Cleaning device
A cleaning device comprises: a housing having a dust collection chamber; a main body, moveable with respect to the housing, to be coupled to the housing and to be decoupled from the housing, the main body includes a handle; a fixing device, arrangeable in the main body, to couple the main body to the housing to the housing while the main body is moved to a first position with respect to the housing and to decouple the main body from the housing while the main body is moved to a second position with respect to the housing; and a releasing button arrangeable with respect to the main body, and connectable to the fixing device by a wire so that while the release button is connected to the fixing device, the release button is useable to operate the fixing device.
1 . A cleaning device comprising:
a housing including a dust collecting chamber therein;
a main body, moveable with respect to the housing, to be coupled to the housing and to be decoupled from the housing, the main body including a handle and a fan motor unit configured to generate a suction force;
a fixing device, arrangeable in the main body, to couple the main body to the housing while the main body is moved to a first position inside the housing and to decouple the main body from the housing while the main body is moved to a second position with respect to the housing; and
a release button, arrangeable with respect to the main body, and connectable to the fixing device by a wire, so that while the release button is connected to the fixing device, the release button is useable to operate the fixing device,
wherein the housing further comprises a fixing part having a fixing groove to which the fixing device is fixed, and
wherein the fixing device includes:
a wire holder configured to be pulled by the wire, and
a fixing pipe configured to be inserted into or separated from the fixing groove,
wherein, the fixing pipe is configured to be guided along an inclined surface formed on the wire holder to be separated from the fixing groove based on a movement of the wire holder.
2 . The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein, while the fixing device is arranged in the main body to couple the main body to the housing, the fixing device is positionable at an end of the housing to which the main body is to be coupled, and a distance between the end of the housing to the release button is shorter than a distance between another end of the housing to the release button.
3 . The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein, while one end of the main body is coupled to the housing and accommodated inside the housing, the handle is at another end of the main body.
4 . The cleaning device of claim 3 , wherein the release button is at the handle adjacent to the other end of the main body.
5 . The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the release button comprises a button case fixed to the main body, and a button portion, moveable with respect to the button case, to be coupled to the button case and be decoupled from the button case.
6 . The cleaning device of claim 5 , wherein the button case comprises:
a pair of support ribs to support the wire,
a wire fixing portion configured to fix an end of the wire to one of the pair of support ribs, and
a guide hole configured to guide the button portion to be movable with respect to the button case.
7 . The cleaning device of claim 6 , wherein the button portion comprises:
a push portion exposed to an outside of the main body,
a guide protrusion, insertable in the guide hole, the guide protrusion being configured to guide the button portion to be movable with respect to the button case, and
a push rib to protrude from the push portion to be positioned between the pair of support ribs and support the wire.
8 . The cleaning device of claim 1 , wherein the fixing device further comprises:
a holder case couplable to the main body,
a spring between the fixing pipe and the holder case,
wherein:
the wire holder, to which an end of the wire is couplable, is moveable while accommodated in the holder case, and
the fixing pipe, inside the holder case, is moveable along an up-down direction with respect to the wire holder based on a movement of the wire holder by the wire.
9 . The cleaning device of claim 8 , wherein the holder case comprises:
a coupling portion couplable to the main body,
a guide rail configured to guide the wire holder to be movable with respect to the holder case,
a penetration portion which the wire penetrates such that the end of the wire is coupled to the wire holder, and
an opening which opens to enable the wire holder to move with respect to the holder case.
10 . The cleaning device of claim 9 , wherein the wire holder comprises:
a wire fixing groove to which the end of the wire is fixed,
a guide rib, to be guided along the guide rail, the guide rib being configured to enable the wire holder to move with respect to the holder case,
a through hole, which the fixing pipe penetrates, the fixing pipe being movable along the up-down direction, wherein
the inclined surface is a first inclined surface configured to move the fixing pipe along the up-down direction according to the movement of the wire holder while being in contact with the fixing pipe.
11 . The cleaning device of claim 10 , wherein the fixing pipe includes:
a fixing protrusion fixed to the wire fixing groove, a spring support portion on which one side of the spring is supported, and
a second inclined surface, inclined to correspond with the first inclined surface, the second inclined surface being configured to move along the up-down direction along the first inclined surface according to the movement of the wire holder.
12 . The cleaning device of claim 11 , wherein, while the release button is pushed and the wire is pulled along a direction toward the handle, the wire holder moves along the direction toward the handle along the guide rail.
13 . The cleaning device of claim 12 , wherein, while the wire holder moves along the direction toward the handle, the fixing pipe moves upward while compressing the spring according to an upward movement of the second inclined surface along the first inclined surface of the wire holder, and the fixing protrusion is released from the fixing groove.
14 . The cleaning device of claim 13 , wherein, while the release button is no longer pushed, the fixing pipe moves downward by a compression force of the spring, the first inclined surface of the wire holder moves along an opposite direction of the direction toward the handle along the second inclined surface of the fixing pipe, and the wire is pulled along the opposite direction of the direction toward the handle by the wire holder such that the release button moves to an original position.