Vacuum Cleaner Filter Bag Fastening for Full Unfolding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Vacuum cleaner filter bags made of non-woven fabrics often fail to fully unfold in the limited installation space of vacuum cleaners, leading to reduced filtration efficiency, increased pressure loss, and shorter service life due to insufficient dust storage capacity.

Innovation Solution

A vacuum cleaner filter bag with a holding plate and a fastening device that allows part of the bag wall to be fixed in at least one spatial direction, ensuring better deployment and reducing the likelihood of clogging, thereby improving service life by maintaining a lower volume flow drop.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the filter bag is folded for storage and insertion, then it can be conveniently stored and installed, but it cannot fully unfold in the limited installation space, reducing filtration efficiency and service life

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of storage and installationVSAvoidfiltration efficiency and service life
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The invention divides the fixation function into two independent parts: a holding plate for initial positioning and an additional fastening device for securing the unfolded state. This segmentation allows the filter bag to be both easily installed (folded state) and reliably maintained in an unfolded state, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The holding plate is attached to the filter bag in advance during manufacturing, providing preliminary positioning capability. This preliminary action ensures that when the filter bag is inserted, it is immediately positioned correctly and can then be secured by the fastening device, maintaining both ease of installation and reliable filtration performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Quantity of substance

If the filter bag is made larger to increase dust storage capacity, then service life is extended, but the installation space is exceeded, preventing proper deployment

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedust storage capacityVSAvoidinstallation space
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The invention makes the filter bag dynamic by providing fixation points that allow it to transition from a folded insertion state to a fully unfolded operational state. The fastening device secures the bag in its expanded configuration, enabling the bag to achieve its full dust storage capacity within the limited installation space without permanent obstruction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If the filter bag is fixed only at the holding plate, then it can be easily installed, but it may shift or fold improperly during operation, increasing pressure loss

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of installationVSAvoidvolume flow maintenance
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The invention applies different fixation qualities to different parts of the filter bag: the holding plate provides basic positioning at one location, while the additional fastening device provides enhanced securing at another location. This local differentiation ensures the bag remains properly positioned throughout operation, maintaining volume flow and preventing improper folding that would increase pressure loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP2452601B1Vacuum cleaner filter bag with additional attachment device
Publication Date: 2015.07.29 EUROLIFTERS HLDG NV
  • EP2452601B1 patent drawingFigure 1a~1b
  • EP2452601B1 patent drawingFigure 2~4
  • EP2452601B1 patent drawingFigure 5~7

AI summary

The bag (1) has a holding plate (4) connected with a bag wall (2) and staying in connection with a holding device of a vacuum cleaner. A fastener (6) i.e. clamping device, fastens a part of the bag wall in a region of the vacuum cleaner along a spatial direction, and includes a strip of material connected with the bag wall. Side walls of the bag wall are folded together along a direction of an upper side of the side wall on which a holding plate is arranged. The fastening device includes a hook and/or a pin that are connected with the bag wall. The strip of material comprises a nonwoven material, paper and/or cardboard.