Dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner

• US 20090205298A1
• Filed: 08/17/2005
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Hyun, Kie Tak, Jeong, Kyeong Seon, Son, Young Bok, Kim, Il Joong
• Granted Patent: US 7,892,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 55/343
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1616 Multiple arrangement thereof
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting device (100) includes a primary cyclone unit (110) having two parallel primary cyclones (111,112) for separating dust form air introduced therein by a cyclone principle, and a secondary cyclone (120) unit at a downstream of the primary cyclones (111,112) for cleaning the air again by the cyclone principle.

Claims

1. A dust collecting device for a vacuum cleaner comprising:

a primary cyclone unit having two parallel primary cyclones for separating dust from air introduced therein by a cyclone principle; and

a secondary cyclone unit at a downstream of the primary cyclones for cleaning the air again by the cyclone principle.

2. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the primary cyclone unit further includes a suction guide portion between the primary cyclones for guiding the air containing dust to the primary cyclones.

3. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the suction guide portion includes a guide surface for guiding the air containing dust to inlets to the primary cyclones.

4. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the guide surface has one side connected to an edge of the inlet of one of the primary cyclones, the other side connected to an edge of the inlet of the other the primary cyclones, and a middle portion projected toward an inside of the suction guide portion as it goes toward the middle portion from the one side and the other side the more.

5. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a dust collecting container having the primary cyclones and a primary dust storage portion for storing dust separated by the primary cyclones.

6. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the primary cyclones is provided in the dust collecting container such that an axis thereof lies in an up/down direction, having an inlet in an upper outside circumferential surface, and a bottom end spaced a predetermined distance from a bottom of the primary dust storage portion, and designed to discharge the dust to the primary dust storage portion through the bottom of each of the primary cyclones.

7. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of the primary cyclones has a top end connected to an upper cover openably provided on a top of the dust collecting container, and an outside circumferential surface adjacent to an inside wall of the dust collecting container.

8. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the primary dust storage portion has a bottom area larger than bottom areas of the primary cyclones.

9. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the dust collecting container further includes a partition wall for dividing the primary dust storage portion into a portion for storing dust separated by one of the primary cyclones, and a portion for storing dust separated by the other one of the primary cyclones.

10. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the dust collecting container includes a suction pipe for guiding air containing dust to the primary cyclone unit, wherein the suction pipe has an inlet projected from an upper center of an outside circumferential surface of the dust collecting container, and an axis passing through a middle portion of the primary cyclone unit when seen from above the dust collecting container.

11. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a hollow air discharge member in each of the primary cyclones, the air discharge member being in communication with the outlet of the primary cyclone and having pass through holes of predetermined sizes in an outside circumferential surface for discharging air.

12. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the primary cyclone unit is provided to one side of the dust collecting container, and the secondary cyclone unit includes a plurality of secondary cyclones provided to the other side of the dust collecting container.

13. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the secondary cyclones have axes each formed in an up/down direction, and bottoms each with a dust outlet.

14. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 13, wherein a secondary dust storage portion is provided under the secondary cyclones on the other side of the dust collecting container separate from the primary dust storage portion for storing dust separated by the secondary cyclone unit.

15. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the dust collecting container includes an inside dust collecting container on the other side of the dust collecting container to surround the secondary cyclones to form the secondary dust storage portion.

16. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the dust collecting container has an openable bottom which forms bottoms of the primary dust storage portion and the secondary dust storage portion.

17. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the dust collecting container has an outside wall formed of a material which can be see-through for enabling to determine dust amounts in the primary dust storage portion and the secondary dust storage portion.

18. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of the secondary cyclones includes;

a secondary cyclone body having an inlet at a top, and

a spiral circulation forming member provided to an inside of the secondary cyclone body for forming a spiral circulation in the secondary cyclone body.

19. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 18, wherein the spiral circulation forming member includes at least one blade provided to an upper portion of the secondary cyclone body.

20. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the at least one blade is provided to an outside circumferential surface of an air discharge pipe inserted in an upper portion of the secondary cyclone body for guiding air from the secondary cyclone body.

21. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the secondary cyclones are arranged at least in two rows on one side of the dust collecting container.

22. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the secondary cyclones are arranged in one row along a circumferential direction of the dust collecting container on an inside of the dust collecting container within a predetermined section.

23. The dust collecting device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the primary cyclones are provided in the same size on a front side of the dust collecting container side by side, and the secondary cyclones are provided to a rear side of the dust collecting container.