Canister vacuum cleaner with automatic operation control

• US 4,953,253 A
• Filed: 06/29/1989
• Issued: 09/04/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Shimada, Yuji, Fukuda, Norisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Chris K.
• Application Number:
  US07/373,068
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 15/319, 15/339, 15/377
• US Class Current: 15/319
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0411 driven by electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2826 the condition of the floor
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2847 Surface treating elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 40/00 Technologies aiming at improving the efficiency of home appliances, e.g. induction cooking or efficient technologies for refrigerators, freezers or dish washers

Abstract

A canister vacuum cleaner capable of performing automatic control of rotary brush operation, locally within the power nozzle without communication between the power nozzle and the canister and of performing suction power control in accordance with the floor condition, without any extra electric connection between the power nozzle and the canister other than that for activating the rotary brush motor. The canister vacuum cleaner includes a power nozzle for cleaning floor by using the suction power including: a rotary brush for beating the floor; a rotary brush motor for activating the rotary brush; floor condition detector; and a device for controlling the rotary brush motor in accordance with the detected floor condition.

Claims

1. A canister vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a canister including means for providing suction power; and

a power nozzle for cleaning floor by using the suction power including;

a rotary brush for beating the floor;

a rotary brush motor for activating the rotary brush;

means for detecting the floor condition; and

means for controlling the rotary brush motor in accordance with the detected floor condition.

2. The canister vacuum cleaner of claim 1, wherein the means for controlling the rotary brush motor further includes;

a resistor for simulating phase angles when the rotary brush is not being activated; and

means for controlling current supplies to the rotary brush motor and the resistor in accordance with the detected floor condition.

3. The canister vacuum cleaner of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling current supplies controls the current supplies such that total phase of currents to the rotary brush motor and the resistor is in one-to-one correspondence with different floor conditions.

4. The canister vacuum cleaner of claim 3, further comprising a suction hose connecting the canister and the power nozzle for transmitting the suction power as well as electric signals,

and wherein the canister further includes;

means for supplying electric power to both the rotary brush motor of the power nozzle and the means for providing suction power in the canister;

means for extracting current supplied to the power nozzle;

means for determining total phase of the current extracted by the extracting means; and

means for controlling the electric power supply to the means for providing suction power in accordance with determined total phase.