Bushing seal in a vacuum cleaner brush having a floor cloth

• US 6,823,558 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2002
• Issued: 11/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Byung-jo
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/079,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20030037409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,014 Days
• Field of Search: 153/83, 153/85, 153/91, 15/971, 15/98
• US Class Current: 15/391
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0411 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0433 Toothed gearings

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner brush having a case and a rotary element on which a floor cloth is attached. The rotary element is rotatably disposed on a lower portion of the case. A housing is disposed in the case, having a motor disposed therein, the motor rotatably driving the rotary element. A first and second bushing into which the driven shaft of the rotary element is provided with a blocking element protruding from a bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder along a circumference of the first bushing for preventing dust and dirt from flowing into the first bushing. A ring element protrudes from an upper and inner circumference of the first bushing toward an outer circumference of the driven shaft, the ring element prevents dust and dirt from flowing into the housing. Dust and dirt are thereby prevented from flowing into the housing and damaging various components such as the motor and gears in the housing.

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner brush comprising:

a case;

a rotary element being rotatably disposed at a lower portion of the case and having a rotary shaft;

a floor cloth disposed on a bottom surface of the rotary element;

a housing being disposed in the case and having a separate space from the case;

a motor disposed in the housing for rotatably driving the rotary element;

a first bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder, into and through which the rotary shaft of the rotary element is inserted;

a second bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the housing in the shape of a cylinder, the second bushing being adjacent to and axially aligned with the first bushing; and

a blocking element protruding from a bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder along a circumference of the first bushing, for preventing dust and dirt from flowing into the first bushing.

2. The brush of claim 1, further comprising a bending element extended from an upper end of the first bushing, a cross section of the bending element having a crank shape.

3. The brush of claim 2, wherein, on a bent portion of the bending element, a chamfered surface is provided such that the rotary shaft is easily inserted into the first bushing.

4. A vacuum cleaner brush comprising:

a case;

a rotary element being rotatably disposed at a lower portion of the case and having a rotary shaft;

a floor cloth disposed on a bottom surface of the rotary element;

a housing being disposed in the case and having a separate space from the case;

a motor disposed in the housing for rotatably driving the rotary element;

a first bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder, into and through which the rotary shaft of the rotary element is inserted;

a second bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the housing in the shape of a cylinder, the second bushing being adjacent to and axially aligned with the first bushing; and

a ring element protruding from an upper and inner circumference of the first bushing toward an outer circumference of the rotary shaft, for preventing dust and dirt from flowing into the housing.

5. The brush of claim 4, further comprising an inner tube extending from an end of the ring element in the shape of cylinder and in parallel relation with the outer circumference of the rotary shaft, a chamfered surface being provided on a connecting portion of the ring element and the inner tubular element for the easy insertion of the rotary shaft.

6. A vacuum cleaner brush comprising:

a case;

a rotary element being rotatably disposed at a lower portion of the case and having a rotary shaft;

a floor cloth disposed on a bottom surface of the rotary element;

a housing being disposed in the case and having a separate space from the case;

a motor disposed in the housing for rotatably driving the rotary element;

a first bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder, into and through which the rotary shaft of the rotary element is inserted;

a second bushing protruding from an inner bottom surface of the housing in the shape of a cylinder, the second bushing being adjacent to and axially aligned with the first bushing;

a blocking element protruding from a bottom surface of the case in the shape of a cylinder along a circumference of the first bushing, for preventing dust and dirt from flowing into the first bushing; and

a ring element protruding from an upper and inner circumference of the first bushing toward an outer circumference of the rotary shaft, for preventing dust and dirt from flowing into the housing.