JP5603216B2 - Dust collector - Google Patents

Description

  In the present invention, a main body having an intake unit having a motor and a suction fan is placed above a tank having a suction port, and a flexible filter is interposed between the suction port and the main body in the tank. Relates to a dust collector.

The dust collector has a main body having an intake unit equipped with a motor and a suction fan above a tank having a suction port, and is made of a cloth that swells into the tank between the suction port and the main body in the tank. A paper flexible filter is interposed. That is, when the suction fan is rotated by driving the motor, the outside air is sucked into the tank through the hose connected to the suction port, and is sucked into the tank together with the outside air by being discharged outside through the intake unit. Dust is captured by the filter and collected in the tank. As shown in Patent Document 1, the intake unit is provided with a support frame that is positioned inside a bag-like filter and stabilizes the shape of the filter during suction.
However, in such a dust collector, there is a problem that dust adheres to the filter and becomes clogged, and the suction force is reduced. Therefore, in Patent Document 2, a support frame is formed of a rigid steel wire and a spring steel plate. The invention is disclosed. This support frame (filter cage) is elastically deformed inward when the downstream side becomes negative pressure due to the filter clogged during operation, and when the operation stops, it returns to its original shape by the spring force, and the filter contracts with that force The dust that has returned to the bulging state from the spilled state is automatically removed.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No.55-12754 JP 2002-45318 A

  However, since the entire support frame of Patent Document 2 is formed in a cage shape, the rate of change in elastic deformation is small, and the amount of deformation from contraction to bulging of the filter is also small, and the dust removal effect is sufficient. I can't say that. Moreover, in order to elastically deform the support frame, it is necessary to use a steel wire and a steel plate in combination, which increases the labor and cost for manufacturing.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a dust collector capable of increasing the amount of deformation from contraction to bulging of the filter that accompanies operation stoppage without causing elastic deformation of the support frame, thereby obtaining a suitable dust removal effect of the filter. It is aimed at.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention , when the motor is driven and the suction fan rotates in the filter, the filter moves upward along with the contraction and deformation of the filter, and when the motor stops, it moves downward due to its own weight. Thus , an urging means for urging the filter into a bulging shape into the tank is provided.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the urging means is a weight provided at the bottom of the filter .

According to the present invention, a suitable dust removing effect of the filter can be obtained.

It is a perspective view of a dust collector. It is a disassembled perspective view of a dust collector. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the pre filter in a tank (operation stop state). It is explanatory drawing which shows the state of the pre filter in a tank (operation state).

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a dust collector, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view thereof. The dust collector 1 is provided with a main body 3 containing an intake unit 4 above a tank 2 having an upper surface opened. The intake unit 4 is suspended and supported from above the center of the tank 2 by a tank cover 5 that closes the opening of the tank 2 and supports the main body 3, and includes a motor (not shown) and a suction fan that rotates by driving the motor. And an intake port 6 is opened at the center of the lower surface. An operation switch 7 and a suction force changeover switch 8 are provided on the upper side surface of the main body 3, and a handle 9 is provided in the upper center of the main body 3. Further, a suction port 10 for connecting a hose, a nozzle or the like is provided on the side surface of the tank 2, and hooks 11, 11 that are locked to the outer edge of the tank cover 5 and close the opening are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a main filter 12 is provided between the tank 2 and the main body 3 to cover the periphery and the lower side of the intake port 6. The main filter 12 includes a ring-shaped upper locking portion 13 that is locked to the opening of the tank 2, and a tapered filter portion that is continuously provided downward from the upper locking portion 13 and decreases in diameter as it goes downward. 14 and. The filter portion 14 is a filter on the entire side surface except the bottom surface.

  Further, the main filter 12 is provided with a tapered cylindrical mesh body 15 as an upper support frame that covers the entire circumference of the side surface from the outside in accordance with the shape of the filter portion 14. A support frame 16 is provided. The support frame 16 has a downward cup shape in which the center of the upper end is connected to the lower surface of the main filter 12 and the lower end is opened, and a plurality of vertical members 17, 17. .. And a plurality of circular cross members 18, 18... Which are fixed at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction along the vertical member 17 and gradually increase in diameter as going downward. Has been.

  Reference numeral 19 denotes a pre-filter as a filter of the present invention, a ring-shaped lower locking portion 20 that is locked to the opening of the tank 2 below the upper locking portion of the main filter 12, and its lower locking portion. The taper-shaped filter part 21 is provided continuously from 20 and decreases in diameter as it goes downward. The filter portion 21 is a bottomed tube made of cloth or paper having flexibility. When the filter portion 21 is locked to the opening of the tank 2 together with the main filter 12, as shown in FIG. The entire main filter 12 including 16 is covered from below and bulges into the tank 2. A weight 22 as an urging means is attached to the center of the bottom surface of the pre-filter 19 and maintains a bulging state into the tank 2 in a normal state.

