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Cyclone dust collector for preventing backflow

Assignee: Bissell Homecare Inc
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Filing: 2002-02-20
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Granted: 2003-09-09
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Expires: 2022-02-20
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Abstract

Abstract A cyclone dust collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner has: a cylindrical-type cyclone body for centrifugally separating dust entrained in air drawn into the cyclone body from the outside through a suction pipe and for discharging clean air through a discharge pipe, a dust collector disposed at a lower part of the cyclone body in order to collect dust centrifugally separated from the air and a plurality of dust backflow and rotation prevention members protruding from the bottom of the dust collector for a predetermined length in order to prevent the dust collected at the bottom of the dust collector from being circulated in the cyclone body. According to the cyclone dust collecting apparatus of the vacuum cleaner having the above construction, circulation of the dust collected at the bottom of the dust collector is prevented, and the dust is not discharged through the discharge pipe, thus the dust collection efficiency of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus is improved.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jang-Keun Oh

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 20:31
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47L; A47L9/00; A47L9/10; A47L9/16; A47L9/1683; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S55/00; Y10S55/03

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 112 words
A cyclone dust collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cylindric-type cyclone body for centrifugally separating an air drawn into from an outside through a suction pipe and discharging a clean air through an discharge pipe; a dust collector disposed at a lower part of the cyclone body in order to collect a dust centrifugally separated from the air; and a plurality of dust backflow and rotation prevention members to prevent the dust collected at the bottom of the dust collector from being flown, the dust backflow and rotation prevention members protruding from the bottom of the dust collector for a predetermined length and formed in the shape of a pillar.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 112 words
A cyclone dust collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cylindric-type cyclone body for centrifugally separating an air drawn into from an outside through a suction pipe and discharging a clean air through an discharge pipe; a dust collector disposed at a lower part of the cyclone body in order to collect a dust centrifugally separated from the air; and a plurality of dust backflow and rotation prevention members to prevent the dust collected at the bottom of the dust collector from being flown, the dust backflow and rotation prevention members protruding from the bottom of the dust collector for a predetermined length and formed in the shape of a pillar.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The cyclone dust collecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dust backflow and rotation prevention members are formed to have a non-circular sectional area.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 38 words
The cyclone dust collecting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dust backflow and rotation prevention members are disposed radially at the bottom of the dust collector to have a predetermined distance from a center of the bottom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 31 words
The cyclone dust collecting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the dust backflow and rotation prevention members are disposed to have the same angle with a predetermined degree to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 40 words
The cyclone dust collecting apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the dust backflow and rotation prevention members are protruded from the bottom of the dust collector with a ratio of ¼ to ½ to a height of the dust collector.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US6461508B1 Cited
GB2364940A Cited

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