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EP0885585A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Domestic vacuum cleaner with axial cyclone

Assignee: Candy SpA
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Filing: 1997-06-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-06-20
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Abstract

Abstract Domestic vacuum cleaner with multiple cyclones arranged in cascade, in which a first tangential cyclone (1) supplied with a flow of dust-laden air captures the coarser particles in a first container (3) arranged below said first cyclone and discharges the air flow, partially purified, into a first internal duct (6, 24) coaxial with the first cyclone and housing an axial swirling device (7) which concentrates the residual particles in a peripheral fraction of the flow, which is conveyed by a capturing ring (11, 32) into a second tangential cyclone (17, 34), while the residual fraction of flow passes through the ring and is conveyed by a second duct (19, 20), axially aligned with the first duct, to a suction unit (15). The captured fraction of flow conveyed into the second cyclone deposits the residual particles in a second container (18, 23) arranged below the second cyclone and thus purified is sucked into the second duct by the fraction of flow passing through the ring, which acts as an extractor nozzle.

Inventors

  • 👤 Silvano Fumagalli

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 18:51
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L9/00; A47L9/10; A47L9/16; A47L9/1608; A47L9/1616; A47L9/1625; A47L9/1633; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/03

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 267 words
Vacuum cleaner with multiple cyclones arranged in cascade, for domestic use, comprising a first tangential cyclone (1) with an outlet at the top of said cyclone and a first container (3) for collecting particles, arranged below said first cyclone, characterized in that it comprises: a first internal duct (6, 24) coaxial with said first tangential cyclone (1) having its top communicating with the outlet of said first cyclone and bottom end connected via a diffuser (5, 25) to said first container (3), a swirling device or axial cyclone (7) housed in said duct (6, 24), a capturing or centrifuging ring (11, 32) housed in said duct, downstream of said swirling device (7), relative to an air flow entering said duct from said top, so as to capture a peripheral fraction of the air flow and allow the remaining fraction to flow down through said ring, said capturing ring (11, 32) forming together with said diffuser (5, 25) an interspace for the passage of said peripheral flow fraction, a second tangential cyclone (17, 21) communicating with said interspace so as to receive said peripheral fraction of flow, said second cyclone extending at the bottom into a second container (18, 23) for collecting particles, and a second duct (19, 20), axially aligned with said first duct (6, 24) and extending inside said second container, in communication with said capturing ring (11) and said second cyclone so as to receive said remaining fraction of flow through said ring (11) and said peripheral flow fraction from said second cyclone (17, 21) and convey both said fractions down towards suction means (15).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 35 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1, in which said capturing ring (11, 32) is provided with helical ribs (14) so as to introduce said peripheral fraction of flow tangentially into said second cyclone (17, 21).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 42 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1 or 2, in which said capturing ring forms an extractor nozzle for introducing said remaining fraction of flow into said second duct and sucking said peripheral fraction of flow out of said second cyclone (17, 21).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 67 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, in which said capturing ring (32) is mounted axially slidably in said first duct and provided with support means for a cap (35) sealing a particle-collecting capsule (34) housed in said second container (23), said vacuum cleaner comprising operating means (29, 30, 31) for axially moving said capturing ring (32) and thus closing said capsule with said cap.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, in which said second container (39) is formed inside said first container (3) by an annular element (38) integral with said diffuser (25) and extractable from said first container.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 35 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, in which said second container (39) is formed inside said first container (3) by an annular element (38) integral with the base of said first container.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 40 words
Vacuum cleaner according to Claim 1, 2 or 3, in which said second container (18) is removably connected to said first container (3) and said second duct (19) is integral with said second container and connected to a base thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 44 words
Dust-containing capsule, for a vacuum cleaner according to Claim 4 or 5, characterized in that it comprises a container (34) generally in the form of a conical toroid provided with two lips for connection with an annular cap (35) for hermetically sealing said container.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 50 words
Dust-containing bag, for a vacuum cleaner according to Claim 5, characterized in that it comprises an axial tube extending inside said bag and open at its ends so as to be fitted onto said second duct (20), without closing it, when said bag is housed inside said first container (3).

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