Attachment holder for vacuum cleaner

Abstract

To allow many kinds of attachments for a vacuum cleaner different in inside diameter of extension pipes to be housed.SOLUTION: An attachment holder 100 for vacuum cleaner is for storing attachments composed of extension pipes and attachments with extension pipes for a vacuum cleaner and includes a plurality of rod-like projections 2, 3. In the extension pipes for attachments provided with extension pipes having the smaller inside diameter of the two kinds of extension pipes different in inside diameter, one or more rod-like projections of the plurality of rod-like projections are inserted to store the attachments provided with the extension pipes having the smaller inside diameter; in the extension pipes for attachment provided with extension pipes having larger inside diameter of the two kinds of extension pipes different in inside diameter, more rod-like projections are inserted than those inserted in the extension pipes having the smaller inside diameter to store the attachments provided with the extension pipes having the larger inside diameter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a holder for storing an attachment for an electric cleaning tool, and more particularly to a holder equipped with a rod-like hook that is inserted into a pipe of a pipe-attached attachment such as an extension pipe or a pipe-attached nozzle of a vacuum cleaner to hold the attachment. [Background technology]

[0002] Conventionally, vacuum cleaner stands for storing stick-type electric vacuum cleaners upright are provided with an attachment holder into which pipes of pipe-equipped attachments such as extension pipes and pipe-equipped nozzles are inserted and held (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a vacuum cleaner stand in which a cross bar is stretched across a pair of vertically extending pillars, the centre of which is bent into a U-shape and extends upwards like a rod, into which the pipe of a pipe-equipped attachment is inserted to hold the attachment.

[0004] Patent document 2 discloses a vacuum cleaner stand that has two types of holders: an inverted J-shaped rod holder made by bending the tip of a long board into a C-shape, and a plate-shaped holder made of a long rectangular board. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Registered Design No. 1668362 [Patent Document 2] Registered Design No. 1695679 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] However, since the inner diameter of the pipe varies depending on the model of vacuum cleaner, the above-mentioned holder had a problem that it could only be used with vacuum cleaner attachments having one type of pipe diameter due to the size of the protrusion that is inserted into the pipe.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has an object to provide a vacuum cleaner attachment holder capable of holding a plurality of types of vacuum cleaner attachments having different pipe diameters. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The invention made to solve the above problems is an attachment holder for a vacuum cleaner that stores attachments consisting of a vacuum cleaner extension pipe or an attachment with an extension pipe, and is configured to store an attachment having an extension pipe with a small inner diameter out of two types of extension pipes with different inner diameters, by inserting one or more of the multiple rod-shaped protrusions into the extension pipe having a smaller inner diameter out of the two types of extension pipes with different inner diameters, and to store an attachment having an extension pipe with a large inner diameter out of the two types of extension pipes with different inner diameters, by inserting a larger number of rod-shaped protrusions into the extension pipe than would be inserted into the extension pipe with a smaller inner diameter.

[0009] The vacuum cleaner attachment holder of the present invention is thus provided with a plurality of rod-shaped protrusions, and is configured to hold a plurality of types of attachments with different inner diameters of the pipe by inserting different numbers of the rod-shaped protrusions into the pipe of the attachment, thereby making it possible to hold a plurality of types of attachments.

[0010] It is preferable that the vacuum cleaner attachment holder of the present invention has a base that, when in use, abuts the tip of the pipe of the attachment from below, and that the multiple rod-shaped projections are arranged to extend upward or diagonally upward from the base. If such a base is not provided, it would be necessary to provide a configuration in which the rod-shaped protrusion bears the burden of supporting the extension pipe in the axial direction, for example by abutting the rod-shaped protrusion against the inner surface of the extension pipe and holding the attachment with the extension pipe by friction. However, by providing such a base, the axial support of the extension pipe can be provided by the base.

[0011] The base preferably has a first base that abuts against the extension pipe having a small inner diameter, whereby when the extension pipe having a small inner diameter is held, the first base can support the extension pipe in the axial direction.

[0012] The base preferably has a second base that abuts against the extension pipe having the larger inner diameter. In this way, when the extension pipe having the larger inner diameter is held, the first base can support the extension pipe in the axial direction.

