Cyclone dust collecting chamber for a vacuum cleaner

• US 6,532,620 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2001
• Issued: 03/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Oh, Jang-Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Snider, Theresa T.
• Application Number:
  US09/809,607
• Publication Number:
  US 20020046438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 153/50, 153/52, 153/53, 553/27, 55D/IG.3
• US Class Current: 15/353
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/28 Suction cleaners with handles and nozzles fixed on the casings, e.g. wheeled suction cleaners with steering handle A47L5/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/165 Construction of inlets
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1658 Construction of outlets
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1666 with filtering means
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/13 formed as a vortex finder and extending into the vortex chamber exits with bulkheads preventing reverse flow vortex B04C3/00; Discharge from vortex finder otherwise than at the top of the cyclone; Devices for controlling the overflow
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 5/185 Dust collectors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

An upright-type vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body, a suction brush, cyclone dust collecting apparatus, and a filter. The cyclone dust collecting apparatus is removably disposed in a dust collecting chamber in the cleaner body. The suction brush draws air and contaminants from a surface to be cleaned into the cleaner body. The cyclone dust collecting apparatus induces the air and contaminants into a vortex to separate by centrifugal force large particle contaminants from the air and to collect the contaminants. The filter further filters fine contaminants from the air that is discharged from the cyclone dust collecting apparatus.

Claims

1. An upright-type vacuum cleaner comprising:

a cleaner body including;

a dust collecting chamber having an air intake port and an air discharge port;

a motor operating chamber; and

an air discharge path for connecting the air discharge port of the dust collecting chamber with the motor operating chamber;

a suction brush connected to the cleaner body for drawing in air and contaminants into the cleaner body;

cyclone dust collecting means detachably mounted in the dust collecting chamber, the cyclone dust collecting means being capable of inducing the air and contaminants into a vortex to separate larger particle contaminants from the air and collecting the separated contaminants, the cyclone dust collecting means being connected to the air intake port of the dust collecting chamber and having an open upper end and being comprised of two separate, interconnected portions, a centrifuging body portion that induces the air and contaminants into the vortex to separate larger particle contaminants from the air and a separate dust receptacle portion, removed from the centrifuging body portion, for collecting and storing the separated contaminants; and

a cover removably coupled to the open upper end of the cyclone dust collecting means, the cover including an air intake channel and an air discharge channel, the air intake channel communicating with the air intake port of the dust collecting chamber, and the air discharge channel communicating with the air discharge port; and

filtering means removably disposed in the air discharge path, the filtering means removing fine contaminants from the air.

2. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the centrifuging body portion includes an open upper end, a base, and a cylindrical wall, the cylindrical wall having a dust discharge hole formed therein, and wherein the dust receptacle portion abuts at least a portion of the cylindrical wall and the base of the centrifuging body portion to allow for collection of the separated contaminants.

3. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as chimed in claim 2, wherein the air intake channel is tubular and has a larger diameter than a diameter of the air discharge channel, which is also tubular.

4. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover includes a grill, the grill extending downward from the cover into an upper portion of the centrifugal body portion, the grill having a plurality of through holes formed therein, the through holes communicating with the air discharge path.

5. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cleaner body further includes a filtering chamber, the filtering means being removably mounted in the filtering chamber, the filtering chamber being located between the dust collecting chamber and the motor operating chamber and having an air inlet in communication with the an discharge path and at least one air outlet in communication with the motor operating chamber.

6. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 1, wherein the filtering means comprises a filter and a filter case detachably disposed between the dust collecting chamber and the motor operating chamber far receiving the filter, the filter case having an opening in communication with the air discharge path, and a vent in communication with the motor operating chamber.

7. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 5, wherein the filtering means comprises a filter and a filter case detachably disposed in the filtering chamber, the filter case having an opening corresponding to the air inlet, and a vent corresponding to the at least one air outlet.

8. An upright-type vacuum cleaner comprising:

a cleaner body including;

a dust collecting chamber having an air intake port and an air discharge port;

a motor operating chamber; and

an air discharge path for connecting the air discharge port of the dust collecting chamber with the motor operating chamber;

a suction brush connected to the cleaner body for drawing in air and contaminants into the cleaner body;

cyclone dust collecting means detachably mounted in the dust collecting chamber, having an open upper end and being connected to the air intake port of the dust collecting chamber and being comprised of two separate, interconnected portions, a centrifuging body portion that induces the air and contaminants into the vortex to separate larger particle contaminants from the air and a separate dust receptacle portion, removed from the centrifuging body portion, for collecting and storing the separated contaminants, the cyclone dust collecting means separating the contaminants from the air and sending the contaminants to the dust receptacle portion, the dust receptacle portion collecting and storing the separated contaminants in a space removed from the centrifuging body portion; and

filtering means removably disposed in the air discharge path, the filtering means removing fine contaminants from the air.

9. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cyclone dust collecting means further comprises:

a cover removably coupled to the open upper end of the cyclone dust collecting means, the cover including an air intake channel and an air discharge channel, the air intake channel communicating with the air intake port of the dust collecting chamber, and the air discharge channel communicating with the air discharge port.

10. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein the centrifuging body portion includes an open upper end, a base, and a cylindrical wall, the cylindrical wall having a dust discharge hole formed therein, and wherein the dust receptacle portion abuts at least a portion of the cylindrical wall and the base of the centrifuging body portion to allow for collection of the separated contaminants.

11. The upright-type vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 9, wherein the air intake channel is tubular and has a larger diameter than a diameter of the air discharge channel, which is tubular.