DUST CONTAINER AND DUST COLLECTOR USING THE SAME

• US 20120180249A1
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Published: 07/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MSI Computer Company Limited (Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tso, Tse-Ying, Teng, You-Wei
• Granted Patent: US 8,544,142 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/257.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 2201/00 Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/106 Dust removal

Abstract

The dust container is disposed in the dust collector, so as to receive dirt drawn by the dust collector. The dust container includes a fastening device. The dust container can be taken out from the dust collector by operating the fastening device in one operation, and then installed back into the dust collector after the dirt is cleared away, thereby completing actions of disassembling, assembling and clearing the dust container quickly and cleanly.

Claims

1. A dust container, detachably disposed in a dust collector comprising a pair of buckle slots, the dust container comprising:

a receiving body, comprising a lid and a case; and

a first fastening device, disposed in the lid, the first fastening device comprising a pair of movable first operating members and a first elastic member between the first operating members, the pair of first operating members each comprising a first fastening member;

wherein the pair of first operating members have a fixing position normally butted by the first elastic member and a releasing position for relatively compressing the first elastic member;

at the releasing position, the pair of first fastening members retract into the lid, and at the fixing position, the pair of first fastening members protrude out of the lid; and

when the receiving body is assembled to the dust collector, the pair of first fastening members extend into the pair of buckle slots.

2. The dust container according to claim 1, wherein the first fastening device further comprises two first elastic members, the lid further comprises a butting portion, and the first elastic members are disposed between the butting portion and the pair of first operating members respectively.

3. The dust container according to claim 1, wherein the lid is pivoted to the case.

4. The dust container according to claim 1, wherein the lid comprises a pair of first sliding chutes, and the pair of first fastening members are movably disposed at the pair of first sliding chutes.

5. The dust container according to claim 1, wherein the lid comprises a pair of first sliding chute openings corresponding to the pair of first fastening members, and the pair of first fastening members extend out of the lid through the pair of first sliding chute openings.

6. The dust container according to claim 1, wherein the pair of first operating members further comprise a finger lock portion respectively.

7. The dust container according to claim 3, wherein the lid and the case are disposed with a second fastening device correspondingly.

8. The dust container according to claim 7, wherein the second fastening device comprises a movable second operating member and a second elastic member, the second operating member further comprises a second fastening member, and a notch corresponding to the second fastening member is disposed in the case.

9. The dust container according to claim 8, wherein the lid comprises a second sliding chute, and the second fastening member is movably disposed in the second sliding chute opening.

10. The dust container according to claim 8, wherein the lid comprises a second sliding chute opening corresponding to the second fastening member, and the second fastening member extends out of the lid through the second sliding chute opening.

11. A dust collector, comprising:

a body, comprising a opening, the opening comprising a chamber, the body comprising a pair of buckle slots; and

a dust container, detachably disposed in the chamber, the dust container comprising;

a receiving body, comprising a lid and a case; and

a first fastening device, disposed in the lid, the first fastening device comprising a pair of movable first operating members and a first elastic member between the first operating members, the pair of first operating members each comprising a first fastening member;

wherein the pair of first operating members have a fixing position normally butted by the first elastic member and a releasing position for relatively compressing the first elastic member;

at the releasing position, the pair of first fastening members retract into the lid, and at the fixing position, the pair of first fastening members protrude out of the lid; and

when the receiving body is assembled into the chamber, the pair of first fastening members extend into the pair of buckle slots.

12. The dust collector according to claim 11, wherein the first fastening device further comprises two first elastic members, the case further comprises a butting portion, and the first elastic members are disposed between the butting portion and the pair of first operating members respectively.

13. The dust collector according to claim 11, wherein the lid is pivoted to the case.

14. The dust collector according to claim 11, wherein the lid comprises a pair of first sliding chutes, and the pair of first fastening members are movably disposed at the pair of first sliding chutes.

15. The dust collector according to claim 11, wherein the lid comprises a pair of first sliding chute openings corresponding to the pair of first fastening members, and the pair of first fastening members extend out of the lid through the pair of first sliding chute openings.

16. The dust collector according to claim 11, wherein the pair of first operating members further comprise a finger lock portion respectively.

17. The dust collector according to claim 13, wherein the lid and the case are disposed with a second fastening device correspondingly.

18. The dust collector according to claim 17, wherein the second fastening device comprises a movable second operating member and a second elastic member, the second operating member further comprises a second fastening member, and a notch corresponding to the second fastening member is disposed in the case.

19. The dust collector according to claim 18, wherein the lid comprises a second sliding chute, and the second fastening member is movably disposed in the second sliding chute opening.

20. The dust collector according to claim 18, wherein the lid comprises a second sliding chute opening corresponding to the second fastening member, and the second fastening member extends out of the lid through the second sliding chute opening.