VACUUM CLEANER (VARIANTS) Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: vacuum cleaners that may be used for removing dirt and dust by suction from cleaned surface and also by blowing off dust stuck to curtains and window frames.

SUBSTANCE: vacuum cleaner includes casing with certain inner space; unit for creating suction effort and mounted in casing; joined with casing adapter unit for cleaning and forming flow through duct for discharging contamination outside; mounted in casing unit for filtering dust loaded air sucked from outside. In casing there is device for switching flow-through ducts for selectively switching flow-through duct for air flowing between adapter unit, filtering unit, between filtering unit and suction effort creating unit. Tubes providing flow-through ducts for air flowing between adapter unit, filtering unit and suction effort creating unit and device for switching flow-through ducts also are arranged in casing. Among those tubes there are tube for connecting adapter unit at side of device for switching flow-through ducts; main inlet tube arranged between device for switching flow-through ducts and filtering unit; guiding tube for connecting filtering unit with suction effort creating unit; main outlet tube connected with suction effort creating unit for discharging outside air flowing from filtering unit to suction effort creating unit; additional outlet tube for connecting device for switching flow-through ducts with main outlet tube. Device for switching flow-through ducts includes body of valve stationary mounted on casing and forming several through openings communicated with tube for connecting adapter unit, main inlet tube and additional outlet tube and valve for switching flow-through ducts mounted with possibility of rotation in body of valve for providing ducts communicated with said several through openings. In variant of invention adapter unit united with casing of vacuum cleaner is used for suction of dust from downwards together with air by action of created suction effort and for discharging environmental air sucked from outside. Device for switching flow-through ducts is connected with adapter unit, filtering unit and suction effort creating unit with possibility of selectively switching flow-through duct for guiding dust laden sucked air by action of created suction effort. Said device may be used for creating flow of environmental air fed by means of device for switching flow-through ducts to adapter unit.

EFFECT: enlarged using range of vacuum cleaner.

16 cl, 6 dwg