Cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat

Abstract

Provided is a cleaning device which can remove moisture utilizing exhaust heat, the cleaning device of the present invention includes a guide flow passage provided therein for outlet high-temperatured exhaust heat generated at the time of operating a motor to an object to be cleaned to remove moisture remaining in the object (for example, bedclothes, floor carpets, and the like) to be cleaned through recirculated exhaust heat, whereby the cleaning device cleans up a habitat for harmful materials such as germs and all sorts of harmful insects (for example, dust mites) in the object to be cleaned and can always keep the object to be cleaned clean and sanitary so that a satisfaction in terms of the cleaning device is raised.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat, comprising;
 a main body in which a driving unit is provided;   an exhaust heat distributing unit provided at a rear portion of the driving unit in the main body for distributing exhaust heat generated during an operation of the driving unit;   an exhaust heat outlet port formed on a lower surface of the main body for outlet exhaust heat distributed from the exhaust heat distributing unit to allow moisture of an object to be clean to be removed; and   a guide flow passage connecting the exhaust heat distributing unit to the exhaust heat outlet port for guiding a flow of exhaust heat.   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 1 , wherein the exhaust heat distributing unit has a first valve coupled thereto, the first valve being opened/closed for selectively outlet exhaust heat generated during an operation of the driving unit to the guide flow passage or an outside of the main body. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 2 , wherein the first valve is a manual valve which has a knob and is manually opened/closed by an user's manipulation or a solenoid valve which is opened/closed by means of a control unit when an on/off switching operation of an operation switch included in an input unit is carried out. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 3 , wherein the guide flow passage comprises a heater unit provided at a side thereof adjacent to the exhaust heat outlet port for heating exhaust heat discharged from the guide flow passage to the exhaust heat outlet port so that a temperature of exhaust heat is increased to remove moisture in the object to be cleaned at a certain temperature. 
     
     
         5 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 4 , wherein the guide flow passage comprises a temperature sensor provided at a side thereof adjacent to the exhaust heat outlet port for detecting a heating temperature of the heater unit, and the heater unit is turned on/off by the control unit when the information on the heating temperature detected by the temperature sensor is output to the control unit. 
     
     
         6 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 4 , wherein the heater unit is turned on/off by the control unit when an on/off switching operation of the operation switch included in the input unit is carried out. 
     
     
         7 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 1 , further comprising a filter unit provided between the driving unit and the exhaust heat distributing unit for filtering fine dust in exhaust heat which is guided to the exhaust heat distributing unit. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 1 , wherein the exhaust heat outlet port comprises a first outlet port formed at a front portion of the lower surface of the main body and a second outlet port formed at an intermediate portion or a rear portion of the lower surface of the main body. 
     
     
         9 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 8 , wherein the guide flow passage comprises a first flow passage branched from the exhaust heat distributing unit and connected to the first outlet port and a second flow passage branched from the exhaust heat distributing unit and connected to the second outlet port, and the heater unit is coupled to portions of the first and second flow passages, which are adjacent to the first and second outlet ports. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 5 , wherein the main body comprises an ultraviolet lamp coupled thereto and irradiating ultraviolet rays to a surface of the object to be cleaned according to a control signal of the control unit for sterilizing the object to be cleaned when the driving unit is operated. 
     
     
         11 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 10 , wherein the main body comprises a harmful material detecting unit for detecting germs and harmful insects on the objected to be cleaned and output the detected signal to the control unit. 
     
     
         12 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 11 , wherein the harmful material detecting unit is provided on the lower surface of the main body or in a suction path of the main body. 
     
     
         13 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 12 , wherein the harmful material detecting unit has a motion detection function or a heat detection function. 
     
     
         14 . The cleaning device capable of removing moisture utilizing exhaust heat according to  claim 11 , wherein the main body comprises a brush for sweeping a surface of the object to be cleaned; a striker for striking a surface of the object to be cleaned; and a control unit for controlling operations of the brush, the striker, and the driving unit according to the input information of the input unit, and
 the control unit comprises a control program stored therein for adjusting an operating time or an operating magnitude of each of the brush, the striker, the driving unit, and the ultraviolet lamp in proportion to the detected information of the harmful material detecting unit and for adjusting an operating time or a heating magnitude of the heater unit according to the detected information of the temperature sensor.