Bagless dustcup
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1. A bagless vacuum cleaner system used for separation of a mixture of dirt and air drawn into a vacuum cleaner apparatus, said bagless vacuum cleaner system comprising:
- a dustcup assembly removably secured to a housing portion of said vacuum cleaner apparatus;
a handle assembly connected to a base portion of an upstanding handle also secured to said housing portion of said vacuum cleaner; and
a motor intake adaptor connected to said dustcup assembly and to an air intake of a suction motor of said vacuum cleaner apparatus.
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A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a dustcup assembly, a handle assembly and a motor intake adaptor.
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1. A bagless vacuum cleaner system used for separation of a mixture of dirt and air drawn into a vacuum cleaner apparatus, said bagless vacuum cleaner system comprising:
- a dustcup assembly removably secured to a housing portion of said vacuum cleaner apparatus;
a handle assembly connected to a base portion of an upstanding handle also secured to said housing portion of said vacuum cleaner; and
a motor intake adaptor connected to said dustcup assembly and to an air intake of a suction motor of said vacuum cleaner apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38)
- a dustcup assembly removably secured to a housing portion of said vacuum cleaner apparatus;
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35. A method for separating a mixture of dirt and air inducted into a vacuum cleaner apparatus by a suction motor, said method comprising the steps of:
- directing said mixture of dirt and air to a bagless dustcup assembly comprising a handle assembly secured to an upstanding handle of said vacuum cleaner apparatus, a dustcup connected to said handle assembly and to a body portion of said vacuum cleaner apparatus, and a motor intake adaptor connected to said dustcup and to said suction motor;
drawing said mixture of dirt and air through a chimney extension included in a top-hinged support included in said handle assembly;
further drawing said mixture of dirt and air from said chimney extension through an inlet passageway provided in a plenum chamber member of a filter/cyclone assembly included in said dustcup;
drawing said mixture of dirt and air from said inlet passageway of said plenum chamber through a volute passageway defined by a volute structure having a first opening provided in a cyclone module included in said filter/cyclone assembly and a second opening included in said volute passageway, said second opening being in fluid communication with a dustcup chamber;
directing said mixture of dirt and air from said second opening of said volute passageway tangentially against an inner wall of a circular upper region of said dustcup chamber;
allowing said mixture of dirt and air to flow around inner wall of said circular upper region to a downward-ramped, spiral portion of said volute structure;
allowing said mixture of dirt and air to contact and flow along said downward-ramped, spiral portion of said volute structure and to thereby be caused to spirally flow downward to a closed bottom portion of said dustcup chamber;
allowing said mixture of dirt and air to contact said closed bottom portion of said dust cup chamber and thereby cause a portion of the dirt contained said mixture of dirt and air to become separated from said mixture by contact with said closed bottom portion;
inducing an upward flow of said mixture of dirt and air in a central region of said dustcup chamber toward a filter assembly connected to said cyclone module;
passing said mixture of dirt and air through said filter assembly and thereby producing a stream of substantially clean air;
passing said stream of substantially clean air through a plenum chamber defined by said cyclone module and by said plenum chamber member included in said filter/cyclone assembly;
directing said stream of substantially clean air from said plenum chamber to a dustcup passageway provided in said dustcup;
passing said stream of substantially clean air through said dustcup passageway and to a walled structure included in said motor intake adaptor; and
passing said stream of substantially clean air through a passageway defined by said walled structure and into an intake of said suction motor.
- directing said mixture of dirt and air to a bagless dustcup assembly comprising a handle assembly secured to an upstanding handle of said vacuum cleaner apparatus, a dustcup connected to said handle assembly and to a body portion of said vacuum cleaner apparatus, and a motor intake adaptor connected to said dustcup and to said suction motor;
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