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JPH07124079A
JPH07124079A JP29388093A JP29388093A JPH07124079A JP H07124079 A JPH07124079 A JP H07124079A JP 29388093 A JP29388093 A JP 29388093A JP 29388093 A JP29388093 A JP 29388093A JP H07124079 A JPH07124079 A JP H07124079A
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vacuum cleaner
main body
dust
hose
suction port
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Shoji Hirayama
捷二 平山
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To suppress the proliferation of germs in the body of a vacuum cleaner containing a bag for housing dust and a filter, a suction port member and a hose member. CONSTITUTION:In this vacuum cleaner which has the body 1 of a vacuum cleaner containing a dust housing part and a motor for sucking dust, a hose member 4 linked to the body, a dust suction port member 3 mounted at the tip of the hose member and a caster member 2 mounted on the body, an antibacterial agent is applied 4R or mixed to internal and external surfaces of the cleaner body 1, the suction port member 3 and the hose member 4 and the caster member 2.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、電気掃除機に関し、特
に、抗菌性を有する掃除機についての提案である。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a vacuum cleaner having antibacterial properties.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】近年、電気掃除機は、室内等に浮遊若し
くは落下しているごみや塵埃を吸引除去するばかりでは
なく、吸引したごみや塵埃に付着した菌類の繁殖を防止
するような手段が講じられている。
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electric vacuum cleaners have not only suctioned and removed dust and dirt floating or falling indoors, but also a means for preventing the growth of fungi adhering to the sucked dust and dirt. Has been taken.

【0003】例えば、最近市販されている掃除機に内蔵
する、フィルター兼用のごみ収納用袋には、害虫忌避材
と抗菌剤が染み込ませてあり、袋内で害虫や菌類が繁殖
することのないように工夫されている。
[0003] For example, a pest repellent material and an antibacterial agent are impregnated in a bag for storing dust, which is also incorporated in a recent commercially available vacuum cleaner, so that pests and fungi do not propagate in the bag. It is devised to be.

【0004】また、捕集した微細な塵埃を室内に放出し
ないために、電気掃除機内の上記袋後方に取り付けられ
ているフィルターにも同様の手段が講じられている。
Further, in order to prevent the collected fine dust from being released into the room, the same means is taken for the filter attached to the back of the bag in the electric vacuum cleaner.

【0005】例えば、特開昭62ー66822号は、電
動送風機の吸気側に紙袋フィルターあるいは集塵フィル
ター装置と共にごく微細な塵埃を捕集するための特殊フ
ィルターを配設してなる電気掃除機に関する提案であ
り、この特殊フィルターは、静電フィルターにウレタン
フィルターを重ね合わせ全体を不織布で被覆してなり、
必要によりこの不織布には、殺菌剤あるいは抗菌剤を含
浸させることができることが開示されている。
For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-66822 relates to an electric vacuum cleaner in which a special filter for collecting very fine dust is arranged together with a paper bag filter or a dust collecting filter device on the intake side of an electric blower. This is a proposal, this special filter is made by overlaying an electrostatic filter with a urethane filter and covering the whole with a non-woven fabric,
It is disclosed that this nonwoven fabric can be impregnated with a bactericidal agent or an antibacterial agent if necessary.

【0006】[0006]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】上述のとおり、電気掃
除機内のごみ収納袋やその後方に取り付けられたフィル
ターには害虫忌避剤や抗菌剤を有するので、袋やフィル
ターでの害虫の繁殖や菌類の繁殖は抑制できる。
As described above, since the garbage storage bag in the electric vacuum cleaner and the filter attached to the rear thereof have the pest repellent and the antibacterial agent, the pest propagation and fungi in the bag and the filter can be prevented. Breeding can be suppressed.

