Cyclone dust separating apparatus

• US 20060230726A1
• Filed: 03/22/2006
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Oh, Jang-Keun, Kim, Min-Ha, Lee, Hak-Bong, Han, Jung-Guyn
• Granted Patent: US 7,594,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 55/345
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1625 for series flow
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1641 for parallel flow
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1666 with filtering means
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 3/06 Construction of inlets or outlets to the vortex chamber
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/185 Dust collectors
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/28 for parallel flow
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 7/00 Apparatus not provided for in group B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00; Multiple arrangements not provided for in one of the groups B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00; Combinations of apparatus covered by two or more of the groups B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A cyclone dust separating apparatus for separating dust from external air drawn in thereto and discharging the separated dust, comprises at least one first cyclone body having a tubular shape and forming a first cyclone chamber where the external air is rotated; and at least one second cyclone body forming a second cyclone chamber where the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is rotated again to separate dust, wherein the external air is drawn in through a lower end of the first cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the first cyclone chamber, and the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is drawn in through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber.

Claims

1. A cyclone dust separating apparatus for separating dust from external air drawn in thereto and discharging clean air, comprising:

at least one first cyclone body having a tubular shape and forming a first cyclone chamber where the external air is rotated; and

at least one second cyclone body forming a second cyclone chamber where the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is rotated again to separate dust,

wherein the external air is drawn in through a lower end of the first cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the first cyclone chamber, and the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is drawn in through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber.

2. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one second cyclone body comprises a plurality of second cyclone bodies annularly arranged around the first cyclone chamber.

3. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a first inlet penetrating a lower end of the first cyclone body to draw the external air into the first cyclone chamber.

4. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a discharge pipe extended from the upper end of the first cyclone chamber toward the lower end of the first cyclone chamber to be partially inserted in the first cyclone chamber and having a first outlet for discharging the air cleaned by the first cyclone chamber;

a first dust discharge port formed at an upper part of an outer circumference thereof to discharge the dust separated by the first cyclone chamber; and

a first dust collection chamber collecting the dust discharged through the first dust discharge port,

wherein the first outlet is disposed lower than the first dust discharge port.

5. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:

a first connection path guiding the air discharged through the first outlet branchingly to a second inlet formed at the upper ends of each of the plurality of second cyclone chambers;

a second dust discharge port formed at the lower ends of each of the plurality of second cyclone chambers;

a second dust collection chamber collecting the dust discharged through the respective second dust discharge ports; and

a second connection path having a second outlet at an end thereof to guide the air being discharged from each of the plurality of second cyclone chambers.

6. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a third outlet connected to the other end of the second connection path to collectively discharge the air being discharged through the second outlet.

7. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a cyclone main body having a tubular shape enclosing the first cyclone body and the second cyclone body,

wherein the cyclone main body comprises a tubular inner wall surrounding the first cyclone body at a predetermined distance from the first cyclone body, and a tubular outer wall surrounding the inner wall at a predetermined distance from the inner wall,

the first dust collection chamber is disposed between the first cyclone chamber and the inner wall while the second dust collection chamber between the inner wall and the outer wall.

8. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of second cyclone chambers are each formed as an inverse cone having a diameter reducing from an upper end to a lower end, and are tilted so that part of a sidewall of each of the plurality of second cyclone bodies, facing the tubular outer wall of the cyclone main body, is disposed parallel with the tubular outer wall of the cyclone main body.

9. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 8, further comprising a cover member mounted at the upper end and having second cyclone mounting holes corresponding to the upper ends of the plurality second cyclone bodies for mounting of the plurality of second cyclone bodies in the cyclone main body.

10. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a bottom surface constituting a bottom of the first cyclone body; and

a first inlet penetratingly formed at the bottom surface to guide the external air drawn in to the first cyclone chamber.

11. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a ceiling having the first outlet that guides the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber and mounted at an upper part of the first cyclone body;

a guide member formed in the first cyclone chamber to cover an upper part of the first inlet and partially spirally formed so that the external air drawn in through the first inlet is rotated and guided upward to the first outlet;

a first dust discharge port formed at an upper part of an outer circumference of the first cyclone chamber disposed in the vicinity of the ceiling; and

a first dust collection chamber collecting the dust discharged through the first dust discharge port.

12. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 11, wherein the ceiling comprises a discharge pipe extended from the ceiling toward the bottom surface of the first cyclone chamber and having the first outlet at the lower end thereof, and the first outlet is disposed lower than the first dust discharge port.

13. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 12, wherein the discharge pipe has a skirtlike form expanding away from the first cyclone chamber so that a rotational radius of the air ascending and rotating in the first cyclone chamber increases toward the upper end of the first cyclone chamber.

14. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 12, wherein the bottom surface has a suction duct protruded downward in a corresponding form to the first inlet, and the suction duct is inserted in a mounting opening which is formed at a bottom of a dust collecting chamber of a vacuum cleaner in a corresponding form to the suction duct to removably mount the first cyclone body.

15. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a grill member removably mounted to the first outlet.

16. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a first connection path guiding the air discharged through the first outlet branchingly to second inlets formed at the upper ends of each of the plurality of second cyclone chambers;

a second dust discharge port formed at the lower ends of each of the plurality of second cyclone chambers;

a second dust collection chamber collecting the dust discharged through the respective second dust discharge ports; and

a second connection path having a second outlet at an end thereof to guide the air being discharged from the plurality second cyclone chambers.

17. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

a cyclone main body enclosing the first and the second cyclone bodies and having the first cyclone chamber and the plurality of second cyclone chambers, which have the opened upper ends, respectively;

an intermediate cover comprising a first connection path of which an inlet is connected to the first outlet and an outlet connected to the second inlet and a second connection path formed as a pipe, and covering the opened upper end of the cyclone main body; and

an upper cover having the third outlet collectively discharging the air discharged from the second outlet to the outside and covering an upper part of the intermediate cover.

18. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 17, wherein the cyclone main body comprises a tubular inner wall surrounding the first cyclone body at a predetermined distance from the first cyclone body, and a tubular outer wall surrounding the inner wall at a predetermined distance from the inner wall and connected to the intermediate cover by the upper end thereof,

the first dust collection chamber is disposed between the first cyclone chamber and the inner wall while the second dust collection chamber is disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall.

19. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 18, wherein the plurality of second cyclone chambers are each formed as an inverse cone having a diameter reducing from an upper end to a lower end, and are tilted so that part of a sidewall of each of the plurality of second cyclone bodies, facing an outer wall of the cyclone main body, is disposed parallel with the outer wall of the cyclone main body.

20. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 18, wherein an interval between the inner wall and the outer wall is substantially equal to a diameter of the second dust discharge port.

21. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 18, wherein the cyclone main body further comprises a lower cover removably mounted to a lower end of the outer wall to cover the opened lower ends of the first cyclone chamber, the inner wall, and the outer wall.

22. The cyclone dust separating apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a filter member is removably mounted between the upper cover and the intermediate cover to further filter the air moving to the third outlet.