JPH0128765Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner in which a power cord is wrapped around the outside of the vacuum cleaner body.

[Conventional technology]

The vacuum cleaner illustrated in Fig.
It is known from Publication No. 16069. In this vacuum cleaner, a pair of cord hooks 3 and 4, which also serve as support legs, are attached to the bottom surface of a cylinder-shaped vacuum cleaner main body 2 to which a front lid 1 is attached so as to be openable and closable.One cord hook 3 is fixed, and the other cord hook 3 is fixed. The cord hook 4 is rotatably mounted around a mounting screw 5. The power cord 6 is wrapped around both cord hooks 3 and 4, and when removing this cord 6, the power cord 6 is wrapped around both cord hooks 3 and 4.
By rotating the cord, the cord wrapped around it can be easily removed.

[The problem that the idea aims to solve]

However, according to this vacuum cleaner, when removing the power cord 6, the vacuum cleaner main body 2 must be turned over and the cord hook 4 must be rotated, making it inconvenient to use. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum cleaner in which the power cord can be easily removed from the cord hook.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an engaging part that protrudes downward from the joint edge on the bottom surface of either the main case or the dust collection case that are joined in the front-rear direction. , an engaging part receiver is provided on the lower surface of the other case and has a recessed part with an upper surface opening that projects horizontally from the joint edge of the other case and into which the engaging part engages and disengages, and the two cases are connected to the engaged part of the engaged part. In a vacuum cleaner main body that is rotatable around an engaging part and an engaging part receiver, and in which the two cases are removably connected by a clamp and a clamp receiver provided on their upper parts, the lower surfaces of both the cases are , a fixed cord hook forming a cord winding groove with the lower surface is provided protrudingly with the engaging portion and the engaging portion receiver in between, and the cord hook is stretched across the cord winding groove of both cord hooks. This is what you wrap the power cord around.

[Effect]

In the vacuum cleaner of the present invention, the power cord is wound and held in the cord winding groove formed by fixed cord hooks protruding from the bottom surfaces of the main body case and the dust collection case, respectively. To remove this power cord from the cord hook, remove the clamp from the clamp receiver, and then rotate both cases around the engaging part and the engaging part receiver to open them. . Then, due to this rotation, the distance between the cord hooks of both cases becomes shorter than the distance between the cord hooks of both cases when the clamp and clamp receiver are connected, so the wound power cord is inserted into the cord winding groove. It can be removed naturally.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a vacuum cleaner main body, which is formed from a main body case 12 and a dust collection case 13, which are joined in the front-rear direction and removably connected. An electric blower 14 is built into the main body case 12 with its intake port facing forward. The dust collection case 13 has a suction port 13a at the front to which a dust collection hose (not shown) or the like is removably connected, and a dust collection filter unit 15 is removably housed at the rear. .

An engaging portion receiver 16 is provided on the lower surface of the main body case 12 and has a concave portion that projects horizontally from the joining edge thereof and has an open upper surface.
The lower surface of the dust collection case 13 is provided with an engaging portion receiver 1 that protrudes downward from the joint edge at the rear end.
An engaging portion 17 consisting of a convex portion that engages and disengages from the holder 6 is integrally provided. Then, both cases 12 and 13 are moved around this engagement part in a state where the engagement part receiver 16 and the engagement part 17 are engaged.
The joint edges of the can be rotated so as to be moved toward and away from each other. Further, a clamp 18 that is pressed from above is provided on the upper part of the dust collection case 13 so as to be rotatable about a pivot 19. Through this engagement, the upper portions of both cases 12 and 13 are removably connected. Note that the clamp 18 is biased by a spring (not shown).

An engaging portion 1 is provided on the lower surface of both cases 12 and 13.
Cord hooks 21 and 22, which also serve as support legs, are provided protrudingly between 6 and the engaging portion receiver 17, respectively. The cord hooks 21 and 22 are provided with a cord winding groove A formed between the lower surfaces of the cases 12 and 13, respectively, and in this embodiment, the cross section is L-shaped or J-shaped. Furthermore, cord hook 21,
22 are each fixed immovably, and in this embodiment, both cases 12 and 13 are fixed in order to reduce the number of parts and to obtain the strength to withstand shock when placed on the floor even in a smaller form. It is molded in one piece. The power cord 23 is wound and held across the cord winding grooves A, A of both cord hooks 21, 22. In addition, the main case 1
The cord hook 21 of No. 2 is disposed on the rear side of the center of gravity G of the vacuum cleaner body 11, and its width B
is set wider than the width C of the cord hook 22 to provide stability as a support leg.