【0007】しかし、その他の部分すなわち、電気掃除
機の吸い込み口部材、ホース部材、キャスターおよび掃
除機本体内外部は、このような処理が施されておらず、
病原菌、カビ芽胞菌や真菌等の菌類の繁殖の場所となっ
ている。
However, the other parts, that is, the suction port member of the electric vacuum cleaner, the hose member, the casters, and the inside and outside of the main body of the vacuum cleaner are not subjected to such treatment,
It is a breeding ground for fungi such as pathogenic fungi, mold spores and fungi.

【0008】特に、吸い込み口部材の内部やホース部材
の内部は、床に落ちている水分を吸引することもあっ
て、目視すると黒色のかびが大量発生している部分がみ
かけられ、他の雑菌の発育の温床となったり、のちに、
このかびの胞子が室内に逸散したりする原因となってい
る。
[0008] In particular, the inside of the suction port member and the inside of the hose member may suck in the water that has fallen to the floor, so that a part where a large amount of black mold is generated can be seen visually, and other miscellaneous bacteria can be seen. It became a hotbed for the growth of
This mold spores are the cause of the diffused indoors.

【0009】また、電気掃除機は、吸引モーターを内蔵
することもあって、静電作用を有し、空気中を浮遊して
いる病原菌、カビ芽胞菌や真菌等の菌類が掃除機の表面
に付着し易く、菌類が掃除機を介して人体に付着すると
いう課題も有する。
Further, since the electric vacuum cleaner has a built-in suction motor, it has an electrostatic action, and fungi such as pathogenic bacteria, mold spores and fungi floating in the air are on the surface of the vacuum cleaner. It also has a problem that it is easy to attach and fungi attach to a human body through a vacuum cleaner.

【0010】本発明の目的は、ごみ収納用袋やフィルタ
ーは当然のことながら上記各部材において菌類の繁殖を
抑制できる電気掃除機を提供することを目的とする。
An object of the present invention is to provide an electric vacuum cleaner capable of suppressing the growth of fungi in the above-mentioned members as well as the bag for storing dust and the filter.

【0011】[0011]

【課題を解決するための手段】上掲の目的を達成するた
めに本発明は、次に掲げる手段を課題解決のための骨子
として提案する。すなわち、ごみ収納部とごみ吸い込み
用モーターを内蔵する掃除機本体と該本体を連結するホ
ース部材と該ホース部材先端に取り付けられたごみ吸い
込み口部材と前記本体に取り付けられたキャスターとを
有する電気掃除機において、上記掃除機本体、吸い込み
口部材およびホース部材の内外面およびキャスター部材
に抗菌材を有することを特徴とする。なお、上記掃除機
本体、吸い込み口部材およびホース部材は、抗菌材が塗
布されていることが好ましく、また、塗布せずに前記掃
除機本体、吸い込み口部材およびホース部材を形成する
各部材中に抗菌材が混入されていてもよい。ここで、上
記抗菌材は、抗菌作用を有する金属を担持させたセラミ
ックス担体であることが好ましく、セラミックス担体に
担持せずに抗菌作用を有する金属粉末を直接各部材中に
混入することもできる。なお、本発明において、上記キ
ャスターに抗菌材を塗布または混入しているが、他の薬
剤、例えば害虫忌避材や坑かび剤との併用もできる。
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes the following means as a skeleton for solving the problems. That is, an electric cleaning device including a cleaner main body having a dust storage unit and a dust suction motor built therein, a hose member connecting the main body, a dust suction port member attached to the tip of the hose member, and a caster attached to the main body. The machine is characterized by having an antibacterial material on the inner and outer surfaces of the cleaner body, the suction port member and the hose member, and the caster member. The cleaner body, the suction port member and the hose member are preferably coated with an antibacterial material, and the vacuum cleaner body, the suction port member and the hose member are not coated with the antibacterial material. An antibacterial material may be mixed. Here, the antibacterial material is preferably a ceramics carrier supporting a metal having an antibacterial effect, and metal powder having an antibacterial effect may be directly mixed into each member without being supported on the ceramics carrier. In the present invention, the caster is coated with or mixed with an antibacterial material, but it may be used in combination with other chemicals such as pest repellent or antifungal agent.