[0013] The vacuum cleaner attachment holder of the present invention preferably includes a locking portion for locking to a vacuum cleaner stand, so that the vacuum cleaner attachment holder can be attached to and detached from the vacuum cleaner stand, and therefore can be attached to an existing vacuum cleaner stand.

[0014] In the vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to the present invention, it is preferable that some of the rod-shaped protrusions are shorter than the other rod-shaped protrusions, thereby preventing the tips of the some of the rod-shaped protrusions from getting in the way when inserting the pipe of the attachment into the long rod-shaped protrusions.

[0015] The plurality of rod-shaped projections preferably include two rod-shaped projections extending diagonally upward in parallel when in use, and the two rod-shaped projections are preferably aligned vertically, so that when an attachment is inserted into the upper one of the two rod-shaped projections, the vacuum cleaner attachment holder can be rested against the lower one.

[0016] The plurality of rod-shaped projections preferably include rod-shaped projections each having a rectangular plate shape, which makes it possible to manufacture the rod-shaped projections at a lower cost than when the rod-shaped projections are made from a round bar or a square bar.

[0017] It is preferable that the plurality of rod-shaped protrusions are two rectangular plate-like rod-shaped protrusions facing each other, and that a bent portion formed by bending a lower end of one of the two rod-shaped protrusions is connected to the lower end of the other rod-shaped protrusion. In this way, the bent portion can be used as a first base portion that supports the tip of the pipe of the attachment.

[0018] the locking portion includes a horizontal member that extends horizontally from a base end of the rod-shaped projection in use, and a clamping piece that faces the horizontal member across a gap in the front-rear direction and has an upper end connected to the horizontal member, It is preferable that the horizontal member is inserted into the gap from below and engaged with the horizontal member, and the horizontal portion constitutes a second base. In this way, the upper end of the horizontal member can be used as the second base that supports the tip of the attachment pipe. Effect of the Invention

[0019] As described above, the vacuum cleaner attachment holder of the present invention can hold a variety of vacuum cleaner attachments having different pipe diameters. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a vacuum cleaner stand including a vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to one embodiment of the present invention is in use; [Diagram 2] 2A is a perspective view of the vacuum cleaner attachment holder shown in FIG. 1 before it is attached to a horizontal rail of a vacuum cleaner stand, and FIG. 2B is a perspective view of the attachment holder attached to the horizontal rail. [Diagram 3] 2A is a left side view of the attachment holder for a vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a front view of the attachment holder for a vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. [Figure 4]3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a vacuum cleaner attachment having a narrow pipe diameter is stored in the vacuum cleaner attachment holder shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Diagram 5] 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a vacuum cleaner attachment with a large pipe diameter is stored in the vacuum cleaner attachment holder shown in FIG. 2. FIG. [Figure 6] (a) is an oblique view of a vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to another embodiment of the present invention, (b) is an oblique view of a state in which an attachment with a small diameter extension pipe is stored, and (c) is an oblique view of a state in which an attachment with a large diameter extension pipe is stored. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, however, the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

[0022] 1 to 5 show an attachment holder 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the attachment holder 100 is attached to a vacuum cleaner stand B that suspends and stores a stick-type vacuum cleaner A, and is used to store an extension pipe C of the vacuum cleaner A and attachments C1, C2, ... with extension pipes, such as a nozzle with an extension pipe.

[0023] The vacuum cleaner stand B is constructed by a pair of left and right supports B1, B1 suspended from a plate-shaped base B3 and connected to a number of horizontal bars B2, B2, ... extending in the left and right direction by a mesh-shaped vacuum cleaner retaining board B4. The stick-type electric vacuum cleaner A is suspended vertically by being retained by a hook (not shown in the figure) of the vacuum cleaner retaining board B4.

[0024] As shown in Figures 2 and 4, the attachment holder 100 mainly comprises a base 1 that abuts the tip P1 of the pipe P of the attachments C1, C2 from below when in use, and multiple (two in the illustrated example) rod-shaped protrusions 2, 3 extending upward or diagonally upward (diagonally upward in the illustrated example) from the base 1, and also has a locking portion 4 that engages with the vacuum cleaner stand B.

[0025] As shown in FIG. 3(a), the attachment holder 100 is formed by welding three vertical members 5 and 6 and a horizontal member 7, each of which is formed by appropriately processing three steel plates each having a rectangular shape with rounded corners.

