Separation device for a vacuum cleaner
First Claim
1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum source (11) communicating with a tube handle (14), said tube handle being connected to a nozzle (16) by means of a tube shaft (15, 33), a cyclone separator being disposed between the tube handle (14) and the nozzle (16), said cyclone separator including a whirl chamber (24, 37) which is at least partially defined by a truncated cone (18b, 41), said cyclone separator comprising:
- an inlet opening (23,
38), said inlet opening being located at an upper part of the whirl chamber (24,
37);
a central first outlet opening (31,
39) for partially-cleaned air, said first outlet opening communicating with the vacuum source;
a second outlet opening (22,
42) for separated particles disposed at a lower part of the whirl chamber, said second outlet opening communicating with a dust collecting container (26,
43).
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner having a separation device and a vacuum source communicating with a tube handle. The tube handle is connected to a nozzle by a tube shaft (33). The tube shaft is either shaped as a cyclone separator or a cyclone separator is arranged between the nozzle and the tube handle. The cyclone separator is provided with a whirl chamber (37) which is defined, in part, by an up-side-down truncated cone (41). The whirl chamber has an inlet opening (38), a first outlet opening and a second outlet opening. The inlet opening is placed at the upper part of the whirl chamber (37). Partially cleaned air flows through the first outlet opening (39) which communicates with the vacuum source. The second outlet opening (42) is placed at the lower part of the whirl chamber. The second outlet opening communicates with a dust collecting container (43).
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12 Claims
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum source (11) communicating with a tube handle (14), said tube handle being connected to a nozzle (16) by means of a tube shaft (15, 33), a cyclone separator being disposed between the tube handle (14) and the nozzle (16), said cyclone separator including a whirl chamber (24, 37) which is at least partially defined by a truncated cone (18b, 41), said cyclone separator comprising:
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an inlet opening (23,
38), said inlet opening being located at an upper part of the whirl chamber (24,
37);a central first outlet opening (31,
39) for partially-cleaned air, said first outlet opening communicating with the vacuum source;a second outlet opening (22,
42) for separated particles disposed at a lower part of the whirl chamber, said second outlet opening communicating with a dust collecting container (26,
43). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A cyclone separator attachment for a vacuum cleaner, said separator attachment being removably mounted between a tube shaft and a tube handle, comprising:
a whirl chamber at least partially defined by a truncated cone, said whirl chamber having an inlet opening for particle-laden air, a first, centrally-located outlet opening for partially cleaned air, and a second outlet opening for separated particles, said second outlet opening being disposed at a bottom of said whirl chamber and communicating with a collecting container. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A vacuum cleaner comprising a vacuum source (11) communicating with a tube handle (14), said tube handle being connected to a nozzle (16) via a tube shaft (15), said tube shaft including a cyclone separator, said cyclone separator comprising a truncated cone which at least partially defines a whirl chamber, said cyclone separator comprising:
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a cylindrical wall part; an inlet opening in said cylindrical wall part and located at an upper part of said whirl chamber and through which dirt-laden air enters said whirl chamber; a central first outlet opening for partially-cleaned air, said first outlet opening communicating with said vacuum source via said tube handle; a second outlet opening for separated particles disposed at a lower part of the whirl chamber, said second outlet opening communicating with a dust collecting container. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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Specification