Cyclone dust-collecting apparatus for vacuum cleaner

• US 7,879,121 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2008
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2008
• 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: Oh, Jang-keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Greene; Jason M
• Assistant Examiner(s): BUI, DUNG H
• Application Number:
  US12/214,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20090205299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 958 Days
• Field of Search: 553/43, 553/45, 553/46, 553/47, 553/49, 553/37, 554/58, 554/28, 554/29, 554/591, 554/592, 153/52, 153/53
• US Class Current: 55/347
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1641 for parallel flow
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/165 Construction of inlets
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1691 Mounting or coupling means for cyclonic chamber or dust receptacles

Abstract

A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus is provided. The dust-collecting apparatus is detachably mounted in a main cleaner body of a vacuum cleaner and disposed on a suction flow path extending from a suction port body to a suction source. The dust-collecting apparatus includes a body having an opened lower portion; at least one cyclone unit disposed to one side in the body to separate dust from air flowing into the body and discharge air from which the dust has been separated; and a bottom cover to open or close the lower portion of the body. The body has an inflow pipe penetrating the body from a rear portion of the body and connected to the cyclone unit and the inflow pipe has an inclined top surface.

Claims

1. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

a body having an opened lower portion;

at least one cyclone unit disposed to one side in the body to separate dust from air flowing into the body and discharge air from which the dust has been separated; and

a bottom cover to open or close the lower portion of the body,

wherein the body has an inflow pipe penetrating the body from a rear portion of the body and connected to the at least one cyclone unit, and the inflow pipe is formed integrally with and along an inside wall of the body and has an inclined top surface.

2. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the inclined top surface of the inflow pipe is inclined downwards so that a distance between the inclined top surface of the inflow pipe and the inside wall of the body becomes longer.

3. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one cyclone unit comprises a discharge pipe to discharge air from which dust has been separated, and a bottom end of the discharge pipe is connected to an extension pipe fluidly communicating with a portion of the bottom cover.

4. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one cyclone unit protrudes outwards from the body and has a portion overlapping with the body.

5. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body has an opened upper portion, the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus further comprising a top cover to open and close the open upper portion of the body.

6. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a handle disposed above the top cover and a stabilizing tube extending from an inner surface of the top cover and facing the discharge pipe of the at least one cyclone unit.

7. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising:

a body comprising a first chamber and a second chamber that are divided by a partition;

a first cyclone unit and a second cyclone unit that are disposed to one side in the first and second chambers, respectively, to separate dust from air flowing into the body and discharge air from which the dust has been separated; and

a bottom cover to open and close a lower portion of the body,

wherein the body comprises a first inflow pipe and a second inflow pipe penetrating the body from a rear portion of the body and connected to the first and second cyclone units, respectively, and the first and second inflow pipes are formed integrally with and along an inside wall of the body and have inclined top surfaces.

8. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second inflow pipes are connected at a tangent to respective sides of the first and second cyclone units, respectively.

9. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the inclined top surfaces of the first and second inflow pipes are inclined downwards so that the distance between the inclined top surfaces of the first and second inflow pipes and the inside wall of the body becomes longer.

10. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second inflow pipes are disposed along the partition of the body, and the inclined top surfaces of the first and second inflow pipes are inclined downwards so that the distance between the inclined top surfaces of the first and second inflow pipes and the partition of the body becomes longer.

11. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second cyclone units comprise a first discharge pipe and a second discharge pipe to discharge air from which dust has been separated, respectively, and bottom ends of the first and second discharge pipes are connected to a single extension pipe fluidly communicating with a portion of the bottom cover.

12. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 11, wherein the extension pipe is disposed along the inside wall of the body, and a top surface of the extension pipe is inclined downwards so that the distance between the top surface of the extension pipe and the inside wall of the body becomes longer.

13. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second cyclone units comprise a first discharge pipe and a second discharge pipe to discharge air from which dust has been separated, respectively, and bottom ends of the first and second discharge pipes are connected to a pair of extension pipes fluidly communicating with a portion of the bottom cover, respectively.

14. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first and second cyclone units protrude outwards from the body and have portions overlapping with the body, respectively.

15. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a top cover to open and close an upper portion of the body.

16. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a handle disposed above the top cover and a first stabilizing tube and a second stabilizing tube extending from an inner surface of the top cover and facing the first and second discharge pipes, respectively.