[0026] The vertical member 5 and the vertical member 6 are formed by bending rectangular plate materials of the same width into an L-shape and a V-shape, respectively, and the lower edge 5a of the vertical member 5 is welded to the inside of the bent portion 6a of the vertical member 6. The horizontal member 7 has a mounting portion 7b that is welded to the vertical member 6 by a step portion 7a along the longitudinal direction, a clamping portion 7c that is separated from the vertical member 6 by a gap 8, and a rectangular cut portion 7d (see the dashed line portion in FIG. 3(b)) that is cut from the edge at the center of the longitudinal direction of the clamping portion 7c. The horizontal member 7 is welded to the rear surface of the mounting portion 7b so that the upper edge extends horizontally from the base end of the rod-shaped projections 2 and 3 so as to form an inverted T shape with the vertical members 5 and 6 when viewed from the front. The vertical members 5 to 6 are painted after being welded.

[0027] The base 1 includes a first base 5c located between the two rod-shaped projections 2, 3, and a second base 7e not located between the two projections 2, 3. In the illustrated example, the first base 5c is formed by a bent portion formed by bending the lower end of the member 5, and the second base 7e is formed by the upper edge of the horizontal member 7. The first base 5c supports the lower end of the pipe when an attachment C1 having a small pipe diameter is inserted into and held on the rod-shaped protrusion 2, and the second base 7e supports the tip of the pipe when an attachment C2 having a large pipe diameter is inserted into and held on both the rod-shaped protrusions 2 and 3.

[0028] Rod-shaped projection 2 consists of the portion above bent portion 6a of member 6, and rod-shaped projection 3 consists of the portion above bent portion 5b of member 5. Rod-shaped projection 3 is shorter than rod-shaped projection 2, in other words, the height of upper end 3a of rod-shaped projection 3 from first base portion 5c is set lower than the height of upper end 2a of rod-shaped projection 2.

[0029] The rod-shaped protrusions 2 and 3 are arranged parallel to each other in the front-to-rear direction (the left is the front and the right is the rear in Figure 3(a)) with the same thickness direction and their widthwise edges aligned when viewed from the front.

[0030] In the illustrated example, the locking portion 4 is made up of a clamping piece 6b consisting of a portion of the member 6 below the bent portion 6a, and a horizontal member 7. That is, when the plate-shaped horizontal bar B2 of the vacuum cleaner stand B is inserted into the gap 8 between the clamping piece 6b of the member 6 and the clamping portion 7c of the horizontal member 7, the step portion 7a of the horizontal member 7 abuts against the upper edge of the horizontal bar B2, and the locking portion 4 is locked to the horizontal bar B2 by clamping the horizontal bar B2 between the clamping piece 6b and the clamping portion 7c.

[0031] (How to use the Attachment Holder 100) When an attachment C1 with a small inner diameter of an attached pipe P is stored in the attachment holder 100, only the longer rod-shaped projection 2 is inserted into the pipe P as shown in Fig. 4(a), and the attachment C1 is stored in the attachment holder 100. At this time, the tip P1 of the pipe P is supported by abutting against the first base portion 5c. The pipe P is supported by leaning against the rod-shaped projection 3 with the side wall P2 abutting against the lower short rod-shaped projection 3.

[0032] When storing an attachment C2 with a large inner diameter of an attached pipe P in the attachment holder 100, as shown in Fig. 4(b), the attachment C2 is stored in the attachment holder 100 with both of the rod-shaped projections 2, 3 inserted into the pipe P. At this time, the tip P1 of the pipe P is supported by the second base portion 7e on the upper edge of the horizontal member 7.

[0033] (Another embodiment) Fig. 6 shows a vacuum cleaner attachment holder 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 6(a), the vacuum cleaner attachment holder 200 has three rod-shaped projections 202, 202, 202. The rod-shaped projections 202 are made of elastic metal rods such as soft steel or spring steel, with a base end welded to the cross rail B2 of the vacuum cleaner stand B and a spherical tip. The three rod-shaped projections 202, 202, 202 are configured such that when they are deformed in a direction approaching each other, they are urged in a direction away from each other by their elastic force.

