Modular Upright Vacuum Mounting Structure for Easy Maintenance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Upright cyclonic vacuum cleaners often have complex designs that make maintenance and repair difficult due to the integration of components, particularly the cyclonic cleaning stages and suction motors, which are not easily removable or accessible for cleaning and replacement.
Innovation Solution
A surface cleaning apparatus with a mounting member that supports multiple operating components, including a cyclonic cleaning stage and suction motor, allowing for easy removal and cleaning, and featuring a support member with an airflow duct that forms part of the fluid flow path, enabling the components to be mounted directly or indirectly to the mounting member for improved accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If components are integrated into a unified structure, then structural strength and stability are improved, but maintenance and repair become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The vacuum cleaner is divided into modular components (cleaning head, handle, dust container, motor assembly) that can be independently removed and serviced. The cleaning head can be detached from the handle, and the dust container can be separately removed, allowing maintenance of individual components without disassembling the entire device.
Solution Approach 2:
The motor assembly and dust container are designed as extractable units that can be removed from the main body. The cleaning head can be separated from the handle assembly, enabling easy access to internal components for repair and maintenance without affecting the overall structural integrity when assembled.
2Ease of repair
If components are made removable for easy maintenance, then ease of repair is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting member integrates multiple functions: it serves as the structural backbone, provides mounting points for the cyclone assembly and motor, and incorporates the airflow conduit. This consolidation reduces the number of separate parts and simplifies the overall assembly while maintaining ease of component removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting member is designed as a multi-functional component that simultaneously provides structural support, component mounting, and airflow passage. The handle assembly serves both as a structural element and as the connection point for the cleaning head, reducing the need for additional specialized parts.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easier maintenance and repair by allowing components to be easily removed and replaced, reducing the overall weight and volume of the vacuum cleaner while enabling modular design for various configurations, including portable and above-floor cleaning modes.
Implementation Method 1
a first cyclonic cleaning stage
Implementation Method 2
cyclonic cleaning stage
Implementation Method 3
A suction motor is provided in the fluid flow path downstream of the cleaning stage
Data Source
AI summary
Several embodiments of an upright surface cleaning apparatus are disclosed. The surface cleaning apparatus has a first cyclonic cleaning stage and comprises a surface cleaning head having a dirty fluid inlet. A fluid flow path extends from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the upright surface cleaning apparatus. A support member is mounted to the surface cleaning head. A mounting member mounted to the support member. At least one of a first cleaning stage of the upright surface cleaning apparatus and a suction motor is mounted directly or indirectly to the mounting member. A suction motor is provided in the fluid flow path.