  In the dust collector 1 configured as described above, when the motor is driven by the ON operation of the operation switch 7 and the suction fan rotates, outside air is sucked into the tank 2 through a hose connected to the suction port 10 and the like. The air passes through the filter 19 and the main filter 12 and is sucked into the intake unit 4 from the intake port 6 and is sent from the intake fan to an air supply path (not shown) and discharged from an exhaust port (not shown). Thereby, the dust sucked into the tank 2 together with the outside air is first captured by the filter portion 21 of the prefilter 19, and the fine dust that has passed through the prefilter 19 is captured by the filter portion 14 of the main filter 12.

If dust adheres to the filter part 21 of the pre-filter 19 and becomes clogged during this operation, the air permeability of the filter part 21 is reduced and the downstream side becomes negative pressure. The side surface fits into the gap between the mesh body 15 and the support frame 16, and the bottom surface having the weight 22 fits into the support frame 16 from below and shrinks and deforms in a fashion that sticks to the mesh body 15 and the support frame 16. .
However, on the main filter 12 side, even if the pre-filter 19 is deformed, it stays stuck to the surface of the mesh body 15 and does not stick directly to the filter portion 14, and further deformation together with the support frame 16 is prevented. Therefore, the effective surface area required for dust collection can be maintained.

  When the operation switch 7 is turned OFF, the motor is stopped and the suction of outside air is stopped. Therefore, the prefilter 19 from which the negative pressure on the downstream side has been released returns to the state in which the prefilter 19 is expanded into the tank 2 again. At this time, the weight 22 vigorously returns the bottom surface of the filter portion 21 to the lower side of the support frame 16, and at the same time, the side surface of the filter portion 21 also vigorously returns from between the mesh body 15 and the support frame 16 to the outside. . Therefore, the dust adhering to the filter unit 21 is removed from the filter unit 21 and falls into the tank 2.

Thus, according to the dust collector 1 of the said form, the downward cup-shaped support frame 16 which a lower end opens is provided in the inside of the pre-filter 19 under the intake unit 4, and a pre-filter during operation of the intake unit 4 is provided. Since the prefilter 19 can be deformed in accordance with the shape of the support frame 16 along with the negative pressure generated on the downstream side of the 19, the amount of deformation from contraction to bulging of the prefilter 19 due to operation stoppage is increased. Thus, a suitable dust removing effect of the pre-filter 19 is obtained. Further, here, automatic dust removal can be performed without elastically deforming the support frame 16, so that the support frame 16 can be easily manufactured at low cost.
Incidentally, in the dust collector 1, the test for increasing the dust collection amount from 0 g to 1500 g in increments of 100 g and measuring the flow rate at each dust collection amount is stopped every 500 g and the automatic dust removal by the prefilter 19 is performed. As a result, it was confirmed that the flow rate when the dust collection amount was 0 g was set to 100, and the flow rate decreased to about 40 as the dust collection amount increased. .

In particular, here, a circular cylindrical mesh body 15 having a lower surface orthogonal to the axis of the support frame 16 is provided between the intake unit 4 and the support frame 16, and the side surface of the prefilter 19 is meshed with the negative pressure. Since it can be deformed in accordance with the gap between the support frame 16 and the support frame 16, a large amount of deformation can be obtained even on the side surface of the prefilter 19, and an improvement in dust removal effect can be expected.
Further, since the urging means (weight 22) for urging the prefilter 19 into the bulging shape into the tank 2 is provided, the prefilter 19 can be reliably and vigorously returned to the bulging shape after the operation is stopped. As a result, the dust removal effect is further improved.
Furthermore, the urging means is the weight 22 provided at the bottom of the prefilter 19, so that the shape of the prefilter 19 can be reliably restored with a simple configuration.

In addition, if the form of the support frame is cup-shaped, the depth and size can be changed as appropriate, and the support frame may be formed by a plate or the like provided with a net or a through hole instead of a wire. This is the same for the upper support frame, and the depth and size can be appropriately changed in accordance with the main filter, and may be formed of a wire instead of a net.
Further, the weight is not limited to the above form, and the number and shape may be changed, and may be attached to the outer surface instead of the inner surface. Of course, the urging means is not limited to the weight, and may be formed by interposing an elastic material such as a sponge or a spring between the inner surface of the support frame or between the upper support frame and the support frame. However, these upper support frames and biasing means may be omitted.
The structure of the dust collector itself also applies the present invention to the pre-filter in the above form. For example, there is no main filter, and a dust collector that captures dust with only a single filter that swells in the tank. Even if it exists, this invention is applicable.

  1 .... Dust collector, 2 .... Tank, 3 .... Main body, 4 .... Air intake unit, 6 .... Air intake, 10 .... Suction port, 12 .... Main filter, 14 .... Filter part, 15..Net body , 16 ... Support frame, 19 ... Pre-filter, 21 ... Filter part, 22 ... Weight.

Claims (2)

A main body having an intake unit having a motor and an intake fan is placed above a tank having an intake port, and can swell into the tank between the intake port and the intake unit in the tank. A dust collector with a flexible , bottomed tube filter,
When the motor is driven and the suction fan rotates in the filter, the filter moves upward along with the contraction and deformation of the filter. When the motor stops, the filter moves downward due to its own weight and bulges the filter into the tank. A dust collector comprising an urging means for urging the shape. The dust collector according to claim 1, wherein the biasing means is a weight provided at a bottom portion in the filter .

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