Grill assembly of a cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner

• US 6,648,934 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2002
• Issued: 11/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Byung-jo, Choi, Min-jo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hopkins, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US10/075,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20030066273A1
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• Field of Search: 553/37, 554/26, 554/591, 55D/IG.3
• US Class Current: 55/337
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1666 with filtering means
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 45/12 by centrifugal forces centrifuges B04B; cyclones B04C
• CPC Class Codes: B04C 2009/004 with internal filters, in the cyclone chamber or in the vortex finder
• 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 9/00 Combinations with other devices, e.g. fans, expansion chambers, diffusors, water lockswith filters B01D50/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A grill assembly for a cyclone dust collecting apparatus for use in a vacuum cleaner capable of improving dust collection of the vacuum cleaner by preventing dirt from flowing into a vacuum-generating device after passing through a grill. The grill assembly is disposed at an upper part of an air discharge passage of a cyclone body for separating dirt from a whirling air current by centrifugal force by forming the whirling air current from drawn air, and the grill assembly prevents dirt from being drawn into the vacuum-generating device of the vacuum cleaner. The grill assembly comprises a grill body having a plurality of passages formed thereon and filtering units disposed along an interior wall of the grill body for filtering dust drawn into the grill body through the plurality of passages.

Claims

1. A grill assembly of a cyclone dust collecting apparatus for use in a vacuum cleaner disposed at an upper part of an air discharge passage of a cyclone body for separating dirt from a whirling air current by centrifugal force by forming the whirling air current from a drawn air, the grill assembly for preventing dirt from flowing into a vacuum-generating device of the vacuum cleaner, the grill assembly, comprising:

a grill body having a plurality of passages formed thereon and having a cylindrical shape having openings at both ends thereof and filtering means disposed within the grill body, for filtering dirt drawn into the grill body through the passages;

a sealing member for sealing one opening of the grill body; and

mounting means comprising a locking knob integrally formed with an upper part of the sealing member and a penetrating hole disposed at a corresponding portion of the grill body, for allowing the locking knob to pass therethrough in a predetermined position, the mounting means providing for easy mounting of the sealing member in the grill body.

2. The grill assembly of claim 1, wherein a cam portion is provided around the penetrating hole of the grill body, and the sealing member is firmly mounted in the grill body due to an interrelated movement of the locking knob on the cam portion.

3. The grill assembly of claim 2, wherein the cam portion is formed such that a locking position is 0.5 mm higher than an unlocking position.

4. The grill assembly of claim 1, wherein the filtering means is disposed along an interior wall of the grill body.

5. The grill assembly of claim 4, wherein the filtering means comprises:

a filter support portion integrally formed with the sealing member; and

a filter attached to the filter support portion.