Suction brush storage unit of vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A suction brush storage unit of a vacuum cleaner has a pivotable hook which engages the suction brush with the cleaner body, and which does not suffer breakage by unexpected external impact due to resilient deformability of the pivotable hook within a predetermined angle of movement. The suction brush storage unit of a vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body having a suction brush engaging hole; a hook holder formed on the suction brush; a pivotable hook formed on the hook holder for engagement with the suction brush engaging hole, for securing the suction brush in place; and a resilient member for resiliently supporting the hook holder and the suction brush engaging hole and for inhibiting further rotational movement beyond the predetermined angle.

1 . A suction brush storage unit of a vacuum cleaner, comprising: 
 a cleaner body comprising a suction brush engaging hole;    a hook holder disposed on the suction brush;    a pivotable hook disposed on the hook holder for engagement with the suction brush engaging hole, for securing the suction brush in place; and    a resilient member for resiliently supporting and biasing the hook holder to a desired position for engagement with the suction brush engaging hole,    wherein the pivotable hook pivots on the hook holder when subjected to an external force, and returns to the initial desired position when the external force ceases by action of the resilient member.    
     
     
         2 . The suction brush storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein the hook holder comprises: 
 hook holder arms extended to cover both opposite sides of the pivotable hook respectively;    hinge projections respectively extended from the inner side of the hook holder arms towards the pivotable hook;    a rotation restricting member for restraining the rotational movement of the pivotable hook; and    a resilient member seating hole formed in the rotation restricting member to receive a first end of the resilient member.    
     
     
         3 . The suction brush storage unit of  claim 2 , wherein the pivotable hook comprises: 
 a body;    a hinge hole formed in the body corresponding with the hinge projections;    a resilient member supporting hole formed approximately in the center of the body for receiving a second end of the resilient member; and    a stopper projection extended from the upper side of the body such that, rotational movement of the pivotable hook is restricted from pivoting beyond a predetermined degree by contact of the pivotable hook with the stopper projection.    
     
     
         4 . The suction brush storage unit of  claim 1 , wherein the resilient member comprises a torsion spring.