Dust collection unit for use in vacuum cleaner and main body of vacuum cleaner having the same

• US 6,901,625 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2002
• Issued: 06/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yoo, Myung-Sig, Yang, Byung-Sun
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/151,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20030066156A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 153/271, 153/272, 153/276, 153/277, 153/47, 153/50, 153/51, 153/52, 153/53, 553/37, 554/29, 554/591, 554/82, 554/86
• US Class Current: 15/347
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1658 Construction of outlets
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1666 with filtering means
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles

Abstract

The present invention relates to a dust collection unit for use in a vacuum cleaner. According to the present invention, there is provided a dust collection unit for use in a vacuum cleaner which comprises a cylindrical casing in which air introduced through an inlet port is formed into spiral flow and of which an upper end is open; a cover for opening and closing the upper end of the casing; a filter which is installed on a bottom surface of the cover and formed in the shape of a cylinder having a predetermined length and by which fine foreign substances can be filtered out when the air is introduced from the exterior thereof, and through which the air is discharged downwardly; and an exhaust duct which comes into close contact with a bottom surface of the filter and including an exhaust port on a side surface of the casing to discharge the air from the filter to the exterior of the casing. It is preferred that the exhaust port of the casing be formed at a lower portion of the side surface of the casing.

Claims

1. A dust collection unit for use in a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a cylindrical casing in which air introduced through an inlet port is formed into spiral flow and of which an upper end is open;

a cover for opening and closing the upper end of the casing;

a filter which is installed on a bottom surface of the cover and formed in the shape of a cylinder having a predetermined length and by which fine foreign substances can be filtered out when the air is introduced into the filter from the exterior thereof, and through which the air is discharged downwardly; and

an exhaust duct which comes into close contact with a bottom surface of the filter and including an exhaust port on a side surface of the casing to discharge the air from the filter to the exterior of the casing.

2. The dust collection unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the exhaust port is formed at a lower portion of the side surface of the casing.

3. The dust collection unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a handle is formed on the outer side surface of the casing.

4. The dust collection unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a handle is formed on one side surface of the cover.

5. The dust collection unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein a horizontal separation plate is installed in the middle of the casing, and a dust collection bole is formed on the outer circumference of the separation plate.

6. The dust collection unit as claimed in claim 5, wherein the separation plate includes a pair of semicircular plates, and the respective semicircular plates are pivoted only upwardly on a hinge end formed on an outer circumferential position thereof corresponding to an outmost position of the diameter thereof.

7. A main body of a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a motor housing installed within the main body of the vacuum cleaner for accommodating therein a motor for generating suction force; and

a dust collection unit installed adjacent to the motor housing, and including an exhaust port through which, after filtering out foreign substances from air introduced by the suction force of the motor, the filtered air is exhausted, wherein the exhaust port of the dust collection unit is formed at a lower portion of a side surface of the dust collection unit so that the air can be introduced directly to the motor housing.

8. The main body as claimed in claim 7, wherein the dust collection unit comprises a cylindrical casing in which air introduced through an inlet port is formed into spiral flow and of which an upper end is open;

a cover for opening and closing the upper end of the casing a filter which is installed on a bottom surface of the cover and formed in the shape of a cylinder having a predetermined length and by which fine foreign substances can be filtered out when the air is introduced from the exterior thereof, and through which the air is discharged downwardly; and

an exhaust duct which comes into close contact with a bottom surface of the filter and including the exhaust port on a side surface of the casing to discharge the air from the filter to the exterior of the casing.

9. The main body as claimed in claim 8, wherein a handle is formed on the outer side surface of the casing.

10.The main body as claimed in claim 8, wherein a handle is formed on one side of the cover.

10. The main body as claimed in claim 7, wherein a horizontal separation plate is installed in the middle of the casing, and a dust collection hole is formed on the outer circumference of the separation plate.

11. The main body as claimed in claim 11, wherein the separation plate includes a pair of semicircular plates, and the respective semicircular plates are pivoted only upwardly on a hinge end formed on an outer circumferential position thereof corresponding to an outmost position of the diameter thereof.

12. A main body of a vacuum cleaner, comprising

a motor housing installed within the main body of the vacuum cleaner for accommodating therein a motor for generating suction force;

and

a cylindrical dust collection unit installed adjacent to the motor housing, and including an exhaust port through which, after filtering out foreign substances from air introduced by the suction force of the motor, the filtered air is exhausted, wherein the exhaust port of the cylindrical dust collection unit is formed on a cylindrical side surface of the cylindrical dust collection unit so that the air can be introduced directly to the motor housing.

13. The main body as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cylindrical dust collection unit comprises a cylindrical casing in which air introduced through an inlet port is formed into spiral flow and of which an upper end is open.

20. The main body as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cylindrical dust collection unit comprises an exhaust duct which comes into close contact with a bottom surface of a filter and includes the exhaust port on a side surface of a casing to discharge the air from the filter to the exterior of the casing.

22. The main body as claimed in claim 13, wherein the cylindrical dust collection unit includes a delineated dust collection portion and an exhaust duct formed through the dust collection portion.

14. The main body as claimed in claim 14, wherein a handle is formed on the outer side surface of the casing.

15. The main body as claimed in claim 14, wherein a horizontal separation plate is installed in the middle of the casing, and a dust collection hole is formed on the outer circumference of the separation plate.

17. The main body as claimed in claim 14, wherein the cylindrical dust collection unit comprises a cover for opening and closing the upper end of the casing.

16. The main body as claimed in claim 16, wherein the separation plate includes a pair of semicircular plates, and the respective semicircular plates are pivoted only upwardly on a hinge end formed on an outer circumferential position thereof corresponding to an outmost position of the diameter thereof.

18. The main body as claimed in claim 18, wherein a handle is formed on one side of the cover.

19. The main body as claimed in claim 18, wherein the cylindrical dust collection unit comprises a filter which is installed on a bottom surface of the cover and formed in the shape of a cylinder having a predetermined length and by which fine foreign substances can be filtered out when the air is introduced from the exterior thereof, and through which the air is discharged downwardly.

21. The main body as claimed in claim 21, wherein the exhaust port is formed at a lower portion of the side surface of the casing.