SE537879C2

SE537879C2 - Adapter for vacuum cleaner bags

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Publication number: SE537879C2
Application number: SE1351219A
Authority: SE
Inventors: Willis Thulin
Original assignee: Dustie Ab
Priority date: 2013-10-15
Filing date: 2013-10-15
Publication date: 2015-11-10
Also published as: EP2862491A1; SE1351219A1

Abstract

537 879 Adapter for dammsugarpasar Tekniskt °wade Foreliggande uppfinning avser en for dammsugarpasar avsedd adapter, som av en anvandare kan formanpassas till ett godtyckligt taste for dammsugarpasar i dammsugare, i vilka en 'lase 5 am/ands for dammuppsamling. Bakgrund Langst fram pa en konventionell dammsugarpase sitter en fastplatta, oftast av kartong, vars kontur varierar for olika dammsugarmodeller. Detta har foranlett den djungel av dammsugarpasar som finns pa marknaden. Det kravs stora resurser for att lagerhalla ett komplett utbud av pasar, och dart& finns en marknad for adaptrar. Sadana adaptrar är foretradesvis tillverkade i hardplast, och kan ha en form motsvarande kartongstycket for respektive dammsugarmodell, atminstone for de vanligast forekommande modellerna. For de mer ovanliga modellerna är dct intc lonsamt att ta fram/lagerhalla en spccialanpassad adapter, och for dcssa modeller finns en universaladapter, dar man helt enkelt sjalv far klippa eller skara ut sin egen adapter baserat pa en fastplatta fran en dammsugarpase avsedd for den aktuella dammsugaren. Ett exempel pa denna kanda teknik är SE 507 311 som beskriver en dammavskilj are for en dammsugarc. Derma dammayskiljare omfattar cn adapter i form av en scparat skiva mcd en oppning som är avsedd att anslutas till dammsugarens luftflodeskanal och i anslutning till vilken en dammsugarpase anordnas. Dammsugarpasen är darvid forsedd med en flans omkring en oppning dari, vilken flans skall hAlla kvar dammsugarpasen i adaptern under anvandning. Flansen är darvid utformad sâ att den kan vikas, brytas eller motsvarande far att kunna fans genom oppningen i adaptern utan att adaptern skadas, nar dammsugarpasen är fylld. For att en adapter skall fylla sin funktion behover den ha en viss styvhet och hallfasthet. Det innebar att det kan kravas relativt stor kraft for att klippa materialet till raft form, det gar at mycket material, och det kan ocksa uppsta problem med att fora in adapterskivan i dart& avsedda spar i fastet hos dammsugare frail vissa tillverkare. Sammanfattning av uppfinningen Technical invention The present invention relates to an adapter intended for vacuum cleaners, which can be adapted by a user to an arbitrary key for vacuum cleaners in vacuum cleaners, in which a laser 5 am / ands for dust collection. Background At the front of a conventional vacuum cleaner pass is a fixed plate, usually made of cardboard, the contour of which varies for different vacuum cleaner models. This has led to the jungle of vacuum cleaner passes available in the market. Large resources are required to stock a complete range of suits, and darts & there is a market for adapters. Such adapters are preferably made of hard plastic, and may have a shape corresponding to the piece of cardboard for each vacuum cleaner model, at least for the most common models. For the more unusual models, it is not profitable to produce / store a specially adapted adapter, and for these models there is a universal adapter, where you can simply cut or cut your own adapter based on a fixed plate from a vacuum cleaner pass intended for the current the vacuum cleaner. An example of this prior art is SE 507 311 which describes a dust separator for a vacuum cleaner. These vacuum separators comprise an adapter in the form of a separate disc with an opening which is intended to be connected to the vacuum cleaner's air flow duct and in connection with which a vacuum cleaner passage is arranged. The vacuum cleaner pass is then provided with a flange around an opening therein, which flange must retain the vacuum cleaner pass in the adapter during use. The flange is then designed so that it can be folded, broken or equivalent to be able to fan through the opening in the adapter without damaging the adapter when the vacuum cleaner pass is filled. In order for an adapter to fulfill its function, it needs to have a certain stiffness and half-strength. This meant that a relatively large force could be required to cut the material into a raft shape, there is a lot of material involved, and there can also be problems with inserting the adapter disc into darts & intended grooves in the fastener of vacuum cleaners from certain manufacturers. Summary of the invention

Description

537 879 Adapter for dammsugarpasar Tekniskt °wade Foreliggande uppfinning avser en for dammsugarpasar avsedd adapter, som av en anvandare kan formanpassas till ett godtyckligt taste for dammsugarpasar i dammsugare, i vilka en 'lase 5 am/ands for dammuppsamling. Technical invention The present invention relates to an adapter intended for vacuum cleaners, which can be adapted by a user to an arbitrary key for vacuum cleaners in vacuum cleaners, in which a laser 5 am / ands for dust collection.

