Adaptor for a vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. Adaptor for a vacuum cleaner, said vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum source (21) and an inlet tube (18) communicating with a nozzle opening (11) and ending in a chamber (15) which has an opening closed by a cover (17), a dust container (16) disposed in the chamber and normally connected to the inlet tube, wherein the adaptor is a separate unit (26) which, when the dust container (16) and cover (17) have been removed from the vacuum cleaner, is secured to the vacuum cleaner and disposed within the chamber, said adaptor comprising a cyclone separator (32) having an inlet side connected to the inlet tube (18).
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Abstract
An adaptor for a vacuum cleaner having a vacuum source (21) and an inlet tube (18) communicating with a nozzle opening (11) and ending in a chamber (15) which has an opening closed by a cover (17). A dust container (16) is normally placed in the chamber and is connected to the inlet tube. The adaptor is a separate unit (26) which, when the dust container (16) and cover (17) have been removed, can be fixed to the vacuum cleaner. The adaptor includes a cyclone separator (32) having an inlet side which is connected to the inlet tube (18) and an outlet side communicating with the inlet side of the vacuum source (21).
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- 1. Adaptor for a vacuum cleaner, said vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum source (21) and an inlet tube (18) communicating with a nozzle opening (11) and ending in a chamber (15) which has an opening closed by a cover (17), a dust container (16) disposed in the chamber and normally connected to the inlet tube, wherein the adaptor is a separate unit (26) which, when the dust container (16) and cover (17) have been removed from the vacuum cleaner, is secured to the vacuum cleaner and disposed within the chamber, said adaptor comprising a cyclone separator (32) having an inlet side connected to the inlet tube (18).
- 11. A vacuum cleaner adaptor, comprising a first container (36) serving as a coarse separator (31), and a cyclone separator (32), said first container being adapted to communicate with an inlet tube via a first channel (33), said first container communicating with said cyclone separator via a second channel (39).
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