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US 10,292,552 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsTae Woon Lim, Dong Hun Yoo, Hyoun Soo Kim, Seok Bong Baek
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vacuum cleaner having an improved structure capable of removing hair and foreign substances wound around a drum brush. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner main body, a suction brush connected to the cleaner main body and including a suction channel configured to clean a surface to be cleaned by suction force, and a drum brush case provided to be detachable in a forward direction from the suction brush and configured to form an intake port connected to the suction channel.
Claims15
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner main body;
- a suction brush assembly to be connected to the cleaner main body to clean a surface to be cleaned by suction force, the suction brush assembly including:
- a suction brush case including a suction channel and a second connection portion,
- a drum brush case provided to be detachable from the suction brush case, the drum brush case including a drum installation hole to receive a drum brush and being configured to form an intake port connected to the suction channel,
- a first connection portion including a connection bracket to rotatably support the drum brush and a button member elastically supported by the connection bracket, and
- the button member of the first connection portion including an elastic bias to be engaged with the second connection portion to secure the drum brush case and the first connection portion to the suction brush case, the button member of the first connection portion being deflected against the elastic bias to be released from the second connection portion to detach the drum brush case and the first connection portion from the suction brush case,
- wherein the drum brush is received in a drum brush installation hole in the drum brush case, the drum brush installation hole includes at least one remover protrusion projecting radially inward,
- wherein while the first connection portion and the drum brush are detached from the drum brush case by withdrawing the drum brush from the drum installation hole, the at least one remover protrusion is configured to remove foreign substances wound around the drum brush during the withdrawing of the drum brush from the drum installation hole.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner main body;
- a suction brush assembly to be connected to the cleaner main body to suction dust on a surface to be cleaned, the suction brush assembly including:
- a suction brush case including a second connection portion,
- a drum brush case detachably coupled to a front of the suction brush case, the drum brush case including a drum installation hole to receive a drum brush which is rotatably provided therein;
- a first connection portion including a connection bracket to rotatably support the drum brush and a button member elastically supported by the connection bracket, the connection bracket being bent from and coupled to an end of one side of the drum brush for a user to grab,
- a guide portion having a curvature to guide a movement of the drum brush case;
- the button member of the first connection portion including an elastic bias to be engaged with the second connection portion to secure the drum brush case and the first connection portion to the suction brush case, the button member of the first connection portion being deflected against the elastic bias to be released from the second connection portion to detach the drum brush case and the first connection portion from the suction brush case,
- wherein the drum brush is received in a drum brush installation hole in the drum brush case, the drum brush installation hole includes at least one remover protrusion projecting radially inward, and
- wherein while the first connection portion and the drum brush are detached from the drum brush case by withdrawing the drum brush from the drum installation hole, the at least one remover protrusion is configured to remove substance wound around the drum brush during the withdrawing of the drum brush from the drum installation hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.