases; Suction cleaners for carrying on the back
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2884 Details of arrangements of batteries or their installation

Abstract

In a dust collector, a main body includes a motor and a rotary fan. The rotary fan is to be driven by the motor to suck air from outside through an intake port provided at the main body. A receptacle unit configured to allow a battery pack to be attached thereto and an exhaust port configured to allow a dust bag to be detachably attached thereto are provided at the main body. A handle capable of being grasped and a belt fastening part configured to allow a belt to be fastened thereto are also provided at the main body. At an underside of the main body, a supporting surface is provided which is configured to allow the dust collector with the dust bag and the battery pack attached to the exhaust port and to the receptacle unit respectively to be placed thereon.

Claims

1. A dust collector comprising:

a main body including a motor and a rotary fan to be driven by the motor;

an intake port provided at the main body to suck air therethrough from outside into the main body by rotation of the rotary fan;

an exhaust port provided at the main body to release the sucked air therethrough to the outside, and configured to allow a dust bag to be detachably attached thereto;

a receptacle unit provided at the main body and configured to allow a battery pack as a source of electric power to be attached thereto;

a handle provided at the main body and capable of being grasped;

a belt fastening part provided at the main body and configured to allow a belt to be fastened thereto; and

a supporting surface provided at an underside of the main body and configured to allow the dust collector with the dust bag and the battery pack attached to the exhaust port and to the receptacle unit respectively to be placed thereon.

2. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the main body includes a housing that is an assembly composed of at least two divisional housings, across which the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit is located.

3. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the handle is provided at an upper portion of the main body, and the exhaust port and the receptacle unit are provided at opposite sides of the main body whereby the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit and the dust bag attached to the exhaust port are located oppositely to laterally sandwich the main body as viewed from a front side of the main body.

4. The dust collector according to claim 3, wherein the handle is configured to extend laterally as viewed from the front side of the main body in a direction along which the dust bag attached to the exhaust port and the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit are arranged.

5. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle unit is configured to allow the battery pack to be slid therealong from above the main body and thereby combined with the receptacle unit.

6. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the exhaust port is configured to orient downward.

7. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein a center of gravity of the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit is in a position lower than that of a center of gravity of the main body having no battery pack attached to the receptacle unit.

8. The dust collector according to claim 7, wherein the receptacle unit is disposed at the underside of the main body to allow the battery pack to be attached to the underside of the main body.

9. The dust collector according to 8, wherein legs are provided at corners of the supporting surface, and a space in which the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit is located is formed under the main body.

10. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein caps each having a spherical surface at an underside thereof are provided at corners of the supporting surface.

11. The dust collector according to claim 4, wherein the handle is configured to have a width and a thickness smaller than the width where the thickness is a dimension in an upward-downward direction and the width is a dimension in a front-rear direction.

12. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the dust bag includes a belt loop disposed at an upper end on a main-body side of the dust bag attached to the exhaust port.

13. The dust collector according to claim 2, wherein the handle is provided at an upper portion of the main body, and the exhaust port and the receptacle unit are provided at opposite sides of the main body whereby the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit and the dust bag attached to the exhaust port are located oppositely to laterally sandwich the main body as viewed from a front side of the main body.

14. The dust collector according to claim 13, wherein the handle is configured to extend laterally as viewed from the front side of the main body in a direction along which the dust bag attached to the exhaust port and the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit are arranged.

15. The dust collector according to claim 13, wherein the handle is configured to extend laterally as viewed from the front side of the main body in a direction along which the dust bag attached to the exhaust port and the battery pack attached to the receptacle unit are arranged;

and

wherein the handle is configured to have a width and a thickness smaller than the width where the thickness is a dimension in an upward-downward direction and the width is a dimension in a front-rear direction.

16. The dust collector according to claim 9, wherein caps each having a spherical surface at an underside thereof are provided at lower ends of the legs on the supporting surface.