Multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus

• US 20060254226A1
• Filed: 04/21/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jeon, Kyong-hui
• Application Number:
  US11/408,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20060254226A1
• 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 9/165 Construction of inlets
• 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 2009/002 with external filters
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/02 Construction of inlets by which the vortex flow is generated , e.g. tangential admission, the fluid flow being forced to follow a downward path by spirally wound bulkheads, or with slightly downwardly-directed tangential admissionfluid dynamics in general F15D
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/185 Dust collectors
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/24 Multiple arrangement thereof combination types according to other /00 groups, B04C7/00

Abstract

A multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus including a dust-collecting housing; a first cyclone; a plurality of secondary cyclones; and a cover unit is provided. The dust-collecting housing has a suction pipe, which draws in ambient air. The first cyclone is disposed in the dust-collecting housing and has a first inlet port formed on a lower portion thereof to fluidly communicate with the suction pipe. The first inlet port and an air outlet port of the first cyclone have the same axis. The plurality of secondary cyclones are arranged outside the first cyclone at a predetermined interval and disposed in the dust-collecting housing. The cover unit guides the air discharged from the first cyclone to the respective secondary cyclones, filters again the air separated out from the dirt particles in the secondary cyclones, and discharges cleaned air outwardly.

Claims

1. A multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus, comprising:

a dust-collecting housing that has a suction pipe formed on a bottom thereof and protruding to a predetermined length to allow an ambient air to be drawn in through the suction pipe, the dust-collecting housing for collecting dirt particles separated out from the drawn-in air;

a first cyclone that is disposed in the dust-collecting housing and has a first inlet port formed on a lower portion thereof to fluidly communicate with the suction pipe, the first cyclone for guiding the air drawn in through the first inlet port and then centrifugally separating out the dirt particles;

a plurality of secondary cyclones that are arranged outside the first cyclone at a predetermined interval and disposed in the dust-collecting housing, the plurality of secondary cyclones for centrifugally separating out fine dirt particles from the air discharged from the first cyclone; and

a cover unit that is disposed above the dust-collecting housing, the cover unit for guiding the air discharged from the first cyclone to the plurality of secondary cyclones, filtering again the air separated out from the dirt particles in the secondary cyclones, and discharging cleaned air outwardly.

2. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cyclone comprises:

a first chamber outer wall to form a first cyclone chamber in which dirt particles are centrifugally separated from the drawn-in air;

a connection pipe disposed in the first chamber outer wall and having the first inlet port formed at a lower end thereof, the connection pipe formed along a height direction of the first chamber outer wall to move the air drawn in through the first inlet port upwardly in a vertical direction;

an air guide member continuously formed to have a predetermined length and having a height gradually decreasing along an inner surface of the first chamber outer wall, the air guide member for guiding the air discharged through the connection pipe such that a whirling current is generated in the first cyclone chamber; and

an air outlet port to discharge the air separated out from the dirt particles in the first cyclone chamber outwardly.

3. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first inlet port and the air outlet port are co-axial to one another.

4. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first inlet port has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the air outlet port.

5. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first chamber outer wall of the first cyclone, the connection pipe, and the air guide member are integrally formed with one another.

6. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a separation guide member disposed above the connection pipe, the separation guide member for guiding the air discharged through the connection pipe toward the air guide member without mixing with an air discharged through the air outlet port.

7. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first cyclone further comprises a cyclone housing that extends from an outer circumference of the first chamber outer wall in a circumferential direction and has insertion holes to insert the plurality of secondary cyclones therethrough.

8. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the plurality of secondary cyclones each comprise:

a second chamber outer wall forming a second cyclone chamber to separate out fine dirt particles from the air discharged from the first cyclone; and

second inlet ports for allowing the air discharged from the first cyclone to flow into the second cyclone chambers, and

wherein the cover unit comprises;

an inlet/outlet cover that has air guide channels to guide the air discharged from the air outlet port of the first cyclone to the respective second inlet ports of the plurality of secondary cyclones, and air discharge guide channels, a part of which being inserted to the second cyclone chambers to discharge the air in the second cyclone chambers outwardly;

a cyclone cover for covering the inlet/outlet cover, and combining the air discharged from the plurality of air discharge guide channels and discharging the air outwardly; and

a filtering member disposed in an air moving passage between the inlet/outlet cover and the cyclone cover to filter the air discharged through the cyclone cover.

9. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cyclone cover comprises a cylindrical cyclone cover body having a predetermined height, at least one cover inlet through which the air discharged through the air discharge guide channels of the inlet/outlet cover is drawn in, and a cover outlet to discharge the drawn-in air outwardly, and

wherein the filter member is inserted in the cyclone cover body and disposed in an air moving passage between the cover inlet and the cover outlet.

10. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cyclone cover body has an upper end open and the cyclone cover further comprises a cover plate detachably connected with an upper end of the cyclone cover body.

11. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cover inlet is formed in a center of a bottom of the cyclone cover body and the cover outlet is formed in a sidewall of the cyclone cover body,

wherein the air flowing in through the cover inlet ascends, collides against the cover plate, descends, passes through the filter member, and then is discharged through the cover outlet.

12. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cyclone cover comprises a cyclone cover body, a plurality of cover inlets arranged around a circumference of the cyclone cover body to correspond to the air discharge guide channels of the inlet/outlet cover, and a cover outlet to discharge the drawn-in air outwardly, and

wherein the filter member does not cover the cover inlets to expose the air discharge guide channels to the outside through the cover inlets.

13. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the cyclone cover body has an upper end open, and the cyclone cover further comprises a cover plate that is detachably connected with an upper end of the cyclone cover body.

14. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cover outlet is disposed at one side of the cover plate, and the air flowing in through the cover inlets ascends, collides against the cover plate, is diffused, descends, passes through the filter member, and then is discharged through the cover outlet.

15. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the filter member is made of a porous material.

16. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dust-collecting housing is provided with a partition such that the dirt separated out from the air in the first cyclone and the secondary cyclones are separately collected, and an end of the partition is connected with a lower end of the first chamber outer wall.

17. A multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

a dust-collecting housing to collect dirt particles separated out from drawn-in air;

a first cyclone that is disposed in the dust-collecting housing, the first cyclone for centrifugally separating out the dirt particles from the drawn-in air;

a plurality of secondary cyclones that are arranged to enclose the first cyclone in a radial direction and centrifugally separate out fine dirt particles from the air discharged from the first cyclone; and

a suction pipe that upwardly protrudes from a lower portion of the dust-collecting housing to allow ambient air to flow from the lower portion of the dust-collecting housing toward the first cyclone.

18. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a filter member disposed above the dust-collecting housing to separate out dirt particles from the air discharged from the secondary cyclones.

19. The multi cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 18, further comprising a cyclone cover that is disposed above the plurality of secondary cyclones, the cyclone cover for collecting the air discharged from the plurality of secondary cyclones and discharging the air, wherein the filter member is disposed in the cyclone cover.