Note that a hanging belt 24 is attached to the handle portion 12a of the main body case 12 for carrying the cleaner main body 11 on the shoulder or in the hand. Further, reference numeral 25 in the figure is an attachment for central exhaust that is detachably attached to cover the distributed exhaust port 12b of the main body case 12 as necessary.

When the vacuum cleaner is not in use, the power cord 23 is held wrapped around the front and rear cord hooks 21 and 22 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. In this cord processing state, the power cord 23 is connected to the cord hook 2.
Since the cord is not simply wound around the cords 1 and 22, but is stored in the cord winding groove A, the cord hooks 21 and 22
There is no need to worry about the power cord 23 falling off naturally from the cord hooks 21 and 22 even if it is not tightly wrapped around the cord.

To remove the wrapped power cord 23, first put both hands on the handles of both cases 12 and 13, remove the clamp 18 from the clamp receiver 20, and then Both cases 12 and 13 are rotated around 16 and engaging portion 17 to open them. Then, since the distance l between the cord hooks 21 and 22 becomes smaller than the distance L in the state shown in FIG. 2, the power cord 23 becomes loose and the cord winding groove A
It comes off naturally. Therefore, the vacuum cleaner body 11
The power cord 23 can be easily removed from the cord hooks 21 and 22 without turning it over.
In addition, after this, the clamp 18 is connected again.
is engaged with the clamp receiver 20 and the vacuum cleaner main body 11 is
Just assemble it and use it for cleaning.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the present invention uses two L-shaped cord hooks 21 and disposes them apart in the width direction of the main body case 12, thereby making the vacuum cleaner main body In addition to further increasing the stability of supporting the power cord 11, the cord hook 22 may be made narrower to make it easier to remove the power cord 23 from now on. Note that the configuration other than the above points is the same as that of the above embodiment.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the present invention has the cord hooks 21 and 22 shaped like slanted plates (which may be curved in the width direction of the case), so that they are arranged in a V-shape. By providing the vacuum cleaner body 1
A cord winding groove A may be formed between each of the cord winding grooves A and the lower surface of the cord winding groove A. Note that the configuration other than the above points is the same as that of the above embodiment.

Moreover, in the present invention, cord hooks 21, 22
may be fixedly provided separately from both cases 12 and 13. In addition, the engaging portion receiver 16
is provided in the dust collection case 13, and the engaging portion 17
The present invention may be implemented by providing the clamp 18 on the main body case 12, and furthermore, the clamp 18 may be provided on the main body case 12 and the clamp receiver 20 may be provided on the dust collecting case 13. In addition, when implementing the present invention, unless it is contrary to the gist of the invention, specific structures such as the main body case, dust collection case, engaging part, engaging part receiver, clamp, cord hook, cord winding groove, etc. The shape, position, etc. are not limited to the above example.
Of course, it can be configured and implemented in various ways.

[Effect of idea]

Since the present invention explained above has the structure described in the above-mentioned utility model registration claim, the main body case and the dust collection case can be rotated around the engaging part and the engaging part receiver provided on the lower surfaces thereof. By opening the case, the power cord wrapped around the cord winding groove formed by the fixed cord hooks protruding from the bottom of both cases can be easily removed from the cord hooks without turning the vacuum cleaner body over. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a conventional example. 2 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views in different states, FIG. 4 is a vertical side view, and FIG. 5 is a bottom view. FIG. 6 is a bottom view showing another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a side view showing still another embodiment of the present invention. 11...Vacuum cleaner body, 12...Body case, 1
3... Dust collection case, 16... Engagement part receiver, 17...
...Engagement portion, 18...Clamp, 20...Clamp receiver, 21, 22...Cord hook, A...Cord winding groove.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An engaging part is provided on the lower surface of one of the main body case and the dust collection case that are joined in the front-rear direction and projects downward from the joining edge thereof, and an engaging part is provided on the lower surface of the other case. An engaging part receiver is provided which projects horizontally from the part and has a recessed part with an opening on the top surface into which the engaging part engages and disengages, and the two cases are connected to each other with the engaged part and the engaging part receiver at the center. In the vacuum cleaner body, the two cases are removably connected to each other by a clamp and a clamp receiver provided at the top of the two cases. A fixed cord hook forming a groove is provided protrudingly with the engaging portion and the engaging portion receiver placed therebetween, and the power cord is wound around the cord winding groove of both cord hooks. Vacuum cleaner.