【0012】[0012]

【作用】本発明の電気掃除機は、掃除機本体、吸い込み
口部材、およびホース部材を形成する各部材中に、抗菌
材を塗布もしくは混入したので、ごみ収納用袋やフィル
ター以外の電気掃除機の本体内外部、吸い込み口部材、
およびホース部材の各部材においても抗菌性を発揮し、
掃除機全体が抗菌化できる。
In the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention, the antibacterial material is applied or mixed into each member forming the main body of the vacuum cleaner, the suction port member, and the hose member. Therefore, the electric vacuum cleaner other than the dust bag and the filter. Inside and outside the body of the, suction member,
Also exhibits antibacterial properties in each member of the hose member,
The entire vacuum cleaner can be made antibacterial.

【0013】本発明において、上記抗菌材は、上述のと
おり抗菌作用を有する金属を担持させたセラミックス担
体または抗菌作用を有する金属粉末であることが好まし
い。
In the present invention, the antibacterial material is preferably a ceramic carrier carrying a metal having an antibacterial effect as described above or a metal powder having an antibacterial effect.

【0014】また、掃除機本体、吸い込み口部材、ホー
ス部材およびキャスター等の電気掃除機を形成する各部
材は、最近では硬質部分は、例えば、メラミン樹脂、ジ
アリルフタレート樹脂、フェノール樹脂、尿素樹脂、不
飽和ポリエステル樹脂、ポリウレタン樹脂等のような熱
硬化型樹脂で形成され、ホース部材等の軟質部分は、ポ
リエチレンーポリブタジエンーポリスチレンのようなブ
ロックコポリマーやポリエチレン系、ポリオレフィン
系、ポリエステル系およびポリブタジエン系のプラスチ
ックとエラストマーとのブレンドによる熱可塑性エラス
トマーによって、また、キャスター部分は、熱硬化型樹
脂またはゴム質によって形成されるが、本発明において
上記材料は、これに限られるものではない。
Further, in each member forming the electric vacuum cleaner such as the cleaner body, the suction port member, the hose member and the caster, recently, the hard portion is, for example, melamine resin, diallyl phthalate resin, phenol resin, urea resin, It is made of thermosetting resin such as unsaturated polyester resin, polyurethane resin, etc., and the soft part such as hose member is made of block copolymer such as polyethylene-polybutadiene-polystyrene, polyethylene-based, polyolefin-based, polyester-based and polybutadiene-based. The thermoplastic elastomer is a blend of plastic and elastomer, and the caster portion is formed of a thermosetting resin or rubber, but the material in the present invention is not limited to this.

【0015】このような、電気掃除機を形成する部材に
抗菌材を塗布もしくは混入する方法は、Ag、Cu等の
抗菌作用を有する金属の粉末または金属の硝酸塩、ハロ
ゲン化物等の金属の塩類、銀キレートや銀ゾル等の無機
物や有機物との錯塩、化合物および混合物等を、SiO
2、CaO、Al23、ZrO2等のセラミックスの単体
または混合物粉末、ゼオライト等の鉱物質のセラミック
ス粉末中に含浸もしくは混合させ、このセラミックス粉
末もしくは前記金属の単体を上記樹脂またはエラストマ
ー中に0.1〜40重量部混入させるか、またはバイン
ダーと共に各部材の表面に塗布するという簡単な方法で
行うことができる。
Such a method of applying or mixing an antibacterial material to a member forming an electric vacuum cleaner is performed by using a metal powder such as Ag, Cu or the like having an antibacterial effect or a metal nitrate such as a metal salt such as a halide or a halide. Complex salts, compounds and mixtures with inorganic or organic substances such as silver chelates and silver sols can be converted into SiO.
2 , CaO, Al 2 O 3 , ZrO 2 etc. ceramics simple substance or a mixture powder, or a minerals ceramics powder such as zeolite is impregnated or mixed, and the ceramics powder or the metal simple substance is added to the resin or elastomer. It can be carried out by a simple method of mixing 0.1 to 40 parts by weight or coating with a binder on the surface of each member.

