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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097050 | Rotary vacuum apparatus for air screen A vacuum apparatus rotatable about an axis through a filter screen for continually removing contaminants, which utilizes an asymmetrical vacuum arm supported by a center hub, and large longitudinally extending asymmetrical vacuum orifices in portions of the arm on o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8034138 | Indoor unit of air conditioner An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a filter member for trapping dust; a dust removing mechanism for removing the dust from the filter member; and a dust container for containing the dust removed from the filter member. The indoor unit further includes a c... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7862636 | Ceiling type air conditioner Enclosed is an air conditioner including a foreign matter collecting unit to secondarily collect foreign matter in a brush assembly when the brush assembly for firstly collecting and accumulating the foreign matter filtered by a filter automatically moves. Therefore... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7611553 | Dust collector and vacuum cleaner provided with the same There are provided a dust collector for cleaning dirt, dust, etc. adhering to a filter in association with the operation for opening and closing a cap of the dust collector, and a vacuum cleaner provided with the dust collector. The dust collector 30 has a du... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7544223 | Air conditioner An inner portion of a filter cleaning portion 300 arranged at an inner portion of an interior unit is respectively arranged with cleaning units 300A, 300B constituted by arranging upper brushes 344a, 344b brought into... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7494520 | Filter device for vacuum cleaner A filter device for a vacuum cleaner includes a casing having a collecting space therein, a suction opening through which air including dust is sucked, formed eccentrically at one side so that sucked air can be rotated and a discharge opening through which purified ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7419520 | Dust collection unit and vacuum cleaner with the same A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a dust collection container for collecting foreign objects contained in air introduced therein, covers defining a top and bottom of the dust collection container, and a filter-cleaning unit having a plurality of b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410521 | Filter service system and method A system for removing matter from a filtering device includes a flow receiving device having a plurality of blocking portions. Each of the plurality of blocking portions is configured to substantially block a flow directed by a corresponding at least one of a plural... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402189 | Autonomously-cleaned conditioning system An autonomously-cleaned conditioning system conducts a routine purge cycle to clear accumulated particulates from a filter, concentrator, or both. The purge cycle is conducted by reversing air flow through the filter and/or concentrator. Air flow is reversed on a pe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7351269 | Self cleaning filter and vacuum incorporating same A brush configured to move repeatedly over a vacuum filter. The brush will remove dust particles to prevent them from clogging the filter. In the preferred embodiment, the brush is mounted on a revolving shaft. As the shaft turns it moves the bristles of the brush o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7318848 | Dust collector for a vacuum cleaner A dust collector is disposed between an intake port and an exhaust port in a vacuum cleaner. Air flows from the intake port into the exhaust port along an airflow path in the dust collector. The dust collector includes a dust-collecting net disposed in the path, and... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7186281 | Dust-removing device for the dust-collecting tank of a dust-collecting machine A dust-removing device for the dust-collecting tank of a dust-collecting machine includes a guide frame installed inside the dust collecting tank and having a central guide rod for a brush base to move up and down thereon. The brush base has its outer circumferentia... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7080621 | Air cleaner unit for combustion engine An air cleaner unit of the present invention includes a removable cleaner case having defined therein an outflow port, located below the filter element, for discharging an air, introduced into the cleaner case, towards the combustion engine and including a case body... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6974487 | Cooling air cleaning device for a harvesting machine A device for cleaning a perforated radiator cage with at least one end face and peripheral side on an agricultural harvesting machine, wherein the device consists of an external brush which is associated with the radiator cage and which is in turn surrounded by a un... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6514303 | Rotary air screen for a work machine A rotary screen assembly rotatable about a rotational axis for filtering air entering an air inlet of a work machine, the screen assembly having an axially facing screen surface including an outer circumferential edge disposed around the rotational axis i... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6391073 | Air cleaner An air cleaner includes a cylindrical cleaning filter, and a case rotatably receiving the cleaning filter therein. A dust-removing brush is disposed to contact with a filter portion of the cleaning filter, and a manipulating device coupled to the cleaning... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6117200 | Electromagnetic filter cleaning system A mobile surface maintenance machine has a cleaning brush and a dust collection system mounted on the machine. The dust collection system includes a vacuum fan, a filter housing having an air inlet and a pleated filter element positioned within the housin... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5711775 | Sweeper with electromagnetic filter cleaning A sweeping machine includes a housing, wheels for moving the housing and a sweeping brush mounted on the housing. There is a hopper positioned adjacent the brush to receive dust and debris from the rotating brush. A dust collection chamber is located on t... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5569315 | Process and device for cleaning the waste air of systems for the solidification of melts A melt is converted into pieces by being converted to individual quantities that are dropped onto a cooling surface. Disposed above the cooling surface is a hood having a suction outlet for conducting waste air to a cleaner. Disposed in the hood upstream ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5183487 | Trash handling apparatus for a self-cleaning rotary screen A trash handling apparatus for a self-cleaning rotary screen comprising two cutterbars that extend across the diameter of a circular screen and a comb having a castellated edge is secured to the leading edge of a vacuum chamber. The two cutterbars are pro... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4983290 | Slit-tube filter A slit-tube filter has a hollow cylindrical filter element of bent wires which are attached to vertical retaining supports and form horizontal slits between themselves through which the liquid to be filtered passes, the cylindrical inner wall of the filte... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4881962 | Method of and apparatus for bending and tempering glass sheets The invention relates to a method of bending a glass sheet to be tempered as well as to a glass sheets bending and tempering apparatus. An array of conveyor rollers in a glass sheets bending and tempering section is adapted to be curved around an axis of ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4661129 | Filter cleaning device The present invention relates to a filter cleaning device, preferably for the cleaning of gases, such as welding fumes. To provide a filter cleaning device which efficiently cleans the filter without need for dismounting it, the filter cleaning device com... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4481019 | Method and apparatus for extracting solids from a gas stream flowing in a pneumatic transport line In an extraction method and apparatus for extracting low biomass solid materials from a pneumatic transport line, the stream of gas having the solids entrained therein is caused to flow over a toothed extractor wheel. The toothed wheel picks out of the st... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4369050 | Self cleaning paper trap A self-cleaning paper trap for use within a dust control system and mounted in the duct to trap sheet materials. The paper trap includes a housing which carries a plurality of spaced grid bars to trap the sheet materials and a wiper bar which is verticall... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4246011 | Vacuum cleaning apparatus A filter medium for use in a vacuum cleaner is shown with external brush means which is movable across the filter face for cleaning the soil therefrom. The brush means may either be moved manually, by automatic controls, by time switches, by pressure diff... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4214878 | Filtering apparatus and methods of exchanging particulate filter materials A filtering apparatus for filtering a fluid comprises two coaxial walls which are provided with openings for the radially-outward passage of the fluid to be filtered, granular filtering material being disposed between the walls. The fluid to be filtered i... | 07/29/1980 |