Vacuum cleaner

• US 5,896,618 A
• Filed: 04/14/1997
• Issued: 04/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Sung-Lo, Woo, Han-Jin, Song, Jeong-Gon
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, CHRISTOPHER K
• Application Number:
  US08/843,220
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• Field of Search: 15/324, 15/377, 362/91
• US Class Current: 15/324
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/30 Arrangement of illuminating devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0044 Household appliances, e.g. washing machines or vacuum cleaners

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner, which has a cleaning attachment through which dirt and dust are drawn, includes a lighting device that illuminates a surface to be cleaned. The lighting device includes a bulb in a groove that is formed at the cleaning attachment'"'"'s front, thus horizontally illuminating the surface. Preferably, the bulb is a halogen lamp which is of predetermined length. The groove includes a plurality of air holes so that outside air can flow into the groove. A filter is provided in the air holes to prevent dust and dirt from getting into the groove. The lighting device may be detachably mounted on the cleaning attachment, and includes a case and a bulb installed in the case for illumination. The case includes a plurality of locking pieces that securely fit into a slit formed on the cleaning attachment so that the lighting device is connected to the cleaning attachment.

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner equipped with a main body and a cleaning attachment having a suction path so as to draw up dirt and dust by using a vacuum generated by said main body, comprising:

a lighting device mounted on said cleaning attachment to illuminate a surface to be cleaned, including a bulb for illumination set in a groove formed at a front part of said cleaning attachment and means for cooling said bulb, wherein the groove includes a plurality of air holes through which outside air flows into the groove; and

a filter provided in the plurality of air holes to prevent dust and dirt from getting into the groove.

2. A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 1, wherein said lighting device is directly mounted on said cleaning attachment and further includes a case in which the bulb is installed to illuminate the surface.

3. A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 2, wherein the case includes a plurality of locking pieces that securely fit into a slit formed on said cleaning attachment so that said lighting device is connected to said cleaning attachment.

4. A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a transparent window formed over said bulb on the groove.

5. A vacuum cleaner as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cooling means includes a plurality of heated-air emitting holes so that said groove is in communication with said suction path.