Dust collector

• US 3,234,713 A
• Filed: 12/24/1962
• Issued: 02/15/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frederick G. Mcpherson, Richard F. Harper
• Original Assignee: Frederick G. Mcpherson, Richard F. Harper
• Inventors: Harper, Richard F., Mcpherson, Frederick G.
• Application Number:
  US04/246,772
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• US Class Current: 96/331
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/181 Separating by passing the air through a liquid bath
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Claims

1. A DUST COLLECTOR FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPARATUS HAVING FORCE CIRCULAR OF AIR AND DISCHARGE OF AIR TO ATMOSPHERE, COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AN AIR INLET INTERMEDIATE ITS HEIGHT AND AN AIR OUTLET IN ITS UPPER PART, PARTITION MEANS IN SAID HOUSING DEFINING A CIRCUITOUS PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID AIR INLET AND DISCHARGING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY IN SAID HOUSING, SAID CONTAINER BEING ADAPTED TO HOLD LIQUID HAVING A LEVEL BELOW SAID AIR INLET AND OUTLET AND ABOVE SAID PASSAGE DISCHARGE WHEREBY AIR DISCHARGES THEREIN, REMOVABLE MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR DIRECTING AIR FROM SAID PASSAGE TO SAID AIR OUTLET IN A CIRCUITOUS FLOW PATH, AND INCLUDING REMOVABLE ARCUATE SEPARATOR MEANS LOCATED CENTRALLY WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE IMMERSED IN LIQUID AND PROJECTING THEREABOVE DEFINING MEANS DIRECTING FLOW CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ADJACENT THE OUTLET OF SAID PASSASGE AND ALSO DEFINING THEREIN AN INNER ZONE INTO WHICH AIR FLOWS IN ITS PATH TO SAID OUTLET, A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED SCREENS IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID SEPARATOR MEANS AND SAID OUTLET, AND MEANS DEFLECTING AIR LATERALLY IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID SCREENS.