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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182563 | Separating apparatus The present invention relates to a separating apparatus for separating particles from a fluid flow. Particularly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to a vacuum cleaner having such a separating apparatus for removing dust particles from a dust laden airstrea... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167965 | Filter for cleaning a fluid A filter for filtering a fluid has a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. A cyclone preseparator is arranged upstream of the filter element, wherein a fluid to be cleaned is guided through the preseparator to the filter element. The cy... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167964 | Cyclonic chamber for air filtration devices A cyclonic chamber for use in air filtration devices. The chamber includes an apex opposite a base with sidewalls extending therebetween. The cyclonic chamber is preferably parabolic in cross-section or tubular with a hemi-spherical cap. The base contains an outflow... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163051 | Dust collector of vacuum cleaner A dust collector of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collector includes a dust separation part that separates dust from air, a dust collecting body having a dust storage part that stores the dust separated by the dust separation part, and a division part that ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152876 | Filter element having V-seal The invention relates to a filter element, consisting of a filter medium (10) that is pleated in a zigzag manner and has a concentric form, and an end disk (11) disposed on a front, and a second end disk (12) disposed on the opposite front, wher... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152877 | Shroud for a cleaning service apparatus A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber has an air inlet and an opposed end. The dirt outlet from the cyclone chamber comprises a gap at the terminal end of a cyclone chamb... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147575 | Multi-stage oil separation system including a cyclonic separation stage A separator for separating a liquid-gas flow into a liquid and a compressed gas includes a housing that defines an inner space and that is adapted to contain the full pressure of the compressed gas. The housing includes a liquid-gas inlet, a liquid outlet, and a gas... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147576 | Filter element having serrated seal The invention relates to a filter element consisting of a filter medium (10) that is pleated in a zigzag manner and has a concentric shape, and a first end disk (11) and a second end disk (12) disposed on an opposite front, wherein the end disk ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142533 | Filter element and filter system The invention relates to a filter element consisting of a filter medium (10) which is folded in a zig-zag manner and designed in a concentric shape. End plates (11, 12) are arranged on the end sides of the medium. End plate (12) has a concentric... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8080075 | Intake system for sucking in combustion air and manually guided piece of equipment In order to provide an intake system for sucking in combustion air of an internal combustion engine of a piece of equipment, in particular a portable, manually guided piece of equipment, having more than one centrifugal separator comprising a centrifugal separator h... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8062398 | Vacuum cleaner and cyclone module therefor A vacuum cleaner with a cyclone module assembly comprising a separation chamber for separating dust and debris from air, a dirt collection chamber for collecting dust and debris that is separated from the air in the cyclone separation chamber, wherein the separation... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8048180 | Dual cyclone dust-collecting apparatus vacuum cleaner A dual cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The dust-collecting apparatus includes an air inlet through which an external air is drawn in, two cyclone chambers into which the external air drawn in through the air inlet air is drawn in,... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048181 | Filter apparatus A filter apparatus deposits impurities from a fluid stream by use of a filter element (10) accommodated in a filter casing (12). The filter casing (12) has a swirl space (14) such that the fluid stream to be filtered is conducted at least... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043394 | Particulate matter filter assembly with a flow device A particulate matter (PM) filter assembly includes a PM filter that filters PM from an exhaust stream and that includes an entry face facing a first direction of flow of the exhaust stream, and a swirl element disposed in the exhaust stream and that includes a blade... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8016902 | Cyclonic utility vacuum A vacuum cleaner including multiple cleaning stages comprises a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage, which is spaced from the first cyclonic stage. A housing defines a first particle collector that communicates with the first cyclonic stage. The first p... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012227 | Filter for cleaning a fluid A filter for filtering a fluid has a filter housing and a filter element arranged in the filter housing. A cyclone preseparator is arranged upstream of the filter element, wherein a fluid to be cleaned is guided through the preseparator to the filter element. The cy... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007554 | Apparatus and method for the purification of air entering animal transport vehicles An air purifier (10) for an animal transport vehicle, such as a horse float (12), has a first air flow passageway (22) for receiving air and directing it in a first direction, and a second air flow passageway (40) continuous with the firs... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7998231 | Air purifier An air purifier includes a housing, a centrifugal fan and an air purifying filter. The fan is substantially centered in the housing. The fan has a rotary shaft extending in a depth direction of the air purifier and a fan inlet port facing frontward. Air suctioned by... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993422 | Filter elements; air cleaner; assembly; and, methods A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7967883 | Extractor for vacuum cleaning system An extractor for a vacuum cleaning system of the type based on a cyclonic separator. The extractor comprises an annular body located adjacent the cyclonic separator and has an annular opening communicating with the cyclonic separator. A mesh covers the annular openi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7967884 | Bagless dustcup A bagless vacuum cleaner system dustcup assembly and method for using said system with a vacuum cleaner apparatus to separate dirt from a mixture of dirt and air inducted into said vacuum cleaner apparatus. Said bagless vacuum cleaner system generally comprises a du... