STEPPING-FREE ELECTRIC DEHYDRATION BARREL
A stepping-free electric dehydration barrel includes a barrel unit, a dehydration unit, a motor, a control unit, a rechargeable battery and a recharging connection port. The dehydration unit includes a dehydration basket and a spindle which supports the dehydration basket. The spindle is installed on an elastic lifting unit below which is a starting switch being electrically connected to the control unit. After a user has put a mop into the dehydration basket, he or she only needs to exert a little force to descend the dehydration basket to turn on the starting switch, and then the control unit can drive the motor spinning in a predefined time, thereby achieving an object of easily and rapidly dehydrating.
a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dehydration device, and more particularly to a stepping-free electric dehydration barrel which can be operated without using a foot-stepping method.
b) Description of the Prior Art
An existing dehydration barrel, a dehydration basket of which is driven by a motor, still requires a user to step on a switch paddle to activate the dehydration basket for spinning, wherein as the user needs to step by one foot when using the dehydration barrel, a configuration of standing by one foot will be formed such that the dehydration barrel will be rather inconvenient in usage. In addition, the provision of the paddle will easily arouse curiosity of children to play with.
Accordingly, studies have been undergone by the present inventor for the dehydration barrel with the motor, thereby creating a stepping-free electric dehydration barrel which is completely different from the ordinary dehydration barrel.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe primary object of the present invention is to provide a stepping-free electric dehydration barrel which includes at least a barrel unit, a dehydration unit provided in the barrel unit to dehydrate a mop, a motor to drive the dehydration unit spinning, a control unit to activate and deactivate the motor, a rechargeable battery to supply electricity to the control unit and a recharging connection port being electrically connected to the control unit, wherein the dehydration unit includes a dehydration basket and a spindle to support the dehydration basket, with the spindle being installed on an elastic lifting unit and an interior of the barrel unit being provided with a starting switch which is located at a periphery of the elastic lifting unit and is electrically connected to the control unit to activate the motor to operate when the elastic lifting unit is descended.
A user only needs to put a mop into the dehydration basket and then exert a downward force to the dehydration basket through the mop that the elastic lifting unit can be descended to turn on the starting switch, so as to drive the dehydration basket spinning in a high speed to fling off water, thereby achieving an object of easily and rapidly dehydrating.
To prevent the dehydration basket from being touched accidentally by a mistake to spin in a high speed, the present invention is further provided with a safety switch which is electrically connected with the control unit, such that under a condition that the safety switch is not activated, even when the elastic lifting unit is descended to trigger the starting switch, the control unit will still not activate the motor, thereby preventing the dehydration basket from being touched by a mistake to spin in a high speed.
In comparison with the prior art, the present invention is at least provided with following advantages that:
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- 1. A condition of forcing the user to stand by one foot can be avoided;
- 2. The provision of the safety switch can prevent the dehydration basket from being touched by a mistake to spin in a high speed; and
- 3. A lead wire assembly having a connector can facilitate replacing the rechargeable battery.
To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.
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The dehydration unit 20 is provided in the barrel unit 10 and includes a dehydration basket 21 and a spindle 22 which supports the dehydration basket 21. The spindle 22 is installed on an elastic lifting unit 23 which includes a lifting table 231 for installation of a bottom end of the spindle 22, plural guiding pillars 232 provided on the barrel unit 10 for transfixing the lifting table 231 and at least one elastic element 233 provided between the lifting table 231 and the barrel unit 10. The said elastic element 233 can be a spring or other equivalent element sheathed on the guiding pillar 232 and a lower side of the elastic lifting unit 23 is provided with a starting switch 70 which is electrically connected to the control unit 40 to activate the motor 30 when being triggered. The starting switch 70 disclosed by the present embodiment is a push button and is provided below the lifting table 231.
Through transmission of plural gears 31, the motor 30 is used to drive the dehydration unit 20 spinning and an on/off state of the motor 30 is controlled by the control unit 40. The rechargeable battery 50 is connected with the control unit 40 through a lead wire assembly 52 having a connector 51, whereas the recharging connection port 60 is electrically connected to the control unit 40 to access electricity and recharge the rechargeable battery 50.
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It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein is merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
Claims
1. A stepping-free electric dehydration barrel comprising at least a barrel unit, a dehydration unit which is provided in the barrel unit to dehydrate a mop, a motor which drives the dehydration unit spinning, a control unit which activates and deactivates the motor, a rechargeable battery which supplies electricity to the control unit and a recharging connection port which is electrically connected to the control unit, wherein the dehydration unit includes a dehydration basket and a spindle which supports the dehydration basket, with the spindle being installed on an elastic lifting unit and an interior of the barrel unit being provided with a starting switch which is located at a periphery of the elastic lifting unit and is electrically connected to the control unit to activate the motor when the elastic lifting unit is descended.
2. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 1, further comprising at least one safety switch which is electrically connected to the control unit.
3. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 2, wherein the safety switch is provided in the recharging connection port and a periphery of the recharging connection port is provided with a plug cap, with the safety switch being turned on when the plug cap is inserted into the recharging connection port.
4. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 2, wherein the spindle is made by a magnetic metal, a top end of the spindle is exposed in the dehydration basket, the safety switch is a magnetic induction switch and is provided at a periphery of a bottom end of the spindle and a bottom end of the mop is provided with a magnet which is attached to a top end of the spindle and enables the bottom end of the spindle to produce a magnetic attraction force, after the mop has been put into the dehydration basket.
5. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 2, wherein the safety switch is an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader which is embedded in the barrel unit and is close to the dehydration basket, whereas the bottom end of the mop is provided with an RFID tag which enters into an effective induction range of the safety switch, after the mop has been put into the dehydration basket.
6. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 1, wherein a lead wire assembly having a connector is provided between the rechargeable battery and the control unit.
7. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 1, wherein the dehydration unit includes a dehydration plate which is latched at a top of the dehydration basket.
8. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 1, wherein the starting switch is a push button which produces a push reaction when the elastic lifting unit is descended.
9. The stepping-free electric dehydration barrel according to claim 1, wherein the starting switch is an inductor which produces non-contact induction when the elastic lifting unit is descended.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 16, 2010
Publication Date: Aug 18, 2011
Inventor: Shu-Chen SHIH (Keelung City)
Application Number: 12/706,529
International Classification: D06F 58/04 (20060101); A47L 13/50 (20060101);