Bakgrund Langst fram pa en konventionell dammsugarpase sitter en fastplatta, oftast av kartong, vars kontur varierar for olika dammsugarmodeller. Detta har foranlett den djungel av dammsugarpasar som finns pa marknaden. Det kravs stora resurser for att lagerhalla ett komplett utbud av pasar, och dart& finns en marknad for adaptrar. Sadana adaptrar är foretradesvis tillverkade i hardplast, och kan ha en form motsvarande kartongstycket for respektive dammsugarmodell, atminstone for de vanligast forekommande modellerna. For de mer ovanliga modellerna är dct intc lonsamt att ta fram/lagerhalla en spccialanpassad adapter, och for dcssa modeller finns en universaladapter, dar man helt enkelt sjalv far klippa eller skara ut sin egen adapter baserat pa en fastplatta fran en dammsugarpase avsedd for den aktuella dammsugaren. Background At the front of a conventional vacuum cleaner pass is a fixed plate, usually made of cardboard, the contour of which varies for different vacuum cleaner models. This has led to the jungle of vacuum cleaner passes available in the market. Large resources are required to stock a complete range of suits, and darts & there is a market for adapters. Such adapters are preferably made of hard plastic, and may have a shape corresponding to the piece of cardboard for each vacuum cleaner model, at least for the most common models. For the more unusual models, it is not profitable to produce / store a specially adapted adapter, and for these models there is a universal adapter, where you can simply cut or cut your own adapter based on a fixed plate from a vacuum cleaner pass intended for the current the vacuum cleaner.

Ett exempel pa denna kanda teknik är SE 507 311 som beskriver en dammavskilj are for en dammsugarc. Derma dammayskiljare omfattar cn adapter i form av en scparat skiva mcd en oppning som är avsedd att anslutas till dammsugarens luftflodeskanal och i anslutning till vilken en dammsugarpase anordnas. Dammsugarpasen är darvid forsedd med en flans omkring en oppning dari, vilken flans skall hAlla kvar dammsugarpasen i adaptern under anvandning. Flansen är darvid utformad sâ att den kan vikas, brytas eller motsvarande far att kunna fans genom oppningen i adaptern utan att adaptern skadas, nar dammsugarpasen är fylld. An example of this prior art is SE 507 311 which describes a dust separator for a vacuum cleaner. These vacuum separators comprise an adapter in the form of a separate disc with an opening which is intended to be connected to the vacuum cleaner's air flow duct and in connection with which a vacuum cleaner passage is arranged. The vacuum cleaner pass is then provided with a flange around an opening therein, which flange must retain the vacuum cleaner pass in the adapter during use. The flange is then designed so that it can be folded, broken or equivalent to be able to fan through the opening in the adapter without damaging the adapter when the vacuum cleaner pass is filled.

For att en adapter skall fylla sin funktion behover den ha en viss styvhet och hallfasthet. Det innebar att det kan kravas relativt stor kraft for att klippa materialet till raft form, det gar at mycket material, och det kan ocksa uppsta problem med att fora in adapterskivan i dart& avsedda spar i fastet hos dammsugare frail vissa tillverkare. In order for an adapter to fulfill its function, it needs to have a certain stiffness and half-strength. This meant that a relatively large force could be required to cut the material into a raft shape, there is a lot of material involved, and there can also be problems with inserting the adapter disc into darts & intended grooves in the fastener of vacuum cleaners from certain manufacturers.

Sammanfattning av uppfinningen 1 537 879 Ett andamal med uppfinningen är darfor att tillhandahalla en adapter for dammsugarpasar, varmed en eller ett litet antal pasmodeller kan anpassas till ett stort antal, eller alla modeller av dammsugare, som är ffirbattrad i forhallande till den kanda tekniken sâ att den kan enklare an tidigare kan ges den form som kravs for just den dammsugarmodell som anvandaren har. Summary of the invention A further object of the invention is therefore to provide an adapter for vacuum cleaner passes, with which one or a small number of pass models can be adapted to a large number, or all models of vacuum cleaners, which are improved in relation to the prior art so that it can more easily than before be given the shape required for the particular vacuum cleaner model that the user has.

