Cyclonic cleaner

• US 20070144116A1
• Filed: 07/11/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Song, Hwa, Lee, Jun, Hong, Seung, Joo, Jae, Yoon, Tae
• Application Number:
  US11/483,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20070144116A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 55/345
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0081 Means for exhaust-air diffusion; Means for sound or vibration damping
• 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 9/1658 Construction of outlets

Abstract

A cyclonic cleaner which includes a cyclone unit enabling a reduction of noise generated from the cyclone unit, and reduction in pressure loss by forming a smooth air flow. The cyclone unit includes a body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a primary cyclone to primarily separate foreign matter from air drawn through the air inlet, a plurality of secondary cyclones to secondarily separate foreign matter from air discharged from the primary cyclone and to discharge the air having the foreign matter removed therefrom through discharge holes of the secondary cyclones, and a noise reduction member positioned in the discharge hole of each secondary cyclone to reduce noise. The cyclone unit also includes a guide plate to allow the air discharged through the discharge holes of the secondary cyclones to be smoothly discharged through the air outlet.

Claims

1. A cyclonic cleaner comprising:

a cyclone unit comprising;

a body having an air inlet and an air outlet,

a primary cyclone to primarily separate foreign matter from air drawn through the air inlet,

a plurality of secondary cyclones to secondarily separate foreign matter from air discharged from the primary cyclone and to discharge the air having the foreign matter removed therefrom through discharge holes of the secondary cyclones, and

a noise reduction member provided to the discharge hole of each secondary cyclone, to reduce noise.

2. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the noise reduction member comprises a diaphragm partitioning an associated discharge hole in a direction intersecting air flowing into the secondary cyclone.

3. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the cyclone unit further comprises an inner container and an outer container to house the primary cyclone and the secondary cyclones, respectively.

4. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the primary cyclone comprises a cylindrical-shaped primary cyclone chamber positioned at an upper center of the inner container;

and a first duct collection barrel defined by a partition wall within the inner connector, to collect the foreign matter primarily separated by a centrifugal force.

5. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 3, wherein the secondary cyclones comprise a plurality of secondary cyclone chambers disposed in a circumferential direction at an upper portion of the outer container, and a plurality of second dust collection barrels defined at a lower portion of the outer container, to collect the foreign matter secondarily separated by the plurality of secondary cyclone chambers, respectively.

6. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the diaphragm is disposed in a perpendicular direction with respect to the air flowing into the secondary cyclone.

7. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the diaphragm bisects a cross-section of the discharge hole of the secondary cyclone.

8. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 2, wherein the discharge hole of the secondary cyclone comprises a predetermined height, and the diaphragm is installed to comprise a predetermined height from a lower end of the discharge hole.

9. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 5, further comprising:

a cover plate to cover an upper portion of the primary and secondary cyclones, wherein the cover plate comprises guidance flow paths through which air is guided into the secondary cyclones, respectively.

10. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the discharge holes of the secondary cyclones are formed on the cover plate.

11. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 9, wherein the outer container further comprises a cone portion, and the cover plate further comprises a cylindrical portion, wherein each secondary cyclone chamber is formed by coupling the cone portion with the cylindrical portion.

12. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 11, wherein each of the secondary cyclones are positioned at a predetermined angle within the secondary cyclone chambers, respectively.

13. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the noise reduction member comprises an air guide to guide the air discharged through the discharge hole of each secondary cyclone towards the air outlet.

14. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 13, further comprising:

a guide plate to allow the air discharged through the discharge holes of the secondary cyclones to be smoothly discharged through the air outlet.

15. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 14, wherein the guide plate is positioned such that one side of the guide plate faces the air outlet, and the other side of the guide plate faces in a direction opposite to the air outlet.

16. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 14, wherein the guide plate is integrally formed with an upper cover of the body.

17. A cyclonic cleaner comprising:

a cyclone unit comprising;

a body having an air inlet and an air outlet,

a primary cyclone positioned at a center of the body to primarily separate foreign matter from air drawn through the air inlet,

a plurality of secondary cyclones positioned in a circumferential direction around the primary cyclone to secondarily separate foreign matter from air discharged from the primary cyclone, and to discharge the air having the foreign matter removed therefrom through discharge holes of the secondary cyclones, and

diaphragms respectively installed in the discharge holes of the secondary cyclones, to partition the discharge holes while being disposed in the circumferential direction around the primary cyclone.

18. A cyclonic cleaner comprising:

a cyclone unit comprising;

a body having an air inlet and an air outlet,

a primary cyclone to primarily separate foreign matter from air drawn through the air inlet,

a plurality of secondary cyclones to secondarily separate foreign matter from air discharged from the primary cyclone, and to discharge the air having the foreign matter removed therefrom through discharge holes of the secondary cyclones, and

an air guide installed in the discharge hole of each secondary cyclone to guide the air discharged through the discharge hole of the secondary cyclone towards the air outlet.

19. The cyclonic cleaner according to claim 18, further comprising:

a guide plate to allow the air discharged through the discharge holes of the secondary cyclones to be smoothly discharged through the air outlet.