【0016】なお、菌類の捕捉性能を向上させるために
は、好ましくは上記セラミックス粉末の粒子を10ミク
ロン以下好ましくは1ミクロン以下の微粒子とし、その
比表面積を100〜800m2/gとすることが好まし
い。
In order to improve the ability to capture fungi, the particles of the ceramic powder are preferably fine particles of 10 microns or less, preferably 1 micron or less, and their specific surface area is 100 to 800 m 2 / g. preferable.

【0017】また、このような抗菌材を混入した樹脂ま
たはエラストマーは、射出成形等によって掃除機本体、
吸い込み口部材、キャスター部材およびホース部材等の
所定形状に簡単に成形することができる。
The resin or elastomer mixed with such an antibacterial material is used for the main body of the vacuum cleaner by injection molding or the like.
It can be easily formed into a predetermined shape such as a suction port member, a caster member, and a hose member.

【0018】なお、上記樹脂またはエラストマーに炭酸
カルシウムのような増量剤を混合するときは、増量剤に
抗菌性金属粉末を直接含浸または混合して上記樹脂また
はエラストマーに混合できる。
When the extender such as calcium carbonate is mixed with the resin or elastomer, the extender may be directly impregnated or mixed with the antibacterial metal powder to be mixed with the resin or elastomer.

【0019】[0019]

【実施例】図1は、本発明の電気掃除機の斜視図であ
り、ごみ収納袋とその後方に配置されたフィルター部材
と吸引用モータとを内蔵する掃除機本体1は、抗菌材
(Ag塩を、10ミクロンのSiO2とCaCO3の微粉
末に含浸させて樹脂に対し10重量部含有)含有熱硬化
性樹脂で成形されている。掃除機本体1の下部にキャス
ター2を有し、本体前部に連結する熱硬化型エラストマ
ーで形成された吸引用ホース4の先端に吹い込み口部3
を設けている。吸い込み口部3、吸引用ホース4の内外
面およびキャスター2にも抗菌材を含浸または塗布して
おく。前記フィルター部材は粒径1ミクロンの塵埃を9
9.9999…%補集しうるような中性能フィルターと
する。また、前記吸引用モータは、前記フィルターの空
気抵抗を考慮した能力を有するモータを使用する。
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an electric vacuum cleaner according to the present invention. A vacuum cleaner body 1 containing a dust storage bag, a filter member arranged behind it, and a suction motor is made of an antibacterial material (Ag). The salt is impregnated with a fine powder of 10 micron of SiO 2 and CaCO 3 and contained 10 parts by weight with respect to the resin). The vacuum cleaner main body 1 has a caster 2 at a lower portion thereof, and a blowing port 3 is provided at a tip of a suction hose 4 formed of a thermosetting elastomer that is connected to a front portion of the main body.
Is provided. The suction port portion 3, the inner and outer surfaces of the suction hose 4 and the casters 2 are also impregnated or coated with the antibacterial material. The filter member collects dust with a particle size of 1 micron
9.9999 ...% It is a medium performance filter that can be collected. Further, as the suction motor, a motor having an ability considering the air resistance of the filter is used.