Ett annat andamal med uppfinningen är att tillhandahalla en adapter for dammsugarpasar som minskar materialatgangen och damned är mer fordelaktig med avseende pa bade miljo och kostnad. Another object of the invention is to provide an adapter for vacuum cleaner passes which reduces the supply of material and the vacuum is more advantageous in terms of both environment and cost.

Dessa och Oven andra andamal uppnas med foreliggande uppfinning genom de kannetecken som anges i huvudkravets kannetecknande del. Fordelaktiga utforingsformer och vidare10 utvecklingar av uppfinningen anges i underkraven. These and other objects are achieved with the present invention by the pitches indicated in the pitcher part of the main claim. Advantageous embodiments and further developments of the invention are set out in the subclaims.

Genom utformningen av adaptern enligt uppfinningen uppnas saledes att med en motsvarande styvhet som en skiva tillverkad av ett tjockare material kan adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen tillverkas tunnare, eller t o m vasentligt tunnare, jamfort med en konventionell adapter av pa marknaden fore kommande slag. The design of the adapter according to the invention thus achieves that with a corresponding rigidity as a disc made of a thicker material, the adapter disc according to the invention can be made thinner, or even substantially thinner, compared with a conventional adapter of the type available on the market.

Adaptern enligt uppfinningen blir alltsa vasentligt lattare att klippa till onskad form samtidigt som den passar val in i de fiesta urtag i forekommande dammsugare. Hos vissa tillverkare kan fastena vara relativt tranga, men genom adapterskivans profilerade form enligt uppfinningen kan den vid behov utan vidare deformeras nagot i tjockleksriktning for att passa i Adana tranga spar. Samtidigt fyller adapterskivan val ut spar avpassade fOr adaptrar med tjocklekar overstigande materialtjockleken hos adaptem enligt uppfinningen. The adapter according to the invention thus becomes significantly easier to cut to the desired shape at the same time as it fits selectively into the most recesses in existing vacuum cleaners. In some manufacturers, the fasteners can be relatively narrow, but due to the profiled shape of the adapter disc according to the invention, it can be easily deformed slightly in the thickness direction if necessary to fit in Adana narrow grooves. At the same time, the adapter disc selects fills filled with grooves adapted for adapters with thicknesses exceeding the material thickness of the adapter according to the invention.

Kort beskrivning av ritningarna Ytterligare andamal, foredelar och kannetecken hos uppfinningen kommer att framga av den efterfoljande beskrivningen av i de bifogade figurerna illustrerade utforingsexempel av uppfinningen, varvid Fig. 1visar en schematisk vy av en adapterskiva enligt foreliggande uppfinning, sedd uppifran; Fig. 2visar en schematisk tvarsnittsvy tagen langs linjen II-II i Fig. 1, illustrerande tvarsnittsprofilen for adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen; 2 537 879 Fig. 3visar en vy motsvarande den i Fig. 1 av en altemativ utforingsform av uppfin- ningen, Fig. 4visar en vy motsvarande den i Fig. 1 och Fig. 3 av ytterligare en altemativ utforingsform av uppfinningen, och Fig. visar en tvarsnittsvy motsvarandc den i Fig. 2 av en alternativ utforingsform for materialskiktet hos adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen. Brief Description of the Drawings Additional features, advantages and features of the invention will become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the invention illustrated in the accompanying figures, in which: Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of an adapter disc according to the present invention, seen from above; Fig. 2 shows a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in Fig. 1, illustrating the cross-sectional profile of the adapter disc according to the invention; Fig. 3 shows a view corresponding to that of Fig. 1 of an alternative embodiment of the invention, Fig. 4 shows a view corresponding to that of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 of a further alternative embodiment of the invention, and Figs. a cross-sectional view corresponding to that of Fig. 2 of an alternative embodiment of the material layer of the adapter disk according to the invention.

