# US 11,076,732 B2 · Vacuum cleaner > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,076,732 B2 - Document ID: US11076732B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/097,118 - Filed: 2017-04-17 - Published: 2019-04-11 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-28 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd - Inventors: Dong Houn Yang; Hyeon Cheol Kim; Joung Soo Park; Do Kyung Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11076732B2 ## CPC - A47L 9/0653: {with mechanical actuation, e.g. using a lever} - A47L 9/00: Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners - A47L 9/0072: {Mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action} - A47L 9/06: with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like - A47L 9/066: {with adjustably mounted brushes, combs, lips or pads; Height adjustment of nozzle or dust loosening tools (for suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casing A47L5/34)} - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) ## Abstract Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner that opens or closes a hole formed in a suction portion according to a state of a surface to be cleaned, thereby efficiently cleaning. A vacuum cleaner includes a suction portion configured to suck foreign materials on a surface to be cleaned. The suction portion includes a case having an air hole formed in a flow path, a frame configured to be accommodated in the case and open or close the air hole, and a button configured to be mounted on the case and be operated to move the frame. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vacuum cleaner including: a suction portion configured to suck foreign materials on a surface to be cleaned, wherein the suction portion comprises: a case having a main flow path and an air hole formed on an auxiliary flow path, a frame accommodated in the case, and configured to open or close the air hole, wherein the frame includes a hole to allow the main flow path to remain open regardless of when the air hole is open or closed, and a button mounted on the case, and configured to be operated to move the frame. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein when the frame moves upward, the air hole is opened, and when the frame moves downward, the air hole is closed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein an elastic member is disposed inside the case to provide an elastic force in a direction of pushing the frame upward. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein when one side of the button is pressed, the frame moves upward, and when another side of the button is pressed, the frame moves downward. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the frame includes a protruding portion configured to close the air hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein an interference rib protrudes from the button, and a sliding portion contacting the interference rib is provided in the case. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 6, wherein when the button is pressed, the interference rib moves in one direction or in another direction along the sliding portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 6, wherein the sliding portion comprises a first sliding portion extending in one direction and a second sliding portion bent downward from the first sliding portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 8, further comprising an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the frame, and the elastic member provides the elastic force in a manner that the interference rib is fixed in a state of being positioned in the first sliding portion or the second sliding portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a brush which is in contact with the surface to be cleaned is disposed on a bottom of the frame. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 10, wherein a blade having the same height as the brush is disposed on the bottom of the frame. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 11, wherein the brush and the blade are located along an outer circumference of the bottom of the frame. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 11, wherein a hole into which the brush and the blade are inserted is formed in a bottom of the case. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a bottom of the case includes a first surface that is in contact with the surface to be cleaned, and a second surface recessed upward from the first surface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 14, wherein the air hole is located at a side of the second surface. ### Claim 16 A vacuum cleaner comprising: a case including a suction port configured to suck foreign materials on a surface to be cleaned, and an air hole formed at one side of the case; a frame accommodated in the case, and configured to open or close the air hole; an interference rib configured to press the frame in one direction; and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the frame in the opposite direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 16, wherein the frame moves in the one direction to close the air hole, and moves in the opposite direction to open the air hole. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 16, wherein a brush which is in contact with the surface to be cleaned is disposed on a bottom of the frame. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 18, wherein when the frame moves in the one direction, the brush is accommodated in the case, and when the frame moves in the opposite direction, the brush protrudes from the case. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The vacuum cleaner according to claim 19, wherein a hole into which the brush is inserted is formed in a bottom of the case.