[0034] When the attachment C1 having an extension pipe with a small inner diameter is stored in the vacuum cleaner attachment holder 200, only the two rod-shaped projections 202, 202 are inserted into the extension pipe with a small inner diameter, as shown in Fig. 6(b). The two rod-shaped projections 202, 202 support the extension pipe from the inside by elastic force in the separating direction generated by approaching each other.

[0035] When the attachment C2 having an extension pipe with a large inner diameter is stored in the vacuum cleaner attachment holder 200, all three rod-shaped projections 202, 202, 202 are inserted into the extension pipe with the large inner diameter as shown in Fig. 6(c). The three rod-shaped projections 202, 202, 202 support the extension pipe from the inside by elastic force in the separating direction generated by approaching each other. In this manner, in the vacuum cleaner attachment holder 200, the extension pipe P is supported by the elastic force of the rod-shaped projections 202, 202, 202, so that a base for supporting the tip of the extension pipe from below is not required.

[0036] As described above, the attachment holder of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the rod-shaped protrusions are not limited to plate materials or round bars, and may be rod materials with polygonal cross sections, and may be provided in four or more. The base may not be provided, and may be constituted by only the first base. The first base and the second base may be constituted by different parts of a single plate. For example, by extending a plurality of rod-shaped protrusions parallel to and upward from the same surface of a single plate, the part between the rod-shaped protrusions on that surface can be the first base, and the part around the rod-shaped protrusions can be the second base. There may be no locking part, and the rod-shaped protrusions can be directly attached to the support pillars B1, cross beams B2, or base B3 of the vacuum cleaner stand by welding or the like, or they can be attached to something other than the vacuum cleaner stand, or the attachment holder may be a separate member by providing a dedicated base for the attachment holder, or the like. [Explanation of symbols]

[0037] 100,200 Vacuum cleaner attachment holder 1 base 2,202 Rod-shaped process 3 rod-like process 4 Locking part 5c 1st base 7 Horizontal Members 7c Clamping part 7e 2nd base 8 Gap C1, C2 Attachment with extension pipe

Claims

1. A vacuum cleaner attachment holder for storing an attachment such as a vacuum cleaner extension pipe or an attachment with an extension pipe, A plurality of rod-shaped projections are provided, one or more of the rod-shaped protrusions are inserted into an extension pipe of an attachment having a smaller inner diameter of two extension pipes having different inner diameters, and the attachment having the extension pipe with the smaller inner diameter is stored; The attachment holder for a vacuum cleaner is configured to store an attachment having an extension pipe with a larger inner diameter of the two types of extension pipes having different inner diameters by inserting more rod-like projections into the extension pipe of the attachment having the extension pipe with a larger inner diameter than those inserted into the extension pipe with a smaller inner diameter.

2. 2. The attachment holder according to claim 1, further comprising a base that, when in use, abuts the tip of the extension pipe of the attachment from below, and the multiple rod-shaped projections are arranged to extend upward or diagonally upward from the base.

3. 3. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 2, wherein the base portion has a first base portion that abuts against the extension pipe having the small inner diameter.

4. 3. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 2, wherein the base portion has a second base portion that abuts against the extension pipe having the larger inner diameter.

5. 2. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 1, further comprising a locking portion for locking onto a vacuum cleaner stand.

6. 2. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 1, wherein some of the plurality of rod-shaped protrusions are shorter than the other rod-shaped protrusions.

7. 4. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of rod-shaped projections include two rod-shaped projections that extend diagonally upward in parallel when in use, the two rod-shaped projections being aligned vertically.

8. The vacuum cleaner attachment holder according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of rod-shaped protrusions include rod-shaped protrusions each having a rectangular plate shape.

9. An attachment holder as described in claim 3, wherein the multiple rod-shaped protrusions consist of two facing rectangular plate-shaped rod-shaped protrusions, and a bent portion formed by bending the lower end of one of the two rod-shaped protrusions constitutes a first base and is connected to the lower end of the other rod-shaped protrusion.

10. the locking portion includes a horizontal member that extends horizontally from a base end of the rod-shaped projection in use, and a clamping piece that faces the horizontal member across a gap in the front-rear direction and has an upper end connected to the horizontal member, 10. The attachment holder according to claim 9, which is configured to engage with the horizontal beam by inserting the horizontal beam into the gap from below, and the horizontal portion constitutes a second base portion.

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