Filter assembly and cleaner having the same

• US 10,391,438 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2016
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd
• Original Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd
• Inventors: Zhang, Hui, Ming, Lele, Zhang, Jizhe, Zhang, Chaolei, Xu, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): Hopkins, Robert A
• Application Number:
  US15/307,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20190151788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,183 Days
• Field of Search: 96329, 96351
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/106 Dust removal
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/18 Liquid filters
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/181 Separating by passing the air through a liquid bath
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/185 Means for the mechanical control of flow of air, e.g. deflectors, baffles or labyrinths
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 47/021 by bubbling the gas through a liquid bath

Abstract

A filter assembly (100) and a cleaner having the same are provided. The filter assembly (100) includes a tank (1) and an air intake pipe (2). The tank (1) is configured to accommodate a liquid therein and has an air inlet (13) and an air outlet (14). The air intake pipe (2) is connected to the air inlet, has an air output end (22) located in the tank (1) and extending towards the liquid (A) or submerged in the liquid (A), and has a cross sectional area gradually increased along a fluid flow direction inside the air intake pipe (2).

Claims

1. A filter assembly, comprising:

a tank configured to accommodate a liquid therein and having an air inlet and an air outlet; and

an air intake pipe connected to the air inlet, having an air output end located in the tank and extending towards the liquid or submerged in the liquid, and having a cross sectional area gradually increased along a fluid flow direction inside the air intake pipe.

2. The filter assembly according to claim 1, wherein the air output end is submerged in the liquid and extends forward horizontally, or extends inclinedly to the anterior inferior, or extends inclinedly to the anterior superior.

3. The filter assembly according to claim 1, wherein a pipe mouth of the air output end is configured to be a flat mouth having a vertical height and a transverse length larger than the vertical height.

4. The filter assembly according to claim 1, wherein a pipe mouth of the air output end has an outline configured to be a wavy line or a jagged line.

5. The filter assembly according to claim 4, wherein a cross section of the pipe mouth is configured as an axisymmetric structure.

6. The filter assembly according to claim 4, wherein a shape of a cross section of the air intake pipe comprises at least one of a circular shape, an oval shape and a long circular shape, and an inner surface of the air intake pipe has a smooth transition.

7. The filter assembly according to claim 1, wherein the air intake pipe comprises:

a first pipe portion having a first end located outside the tank and a second end extending into the tank; and

a second pipe portion located in the tank, having a first end connected to the second end of the first pipe portion and a second end configured as the air output end and submerged in the liquid.

8. The filter assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first pipe portion is integral with the second pipe portion and fitted with the tank by inserting connection.

9. The filter assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first pipe portion is integral with the tank and fitted with the second pipe portion by inserting connection.

10. The filter assembly according to claim 1, further comprising:

a water baffle uprightly disposed in the tank, located at a side of the air intake pipe away from the air outlet, and configured to divide a space above the liquid in the tank into a first cavity and a second cavity located respectively at two sides of the water baffle,

wherein a flow passage is provided in the water baffle and/or between the water baffle and a level of the liquid, and configured to communicate the first cavity with the second cavity; and

wherein the second cavity is communicated with the air outlet.

11. A cleaner, comprising:

a dust suction duct; and

a filter assembly comprising;

a tank configured to accommodate a liquid therein and having an air inlet and an air outlet; and

an air intake pipe connected to the air inlet, having an air output end located in the tank and extending towards the liquid or submerged in the liquid, and having a cross sectional area gradually increased along a fluid flow direction inside the air intake pipe,

wherein an air intake end of the air intake pipe being communicated with the dust suction duct.

12. The cleaner according to claim 11, wherein the air output end is submerged in the liquid and extends forward horizontally, or extends inclinedly to the anterior inferior, or extends inclinedly to the anterior superior.

13. The cleaner according to claim 11, wherein a pipe mouth of the air output end is configured to be a flat mouth having a vertical height and a transverse length larger than the vertical height.

14. The cleaner according to claim 11, wherein a pipe mouth of the air output end has an outline configured to be a wavy line or a jagged line.

15. The cleaner according to claim 14, wherein a cross section of the pipe mouth is configured as an axisymmetric structure.

16. The cleaner according to claim 14, wherein a shape of a cross section of the air

intake pipe comprises at least one of a circular shape, an oval shape and a long circular shape,

and an inner surface of the air intake pipe has a smooth transition.

17. The cleaner according to claim 11, wherein the air intake pipe comprises:

a first pipe portion having a first end located outside the tank and a second end extending into the tank; and

a second pipe portion located in the tank, having a first end connected to the second end of the first pipe portion and a second end configured as the air output end and submerged in the liquid.

18. The cleaner according to claim 17, wherein the first pipe portion is integral with the second pipe portion and fitted with the tank by inserting connection.

19. The cleaner according to claim 17, wherein the first pipe portion is integral with the tank and fitted with the second pipe portion by inserting connection.

20. The cleaner according to claim 11, wherein the filter assembly further comprises:

a water baffle uprightly disposed in the tank, located at a side of the air intake pipe away from the air outlet, and configured to divide a space above the liquid in the tank into a first cavity and a second cavity located respectively at two sides of the water baffle,

wherein a flow passage is provided in the water baffle and/or between the water baffle and a level of the liquid, and configured to communicate the first cavity with the second cavity; and

wherein the second cavity is communicated with the air outlet.