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CYCLONIC SEPARATOR FOR A VACUUM CLEANER

  • US 20140013537A1
  • Filed: 07/10/2013
  • Published: 01/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:

  • a suction nozzle adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned;

    a suction source generating a working air flow at the suction nozzle; and

    a separator and collection module separating and collecting debris from the working air flow, comprising;

    a housing having an air inlet in fluid communication with the suction nozzle and an air outlet;

    a first separation chamber defined within the housing downstream of the air inlet and upstream of the air outlet; and

    an exhaust grill downstream of the first separation chamber and upstream of the air outlet, the exhaust grill comprising a plurality of spaced vanes that define a plurality of air inlet passages from the first separation chamber to an interior of the exhaust grill;

    wherein at least one of the vanes defines an air exhaust conduit that is in fluid communication with the air outlet.

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