【0020】なお、抗菌性を確認するために、この電気
掃除機本体と同様の熱硬化性樹脂を用いて、樹脂シート
を成形した。この樹脂シートは、Ag塩を含浸させた炭
酸カルシウムを10wt%とNー(フルオロジクロロメ
チルチオ)フタルイミド0.3重量部を混合した後、射
出成形により所定の形状に成形した。次に、試験片(5
0mm X 50mm)を切り出し、JISZ2911
(かび抵抗性試験方法)に準ずる方法で試験を行った。
この結果、かび菌(アスプレジルス ニージャー)を含
む寒天培地に試験片をおいて、28日経過後も菌および
かびの発育は見られなかった。
In order to confirm the antibacterial property, a resin sheet was molded using the same thermosetting resin as that of the main body of the electric vacuum cleaner. This resin sheet was molded into a predetermined shape by injection molding after mixing 10 wt% of calcium carbonate impregnated with Ag salt and 0.3 part by weight of N- (fluorodichloromethylthio) phthalimide. Next, the test piece (5
0 mm x 50 mm) is cut out, and JISZ2911
The test was conducted according to the method of (mold resistance test method).
As a result, the test piece was placed on an agar medium containing mold fungus (aspresil's niger) and no growth of the fungus or mold was observed after 28 days.

【0021】[0021]

【発明の効果】以上のような構成になる本発明の電気掃
除機は、掃除機全体が抗菌性を有するので、掃除機本体
内外部、ホース部材および吸い込み口部材での菌類の発
生を抑制できる。
Since the electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure has the antibacterial property as a whole, it is possible to suppress the generation of fungi on the inside and outside of the cleaner main body, the hose member and the suction port member. .

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明の電気掃除機の説明図FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of an electric vacuum cleaner of the present invention.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1 掃除機本体 2 キャスター 3 吸い込み口部 4 吸引用ホース 1 Vacuum cleaner body 2 Caster 3 Suction port 4 Suction hose

Claims (5)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 ごみ収納部とその後方に配置されたフィ
ルターとごみ吸い込み用モータを内蔵する掃除機本体と
該本体を連結するホース部材と該ホース部材先端に取り
付けられたごみ吸い込み口部材と前記本体に取り付けら
れたキャスター部材とを有する電気掃除機において、 上記掃除機本体、吸い込み口部材およびホース部材の内
外面、およびキャスター部材に抗菌材を有することを特
徴とする電気掃除機。
1. A cleaner main body containing a dust storage unit, a filter arranged behind the dust storage unit, a dust suction motor, a hose member connecting the main body, a dust suction port member attached to the tip of the hose member, and An electric vacuum cleaner having a caster member attached to a main body, wherein the vacuum cleaner main body, inner and outer surfaces of the suction port member and the hose member, and the caster member have an antibacterial material.
【請求項2】 上記掃除機本体、吸い込み口部材および
ホース部材の少なくとも内面に抗菌材が塗布されている
ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電気掃除機。
2. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein an antibacterial material is applied to at least inner surfaces of the cleaner body, the suction port member, and the hose member.
【請求項3】 ごみ収納部とごみ吸い込み用モータを内
蔵する掃除機本体と該本体を連結するホース部材と該ホ
ース部材先端に取り付けられたごみ吸い込み部材と前記
本体に取り付けられたキャスターとを有する電気掃除機
において、 上記掃除機本体、吸い込み口部材およびホース部材を形
成する各部材中に抗菌材が混入されていることを特徴と
する電気掃除機。
3. A vacuum cleaner main body having a dust storage unit and a dust suction motor built-in, a hose member connecting the main body, a dust suction member attached to a tip of the hose member, and a caster attached to the main body. In the electric vacuum cleaner, an antibacterial material is mixed in each member forming the cleaner main body, the suction port member and the hose member.
【請求項4】 上記抗菌材は、抗菌作用を有する金属を
担持させたセラミックス担体であることを特徴とする請
求項1乃至3記載の電気掃除機。
4. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the antibacterial material is a ceramics carrier carrying a metal having an antibacterial effect.
【請求項5】 上記抗菌材は、抗菌作用を有する金属粉
末であることを特徴とする請求項1乃至3記載の電気掃
除機。
5. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the antibacterial material is a metal powder having an antibacterial effect.
JP29388093A 1993-11-01 1993-11-01 Vacuum cleaner Pending JPH07124079A (en)

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