IP Library Granted Patent US 8,671,510
Granted Patent B2
US 8,671,510 · App. 13/067,364 · Granted Mar 18, 2014

Hand-held and stick vacuum cleaner

Inventors: Jung-gyun Han (Gwangju, KR); Ki-man Kim (Gwangju, KR); Seog-bong Baek (Busan, KR); Dong-jun Kim (Gwangju, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,671,510
App. No.
13/067,364
Granted
Mar 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand-held and stick vacuum cleaner includes a stick body having a body discharge part formed in a front part thereof and a first connecting terminal provided on a rear part thereof; and a hand-held cleaner unit detachably mounted in the rear part of the stick body and having discharge parts formed in front and rear part thereof and a second connecting terminal corresponding to the first connecting terminal provided on the rear part thereof.

Claims (29)

1. A hand-held and stick vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a stick body having a body discharge part formed in a front part thereof and a first connecting terminal provided on a rear part thereof; and

a hand-held cleaner unit detachably mounted in the rear part of the stick body and having discharge parts formed in front and rear part thereof and a second connecting terminal corresponding to the first connecting terminal provided on the rear part thereof.

2. The cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stick body comprises a body-transparent part made of a transparent panel below the body discharge part of the stick body.

3. The cleaner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hand-held cleaner unit comprises a cyclone dust collecting apparatus having a transparent dust collecting bin to accommodate a separated dust or dirt, and is configured to allow a user to check the dust or dirt in the dust collecting bin with her or his eyes through the body-transparent part when the hand-held cleaner unit is mounted in the rear part of the stick body.

4. The cleaner as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hand-held cleaner unit further comprises:

a body having a suction source contained therein; and

a cyclone dust collecting apparatus detachably mounted in a mounting space penetrating through a lower part of the body.

5. The cleaner as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the cyclone dust collecting apparatus comprises:

a dust collecting bin made of a transparent material and having a cyclone inlet formed in a lower surface thereof;

a cyclone bin disposed in the dust collecting bin to divide an inner space of the dust collecting bin into a dust storing chamber and a centrifugal chamber;

a central pipe disposed in a center of the cyclone bin;

a spiral guide member disposed between the cyclone bin and the central pipe to generate a whirling current in an air drawn into the cyclone bin; and

a pre-motor filter unit detachably coupled to an upper end of the dust collecting bin to separate a fine dust or dirt from the air purified in the cyclone bin.

6. The cleaner as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the pre-motor filter unit comprises:

a lower casing having a convex grill inserted to a certain extent into the cyclone bin;

an upper casing coupled to the lower casing and having a plurality of air holes; and

a filter member disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing to filter the fine dust or dirt.

7. The cleaner as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stick body further comprises:

a body connecting terminal provided on the lower part thereof to connect with an external charger;

a housing to surround the body connecting terminal; and

a wheel provided on an outer circumferential surface of the housing.

8. The cleaner as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the hand-held cleaner unit further comprises:

a first discharge part formed on a front part of the body in the form of a grill having a plurality of discharge holes;

a handle

a power button;

a vacuum source to generate a suction force mounted in an upper part of the body 52 ;

a second discharge part formed on a rear part of the body in the form of a grill having a plurality of discharge holes

wherein an air discharged to the second discharge part is discharged to the front part of the stick body through a stick body discharge part formed in the stick body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2011
From: HAN, JUNG-GYUN; KIM, KI-MAN; BAEK, SEOG-BONG; KIM, DONG-JUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0095024 · Sep 30, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61349938 · May 31, 2010
Related Publication 20110289719A1 · Dec 1, 2011