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7955404 | Dust collector A dust collector includes a shell, an exit tube, an inner tube, a suction device, a first dust container, a bypass tube and a first dust bag. The shell defines a first receiving room therein. The exit tube defines an exit passage therein. The inner tube defines a co... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951216 | Dust separating apparatus of vacuum cleaner The present exemplary embodiments relate to a dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner. The dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner according to present exemplary embodiments includes a cyclone in which a plurality of cyclone airflows is formed; a dust ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938871 | Vehicle filter assembly A vehicle filter assembly includes a housing, a cyclone-inducing structure and a self-cleaning trap mechanism. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and a trap aperture. The cyclone-inducing structure is disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet to ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935160 | Filter assembly with trapped contaminant servicing A filter assembly has a housing removably receiving a contaminant tray, with a filter element mounted to the contaminant tray and removable therewith from the housing for servicing. The filter element traps contaminant in the contaminant tray including when the cont... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935161 | Filter cartridge with mounting apparatus and method of filter replacement for a cyclonic separation system A cyclonic separation system filter cartridge with a cylindrical body formed into at least thirty pleats having a solid bottom surface, an open top surface, a rigid inner cylindrical core, a top cap member substantially covering the open top surface except for a cen... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935159 | Dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. For this, the dust collecting of the present invention includes two parallel primary cyclones (210, 220)... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931716 | Handheld cleaning appliance A cleaning appliance includes a main body, a filter and an interlock. The main body includes an airflow generator, a separating apparatus separating dirt and dust from an airflow, and a flowpath between the separating apparatus and the airflow generator delimited by... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7918909 | Cyclone separator with fine particle separation member A cyclone separator assembly comprises a cyclone separator that removes large particles of dirt from a working airstream as it flows through the cyclone separator, and the separated large particles of dirt are deposited into a dirt cup. The cyclone separator assembl... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896937 | Hybrid separator A low-profile vapor-liquid separator, such as a steam-water separator is described having an inlet opening for receiving a flow of a vapor-liquid mixture and an outlet opening for exhausting the flow of a vapor-liquid mixture after removal of the liquid. A passagewa... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7887611 | Extraction device having a centrifugal separator In an extraction device comprising a suction apparatus (16) with an electric motor (32) and an centrifugal separator (14) exhibiting an inlet cylinder (22), a vertically arranged dip pipe (30) and a lateral suction nozzle (24 | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883559 | System for gas cleaning A system for gas cleaning has at least one casing (1) with a first chamber (31) into which the gas to be cleaned can be flowed and with a second chamber (33) from which the cleaned gas exits. A filter device (35) can have the gas flow thr... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7857878 | Dust collection unit for vacuum cleaner A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a first dust collection part for filtering foreign objects in air, a second dust collection part for filtering foreign objects in the air that has passed through the first dust collection part, and a dust collecti... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857879 | Droplet separator The droplet separator includes a vortex generating apparatus in a flow passage for directing a droplet-carrying gas in the direction of at least one separator element arranged concentrically about the flow passage. The separator element includes multiple grid-like s... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854779 | Dust separating apparatus for vacuum cleaner A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner which is compact in configuration and is capable of preventing dirt from piling up on an entrance channel is provided. The dust separating apparatus includes a dust collecting receptacle adapted to collect dirt, and a... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7833298 | System and inlet device for separating a mixture The invention relates to a system for separating a mixture of gas and liquid into a heavy fraction and a light fraction, the system comprising:—a separation vessel having a vessel inlet for the supply of the mixture to be separated, an upper vessel outlet for the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824457 | Portable cyclonic dust collector A portable dust collector for woodshop or other use with portable tools has a conic body that is supported on a tripod carriage formed of three legs attaching to gussets at the sides of the conic body. A divider plate within the conic body divides it into a cyclonic... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811344 | Double-vortex fluid separator A fluid separator includes a side-by-side double-vortex fluid generator installed within a pressure vessel. The vortex generator separates the liquid and gas components of the incoming fluid mixture, and the vessel itself helps further separate the liquid into water... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7803205 | Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus having a filter assembly A multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes a cyclone unit and a separable filter assembly adapted to be disposed at least partially in a discharge path of the cyclone unit. The cyclone unit includes a main cyclone, a secondary cyclone adapted to be disposed ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799104 | Dust collection container with bladed element for power tool with suction capacity A dust collection container for power tool with suction capacity is described comprising a first pipe (15) for air inlet and at least one second pipe (20) for air outlet, i.e. connected to the external environment, the dust container (13) compri... | 09/21/2010 |
