Cyclone dust-collecting apparatus

• US 7,691,161 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2008
• Issued: 04/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cha, Seung-yong, Oh, Jang-keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Greene; Jason M
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, DUNG H
• Application Number:
  US12/218,900
• Publication Number:
  US 20090193771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 553/37, 55D/IG.3, 554/26, 554/24, 554/13, 554/57
• US Class Current: 55/337
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1633 Concentric cyclones
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1641 for parallel flow
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus to separate dust from air drawn in through a suction port body of a vacuum cleaner using a centrifugal force and to collect the separated dust is provided. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus includes a primary cyclone unit to separate dust from air drawn in through the suction port body; a secondary cyclone unit disposed inside the primary cyclone unit to separate dust from air discharged from the primary cyclone unit; and a tertiary cyclone unit disposed above the primary cyclone unit at an angle different from the primary and secondary cyclone units.

Claims

1. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus to separate dust from air using a centrifugal force and to collect the separated dust, the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

a primary cyclone unit to separate dust from air;

a secondary cyclone unit disposed inside the primary cyclone unit to separate dust from air discharged from the primary cyclone unit; and

a tertiary cyclone unit disposed above the primary cyclone unit at an angle different from the primary and secondary cyclone units, wherein the primary cyclone unit comprises;

a cylindrical-shaped body having an inflow pipe formed on one side thereof at a tangent to the cylindrical-shaped body and a space formed thereinside; and

a grill pipe disposed substantially in a central portion of the cylindrical-shaped body to simultaneously function as an air outflow opening of the primary cyclone unit and as an air inflow opening of the secondary cyclone unit, wherein the grill pipe comprises a skirt to prevent dust separated from air by the primary cyclone unit from being re-scattered, and wherein the skirt has a plurality of filter pores.

2. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tertiary cyclone unit is disposed perpendicular to the primary and secondary cyclone units.

3. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the skirt comprises a portion that is cut out so that large dust passes through the cut-out portion.

4. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cylindrical-shaped body comprises a dust discharge cover to open or close an open bottom portion of the cylindrical-shaped body.

5. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the secondary cyclone unit comprises:

a secondary cyclone air discharge pipe disposed inside the grill pipe and fluidly communicating with the tertiary cyclone unit;

a plurality of guide wings disposed at regular intervals along an outer circumference of the secondary cyclone air discharge pipe; and

an isolation pipe disposed below the secondary cyclone air discharge pipe to isolate a lower space inside the cylindrical-shaped body.

6. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the plurality of guide wings are arranged on the same level on the outer circumference of the secondary cyclone air discharge pipe.

7. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the plurality of guide wings are disposed at a lower end of the outer circumference of the secondary cyclone air discharge pipe.

8. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tertiary cyclone unit comprises:

a dual cyclone unit having at least one pair of cyclone chambers disposed symmetrically thereinside;

a discharge unit disposed on a first side of the dual cyclone unit to collect air discharged from the pair of cyclone chambers and discharge the air from the tertiary cyclone unit; and

a dust-collecting unit disposed on an outer circumference of the cylindrical-shaped body and fluidly communicating with the dual cyclone unit.

9. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 8, wherein the tertiary cyclone unit further comprises a cover detachably mounted to the dual cyclone unit to open and close the tertiary cyclone unit, the cover having a pair of cylindrical-shaped stabilizers, which are disposed coaxially with a pair of tertiary cyclone air discharge pipes disposed on a second side of the dual cyclone unit.

10. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 8, wherein the discharge unit comprises an outlet disposed on one side thereof, and wherein the outlet comprises a filter mounted thereinside.

11. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus to separate dust from air using a centrifugal force and to collect the separated dust, the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

at least two vertical cyclone units disposed overlappingly; and

a horizontal cyclone unit comprising at least two cyclone chambers disposed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the at least two vertical cyclone units, wherein the at least two vertical cyclone units comprise a grill pipe to simultaneously function as an air outflow opening of one of the at least two vertical cyclone units and as an air inflow opening of the other of the at least two vertical cyclone units, and wherein the grill pipe comprises a skirt extending outwards from a bottom end thereof and having a plurality of filter pores.

12. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 11, wherein one of the at least two vertical cyclone units comprises an air outflow opening that functions as an air inflow opening of the other of the at least two vertical cyclone units.

13. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus to separate dust from air using a centrifugal force and to collect the separated dust, the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

at least two vertical cyclone units disposed overlappingly; and

a horizontal cyclone unit comprising at least two cyclone chambers disposed parallel to each other and perpendicular to the at least two vertical cyclone units, wherein one of the at least two vertical cyclone units fluidly communicates with an air discharge pipe of the horizontal cyclone unit, and wherein the air discharge pipe comprises a plurality of guide wings disposed at regular intervals along an outer circumference of the air discharge pipe.