Cleaning appliance

Abstract

The present application relates to a cleaning appliance including: a hollow cylindrical housing; a housing wall dividing an internal space of the housing into a first space and a second space; a wall through-hole defined to pass through the housing wall; an intake port communicating the first space with an exterior of the housing; an exhaust including a cover through-hole and an exhaust hole defined to pass through a top face of the housing; a fan fixed to the wall or the second space and positioned in the wall through-hole, wherein the fan flows air in the first space to the exhaust hole; a separator disposed in the first space to form a flow path for guiding air flowed into the intake port to the fan, wherein the separator separates a foreign matter from the air using a centrifugal force; and a display including: a display panel exposed to the exterior of the housing through the cover through-hole; a display housing fixing the display panel thereto; and a housing fastening portion for fixing the display housing to the wall or an inner circumferential face of the housing.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cleaning appliance comprising:
 a hollow housing;   a housing wall provided in the housing to divide an internal space of the housing into a first space and a second space;   a wall through-hole provided in the housing wall;   an intake port, the first space communicating with an exterior of the housing via the intake port;   an exhaust provided in a housing through-hole provided in the housing such that the second space communicates with the exterior of the housing through the housing through-hole, the exhaust including:
 a housing cover configured to be received in the housing through-hole; 
 a cover through-hole provided in the housing cover; and 
 an exhaust hole provided the housing cover, the second space communicating with the exterior of the housing through the exhaust hole; 
   a fan including:
 a casing configured to be coupled to at least one the housing wall or a surface facing the second space such that the casing is positioned in the wall through-hole; 
 a casing intake hole provided in the casing, the first space communicating with an interior of the casing through casing intake hole; 
 a casing exhaust hole provided in the casing; and 
 an impeller to generate an air flow into the interior of the casing via the casing intake hole and out of the interior of the casing via the casing exhaust hole; 
   a separator provided in the first space to form a flow path for air from the intake port to the casing intake hole, wherein the separator separates matter from the air flow using centrifugal force; and   a display including:
 a display panel; 
 a display housing coupled to the display panel; and 
 at least one housing fastening extension that is configured to couple the display housing to at least one of the housing wall or an inner circumferential surface of the housing such the display panel is positioned to be exposed to the exterior of the housing through the cover through-hole. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cover through-hole is defined at a center of the housing cover. 
     
     
         3 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the cover through-hole is defined in a space between a center of the housing cover and an edge of the housing cover and has a ring or an arc shape. 
     
     
         4 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a filter including:
 a filter body positioned below the housing cover to filter air flowing to the exhaust hole; and 
 a filter body through-hole provided in the filter body and positioned to correspond to the cover through-hole. 
   
     
     
         5 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 4 , wherein the display housing includes:
 a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through-hole and the cover through-hole such that the support body is positioned above the casing exhaust hole, and coupled to the second space by the housing fastening extension;   a support body communicating hole provided in a bottom face of the support body such that at least a portion of the air discharged from the casing exhaust hole flows into the support body through the support body communicating hole; and   a filter communicating hole provided in the support body to guide air flowing into the support body communicating hole toward the filter body.   
     
     
         6 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the display housing further includes:
 a panel mounting region defined in a face of the support body facing the cover through-hole of and configured to provide a space in which the display panel is mounted.   
     
     
         7 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 6 , wherein the panel mounting region includes at least one of a groove defined by concavely bending the face of the support body, or a through-hole in the support body that is connected to the support body communicating hole. 
     
     
         8 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 6 , further comprising:
 a display cover that is coupled to the support body, positioned above the display panel, and made of a transparent material.   
     
     
         9 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 5 , wherein the housing fastening extension detachably fixes the support body to the housing wall. 
     
     
         10 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a casing cover provided in the second space to be positioned between the display panel and the casing exhaust hole, and to form a rear face of the casing; and   a filter first communicating hole provided in the casing cover to discharge air from the casing exhaust hole to an exterior of the casing cover.   
     
     
         11 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the display housing includes:
 a support body that is coupled to the display panel and is configured to be inserted into the filter body through-hole and the cover through-hole such that the support body is positioned above the casing cover, and is coupled to the second space by the housing fastening extension; and   a filter second communicating hole provided in the display housing and positioned to guide air discharged from the filter first communicating hole to the filter body.   
     
     
         12 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 11 , wherein the casing cover is fixed to the housing wall, and
 wherein the support body is fixed to the inner circumferential face of the housing.   
     
     
         13 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a mounting body provided in the wall through-hole and having a mounting space defined therein;   a mounting body through-hole defined in the mounting body and positioned to be in communication with the casing intake hole;   a communication hole provided in the mounting body and positioned to allow air to flow between the separator and the mounting space; and   a another filter provided in the mounting space to filter air flowing from the communication hole to the casing intake hole.   
     
     
         14 . A cleaning appliance comprising:
 a cylindrical housing having a first end and a second end;   a wall provided in the housing to divide an internal space of the housing into a first space provided between the wall and the first end, and a second space provided between the wall and the second end, the wall including a wall through-hole;   an intake port, air being introduced into the first space via the intake port;   a housing cover configured to be received at the second end of the housing, the housing cover including a cover through-hole and an exhaust hole through which air from the second space flows out of the housing;   one or more cyclones provided in the first space to receive and filter air from the intake port and to output filtered air;   a fan including:
 a casing positioned in the wall through-hole; 
 a casing intake hole provided in the casing, filtered air from the one or more cyclones being received in an interior of the casing through casing intake hole; 
 a casing exhaust hole provided in the casing; and 
 an impeller provided in the casing to generate air flow from the casing intake hole to the casing exhaust hole; and 
   a display including:
 a display panel; and 
 a display housing coupled to the display panel and configured to position the display panel to be visible through the cover through-hole. 
   
     
     
         15 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 14 , wherein containments filtered by the one or more cyclones are received in a storage space that is opened and closed by a cover provided at the first end of the housing. 
     
     
         16 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 14 , wherein the cover through-hole is defined at a center of the housing cover or is defined in a space between a center of the housing cover and an edge of the housing cover to have a ring or an arc shape. 
     
     
         17 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a filter including:
 a filter body positioned below the housing cover to filter air flowing to the exhaust hole; and 
 a filter body through-hole provided in the filter body and positioned to correspond to the cover through-hole. 
   
     
     
         18 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 17 , wherein the display housing includes:
 a support body coupled to the display panel and configured to be inserted into the filter body through-hole and the cover through-hole such that the support body is positioned above the casing exhaust hole;   a support body communicating hole provided in a bottom face of the support body such that at least a portion of the air discharged from the casing exhaust hole flows into the support body through the support body communicating hole; and   a filter communicating hole provided in the support body to guide air flowing into the support body communicating hole toward the filter body.   
     
     
         19 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 18 , wherein the display housing further includes:
 a panel mounting region defined in a face of the support body facing the cover through-hole of and configured to provide a space in which the display panel is mounted.   
     
     
         20 . The cleaning appliance of  claim 19 , wherein the panel mounting region includes at least one of a groove defined on the face of the support body, or a through-hole in the support body that is connected to the support body communicating hole.