Vacuum Dust Filter Bag With Auto-Unfolding Compressed Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Dust filter bags for vacuum cleaners often require crumpling or folding to fit through the inlet section, leading to potential pinching, leakage, and incomplete unfolding, which can impair suction power and prevent the bag from reaching its maximum intake volume or filter surface.

Innovation Solution

A dust filter bag with a holding plate and a fixing device that allows the bag to be compressed and folded or rolled, maintaining the reduced dimensions for easy insertion, and automatically unfolds when the vacuum is operated due to negative pressure, utilizing a weak point or predetermined breaking point in the fixing device to release the compressed state.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Length of moving object

If the dust filter bag is compressed or folded to fit through the inlet section, then the bag can be inserted into the vacuum cleaner, but the bag may be pinched by the filter chamber cover causing leakage air and reduced suction power

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexternal dimensions of the dust filter bagVSAvoidsuction power and sealing
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The dust filter bag is pre-compressed into a compact form with reduced external dimensions before insertion, allowing it to pass through the inlet section without pinching or deformation that would compromise sealing and suction power

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The dust filter bag transitions from a compressed static state during insertion to an expanded dynamic state during operation, automatically adapting its volume to fill the filter chamber properly and maintain sealing without pinching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Length of moving object

If the dust filter bag is compressed or folded to fit through the inlet section, then the bag can be inserted into the vacuum cleaner, but the bag may not unfold completely preventing maximum intake volume or filter surface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveexternal dimensions of the dust filter bagVSAvoidintake volume and filter surface
Core Design Contradiction:
Length of moving objectVSVolume of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The dust filter bag is pre-compressed into a compact form with reduced external dimensions before insertion, allowing it to pass through the inlet section without pinching or deformation that would compromise sealing and suction power

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The dust filter bag undergoes a parameter change from compressed state with reduced dimensions during insertion to expanded state with maximum volume and filter surface area during operation, ensuring both insertability and full functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If the dust filter bag is inserted in a folded or compressed state, then the bag can be easily inserted into the vacuum cleaner, but additional steps are required to remove the fixing device

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsertion easeVSAvoidfixing device removal steps
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The dust filter bag automatically unfolds itself when inserted into the vacuum cleaner, with the fixing device being removed or deactivated automatically during the insertion process or upon activation, eliminating the need for manual intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical action of removing the fixing device is replaced by an automatic mechanism that detects insertion and triggers fixing device removal or deactivation, simplifying the user operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

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

Ensures easy insertion and complete unfolding of the dust filter bag, maximizing suction power and filter surface area by allowing the bag to expand and fill the dust collection chamber effectively.

Implementation Method 1

following the restoring forces excited by the compression

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElastic restoring forces: Elasticity

Implementation Method 2

the pressure difference acting on the bag body when the vacuum cleaner is in operation, in that the filter chamber is subjected to negative pressure by the suction fan

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectPressure difference: Pressure Gradient

Data Source

PatentEP2786689B1Dust filter bag
Publication Date: 2019.03.13 BRANOFILTER GMBH
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AI summary

The invention relates to a dust filter bag (1) for use in a vacuum cleaner. In order to create an improved dust filter bag, it is proposed that the dust filter bag have a compressed assembled state, the assembled state being fixed via a fixing device (13), the effect of which on the assembled state can be eliminated.