Detaljerad beskrivning av uppfinningen I Fig. 1 visas schematiskt en adapterskiva 1 i form av en skiva 2 med ett i skivan upptaget hal 3, i vilket en dammsugarpase placeras for att sedan anslutas till dammsugarkanalen i en dammsugare. Detta är konventionellt och detaljema kring anslutningen till dammsugarkanalen kommer ddrfor inte att diskuteras narmare i detta sammanhang. Den ytterform pa adaptem som visas i Fig. 1 är endast ett bland manga exempel, eftersom avsikten är att adaptcrskivan 1 ska kunna skaras till cfter behov. Ytterformen skullc lika garna kunna vara helt rektanguldr. Detailed description of the invention Fig. 1 schematically shows an adapter disc 1 in the form of a disc 2 with a hall 3 accommodated in the disc, in which a vacuum cleaner phase is placed and then connected to the vacuum cleaner duct in a vacuum cleaner. This is conventional and the details of the connection to the vacuum cleaner duct will therefore not be discussed in more detail in this context. The outer shape of the adapter shown in Fig. 1 is only one among many examples, since the intention is that the adapter disk 1 should be able to be cut as needed. The outer shape should like the yarns be completely rectangular gold.

Adapterskivan 1 är pro filerad till bildning av asar 4 och dalar 5, vilka i denna utforingsform av uppfinningen loper parallellt med varandra i en riktning, vilket askadliggors tydligare i Fig. 2 varav framgar att skivan givits en vcckad tvarsnittsform. Gcnom veckningen uppnas att skivans utstrackning i skivans tjockleksriktning, i Fig. 2 betecknad med "a", vdsentligt Overstiger materialtjockleken "b". Darmed okar ocksa skivans styvhet, och med bibehallen styvhet kan darmed materialtjockleken reduceras, med saval miljamassiga som ekonomiska vinster. Den visade veckningens exakta profil är endast ett exempel bland manga tankbara profiler. En annan variant an den visade profilen är att asarna 4 och dalarna 5 är likadana pa bada sidor av adapterskivan 1. Asarnas 4 och dalarnas 5 bredd, rundning och form kan ocksa bli foremal for ett stort antal variationer, sasom formen av en sinusvag, en fyrkantsvag eller en triangelvag. The adapter disc 1 is profiled to form shafts 4 and valleys 5, which in this embodiment of the invention run parallel to each other in one direction, which is more clearly damaged in Fig. 2, from which it appears that the disc has been given a pleated cross-sectional shape. By folding it is achieved that the extent of the disc in the thickness direction of the disc, in Fig. 2 denoted by "a", substantially exceeds the material thickness "b". This also increases the stiffness of the disc, and with the maintained stiffness, the material thickness can thus be reduced, with both environmental and economic benefits. The exact profile of the fold shown is only an example among many conceivable profiles. Another variant of the profile shown is that the axes 4 and the valleys 5 are the same on both sides of the adapter plate 1. The width, roundness and shape of the axes 4 and the valleys 5 can also be shaped for a large number of variations, such as the shape of a sine wave, a square vague or a triangular vague.

Enligt en foredragen utforingsform av uppfinningen är skivtjockleken atminstone 1,5 ganger materialtjockleken, och lampligen atminstone 2 ganger materialtjockleken. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sheet thickness is at least 1.5 times the material thickness, and suitably at least 2 times the material thickness.

Genom denna profilering Aar styvheten for en skiva markant med ofordndrad materialtjocklek, vilket innebar att man kan ga ner i materialtjocklek med bibehallen styvhet. 3 537 879 Adapterskivan med tillhorande pase placeras i harfor anordnade spar i ett faste, som inte visas pa ritningama, for dammsugarpasar i en dammsugare. Sparets vidd kan variera mellan olika dammsugare, och med utformningen enligt uppfinningen uppnas en god anpassningsbarhet, genom att profileringen kan deformeras nagot for att passa in ocksa i smalare spar, samtidigt som den val filler upp bredare spar. Through this profiling, the stiffness of a board is marked with unchanged material thickness, which meant that one can reduce the material thickness while maintaining rigidity. 3,537,879 The adapter plate with the associated pass is placed in previously arranged grooves in a fastener, not shown in the drawings, for vacuum cleaner passes in a vacuum cleaner. The width of the spar can vary between different vacuum cleaners, and with the design according to the invention a good adaptability is achieved, in that the profiling can be deformed somewhat to fit also in narrower grooves, at the same time as the choice fills wider grooves.

Med ett tunnare material blir skivan betydligt enklare att klippa till ratt form for att passa olika pa marknaden forekommande dammsugare. With a thinner material, the disc becomes much easier to cut into the right shape to fit different vacuum cleaners on the market.

