Dust collecting unit of vacuum cleaner

• US 7,086,119 B2
• Filed: 03/01/2004
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Go, Il-Gyeong, Min, Young-Gun
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/788,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20040177472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 153/47, 15350-353, 153/271, 153/272, 153/276, 153/277, 553/37, 553/59, 554/26, 554/29, 55D/IG.3
• US Class Current: 15/353
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1608 Cyclonic chamber constructions
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 55/03 Vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A dust collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collecting unit includes a dust separating chamber with an air inlet formed on an outer surface thereof and an air outlet formed on one side thereof, a main dust collecting chamber formed in the dust separating chamber for separating dust and dirt in a cyclonic fashion, an auxiliary dust collecting chamber formed at one side of the main dust collecting chamber, and a partition plate for partitioning the main dust collecting chamber. The dust collecting unit allows an amount of air sucked and the efficiency of collecting dust and dirt to be greatly increased.

Claims

1. A dust collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a dust separating chamber with an air inlet formed on an outer surface thereof in a tangential direction;

a main dust collecting chamber formed in the dust separating chamber for separating dust and dirt in a cyclonic fashion;

an auxiliary dust collecting chamber formed at one side of the main dust collecting chamber and the dust separating chamber, wherein a communicating hole is formed at a lower side of the main dust collecting chamber for causing air to be introduced from the main dust collecting chamber to the auxiliary dust collecting chamber, and a communicating hole is formed at an upper side of the dust separating chamber for causing air to be introduced from the dust separating chamber to the auxiliary dust collecting chamber; and

a cover which is mounted to open and close on a top face of the dust separating chamber, wherein an opening is formed in the center of the cover, and wherein air is discharged through the opening.

2. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a filter mounted to the dust separating chamber for filtering Out fine dust.

3. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a partition plate partitioning the main dust collecting chamber from the dust separating chamber such that the main dust collecting chamber has an upper cyclonic part where air flows cyclonically and a lower collecting part without cyclonic air flow.

4. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the partition plate is integrally formed with a dust collecting casing at an inner surface thereof.

5. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 4, wherein the partition plate is formed with one or more openings at an outer periphery thereof.

6. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one stop plate is formed on an inner surface of the main dust collecting chamber.

7. A removable dust collecting unit for a cyclonic vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a top cover having a centrally located air outlet;

a dust collecting casing comprising a main dust collecting chamber formed within the dust collecting casing and an auxiliary dust collecting chamber located externally adjacent to the main dust collecting chamber, wherein communicating holes are formed to open into the auxiliary dust collecting chamber, wherein one of the communicating holes is formed at an upper portion of the dust collecting casing, and one of the communicating holes is formed at a lower portion of the main dust collecting chamber; and

a bottom cover, wherein the top cover is freely detachable from the dust collecting casing while the bottom cover is fixably hinged to the dust collecting casing by a hinge on one side; and

a filter attachable to the top cover.

8. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 7, further comprising an air inlet formed tangentially to the dust collecting casing.

9. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the main dust collecting chamber is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a partition plate.

10. The dust collecting unit as claimed in claim 9, wherein air flows cyclonically in the upper chamber, and air does not flow cyclonically in the lower chamber.

11. The dust collecting unit of claim 7, wherein at least one stop plate is formed on an inner surface of the main dust collecting chamber.

12. A dust collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a dust separating chamber with an air inlet formed on an outer surface thereof in a tangential direction;

a main dust collecting chamber formed in the dust separating chamber for separating dust and dirt in a cyclonic fashion;

an auxiliary dust collecting chamber formed at one side of the main dust collecting chamber and the dust separating chamber;

a cover which is mounted to open and close on a top face of the dust separating chamber, wherein an opening is formed in the center of the cover, and wherein air is discharged through the opening; and

a filter mounted to the dust separating chamber for filtering out fine dusts wherein an upper communication hole is formed in an upper portion of the dust separating chamber for communication between the dust separating chamber and the auxiliary dust collecting chamber and a lower communication hole is formed in a lower portion of the main dust collecting chamber for communication between the main and auxiliary dust collecting chambers.

13. A removable dust collecting unit for a cyclonic vacuum cleaner, comprising:

a top cover having a centrally located air outlet;

a dust collecting casing comprising a main dust collecting chamber formed within the dust collecting casing and an auxiliary dust collecting chamber located externally adjacent to the main dust collecting chamber; and

a bottom cover, wherein the top cover is freely detachable from the dust collecting casing while the bottom cover is fixably hinged to the dust collecting casing by a hinge on one side, wherein a communicating hole is formed between the main dust collecting chamber and the auxiliary dust collecting chamber, wherein the communicating hole is formed at an upper portion of the main dust collecting chamber, and wherein the communicating hole formed at the upper portion of the main dust collecting chamber comprises an upper communicating hole, and further comprising a communicating hole formed at a lower point of the main dust collecting chamber.