I Fig. 3 visas en alternativ utforingsform, dar olika delar av adapterskivan har profilerats i olika riktningar. I den visade, icke i och for sig begransande vyn i Fig. 3 Riper asar 4 och dalar 5 parallellt med varandra invid det som i Fig. 3 motsvarar skivans langdkanter pa omse sidor om oppningen for pasen, medan asar 6 och dalar 7 vid skivans motsvarande tvarkanter lOper vinkelratt daremot. Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment, where different parts of the adapter disc have been profiled in different directions. In the view, not per se limiting view in Fig. 3, grooves 4 and valleys 5 parallel to each other adjacent to that in Fig. 3 correspond to the longitudinal edges of the disc on opposite sides of the opening for the pass, while grooves 6 and valleys 7 at the disc corresponding transverse edges lOper perpendicular, on the other hand.

I Fig. 4 visas ytterligare en altemativ utforingsform av adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen, varvid profileringen utgors av koncentriska asar 8 och dalar 9,vilka omger halet for damm- sugarpasen i adapterskivan. Fig. 4 shows a further alternative embodiment of the adapter disc according to the invention, the profiling consisting of concentric axes 8 and valleys 9, which surround the tail for the vacuum cleaner pass in the adapter disc.

I Fig. 5 visas schematiskt en altemativ utforingsform for skivans tvarsnittsprofil, som har har en slat sida 10 och en vagig sida 11 med regelbundet altemerande asar 12 och dalar 13. Alternativet med en slat sida kan forekomma i kombination med samtliga tankbara profileringar av adapterskivan 1, dels med avseende pa profileringens riktningar, sasom raka eller krOkta spar i en eller flera riktningar eller koncentriska spar, och dels med avseende pa asarnas 4 och dalarnas 5 bredd och rundning. Fig. 5 schematically shows an alternative embodiment of the cross-sectional profile of the disc, which has a slat side 10 and a wobbly side 11 with regularly alternating axes 12 and valleys 13. The alternative with a slat side can occur in combination with all conceivable profiles of the adapter disc 1 , partly with regard to the directions of profiling, such as straight or curved grooves in one or more directions or concentric grooves, and partly with regard to the width and rounding of the axes 4 and the valleys 5.

I samtliga ovan beskrivna fall uppnas samma styvhet for adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen som for en konventionell slat adapterskiva med stone tjocklek, samtidigt som klippmotstandet är vasentligt reducerat. In all the cases described above, the same rigidity is achieved for the adapter disc according to the invention as for a conventional smooth adapter disc with stone thickness, at the same time as the cutting resistance is substantially reduced.

I den foredragna utforingsformen av uppfinningen är adapterskivan enligt uppfinningen tillverkad av plastmaterial. Det ar dock inte uteslutet att skivan kan tillverkas av annat material. 4 In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the adapter disc according to the invention is made of plastic material. However, it is not excluded that the disc can be made of other material. 4

Claims

537,879 Patent claims

Adapter for vacuum cleaner passes in the form of a disc (1) of a material which can be shaped by a vacuum cleaner to an arbitrary fastener for vacuum cleaner passes in vacuum cleaners, in which a stage for vacuum collecting, which disc has an opening (3 ) for recording in a vacuum cleaner phase to be connected to an air vial duct in a vacuum cleaner, the material in the disc having a cross-sectional profile whose extent (a) in the thickness direction of the disc exceeds the thickness (b) of the material constituting the disc, is folded.

Adapter disc according to claim 1, characterized in that said extent (a) is at least 1.5 times the material thickness (b) of the disc.

Adapter disc according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that said extension flap (a) is at least 2 times the material thickness (b) of the disc.

Adapter disc according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the cross-sectional profile of the disc forms a regular vaginal pattern with axes (4) and valleys (5).

Adapter disc according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the disc section profile of the disc has a flat side (10) and an opposite profiled side (11) with regularly alternating axes (12) and valleys (13).

Adapter disc according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the cross-sectional profile of the disc is uniform over the entire disc so that all axes (4) and valleys (5) peak parallel to each other.

Adapter disc according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the disc is profiled differently in different parts in such a way that axes (4; 6) and valleys (5; 7) kill in different directions in different parts of the disc.

Adapter disc according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the disc is profiled so that it has axes (8) and valleys (9) in the form of concentric ring formations around said disc opening (3).

Adapter disc according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the disc is made of a plastic material. 537 879 1/1