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Class 55/343 - Combined serial and parallel arrangement


Subclass of Class 55 - Gas separation
Definition: Apparatus comprising more than one separating device each
No. of patents: 151
Last issue date: 04/10/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8152878Cyclonic separating apparatus
Cyclonic separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaner has a longitudinal axis, an upstream cyclonic separator and a downstream cyclone assembly. The downstream cyclone assembly comprises a plurality of cyclones arranged in parallel with one...
04/10/2012
8100999Separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance
A separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, includes a separator for separating dirt and dust from a fluid flow and a collecting chamber arranged to collect dirt and dust separated by the separator. A first catch for opening a closure ...
01/24/2012
7976597Cyclonic separation apparatus
A cyclonic separation apparatus comprises a plurality of series-connected separation stages 50,51, each comprising a plurality of cyclone separators 16/23 connected in parallel and disposed in a generally annular arrangement about a main vertical axis ...
07/12/2011
7951218Dust separating apparatus of vacuum cleaner
A dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The dust separating apparatus includes a body unit to separate dust from air and to store the dust separated from the air, a cover unit detachably coupled with the body unit and having an air discharging ...
05/31/2011
7951217Low pressure impact separator for separation, classification and collection of ultra-fine particles
Impact type gas-particle separation is applied to ultra-fine particles by judiciously altering the aerodynamic drag on the particles with respect to their inertia by operation at sub-atmospheric pressures. An impact separator has a housing having a channel in which ...
05/31/2011
7935162Dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner
Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (10) for a vacuum cleaner of the dust collecting performance is improved. For this, a dust collecting device (100) for a vacuum cleaner is provided, including a primary cyclone unit...
05/03/2011
7931717Vacuum cleaner with a removable cyclone array
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising a dirt inlet, a handle, a first cyclonic cleaning stage, a second cyclonic cleaning stage comprising a plurality of cyclones in parallel and a plurality of dirt collection chambers that are emptied concurrently, and the first ...
04/26/2011
7892305Dust 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 device (100) includes a primary cyclone unit (110) having two paral...
02/22/2011
7887613Vacuum cleaner having dirt collection vessel with toroidal cyclone
A vacuum cleaner includes a body having a nozzle assembly with a suction inlet and a control assembly including a control stalk. A dirt collection vessel is carried on the body. The dirt collection vessel includes a toroidal cyclone. The toroidal cyclone has an inle...
02/15/2011
7887612Vacuum cleaner with a plurality of cyclonic cleaning stages
A portable appliance comprises a dirt inlet, first and second cyclonic stages wherein each cyclonic stage comprises a plurality of cyclones in parallel and the second cyclonic stage is downstream from the first cyclonic stage and a fluid flow motor. ...
02/15/2011
7883560Dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner
A dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner, includes a housing, a first cyclone separator integrated within the housing, and second cyclone separators arranged around the first cyclone separator, wherein the second cyclone separators are removably mounted into ...
02/08/2011
7867306Multistage cyclonic separating apparatus
A cyclonic separating apparatus includes a first cyclonic separating unit including at least one first cyclone, a second cyclonic separating unit located downstream of the first cyclonic separating unit and including a plurality of second cyclones arranged in parall...
01/11/2011
7867307Cyclonic separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance
A cyclonic separating apparatus for a cleaning appliance includes a plurality of cyclonic separators arranged in series for separating particles from a dirt- and dust-laden airflow, at least two or three collectors for collecting separated dirt and dust, and a closu...
01/11/2011
7842112Cyclone collector
Cyclone collector including a primary cyclone (1) having a first inlet (14) for drawing external air, and a first outlet (14) for discharging air, a secondary cyclone (3) connected to the primary cyclone (1), and flow guide means (...
11/30/2010
7828866Dirt and dust cyclonic separating apparatus
A cyclonic separating apparatus includes a first cyclonic separating unit including at least one first cyclone, a second cyclonic separating unit located downstream of the first cyclonic separating unit and including at least one second cyclone, and a third cyclonic...
11/09/2010
7815702Multi cyclone collector
A multi cyclone collector with an improved structure is disclosed for providing the highest number of second cyclone collector (300) by disposing a plurality of second cyclone collector (300) in a non circular shape (400) arrangement along a fir...
10/19/2010
7815703Dust collecting unit of vacuum cleaner
A dust collecting unit of a vacuum cleaner has a dust collecting body including a first dust separating unit for separating dust from air and a first dust storing unit for storing the separated dust. A cover member is coupled to the dust collecting body and a second...
10/19/2010
7811345Vacuum cleaner with a removable cyclone array
A portable vacuum cleaner having at least first and second cleaning stages wherein the first cleaning stage has a dirt collection member and the second cleaning stage comprises a plurality of cyclones and at least one dirt collection chamber, wherein the first and s...
10/12/2010
7794515Cyclone separating apparatus for vacuum cleaner
A cyclone separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclone with an air entrance disposed on a lower portion of the first cyclone and an air exit disposed at an upper portion of the first cyclone; a first contaminants chamber substantially enclosing...
09/14/2010
7789923Dust-collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner
A dust-collecting apparatus of a vacuum cleaner includes a first dust-collecting unit, a second dust-collecting unit, and a dust receptacle. The second dust-collecting unit is adapted to be mounted to one side of the first dust-collecting unit. The dust receptacle i...
09/07/2010
7785383Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus and cleaner having the same
A compact multi-cyclone dust separating is disclosed. The multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes a first cyclone chamber that separates dust-laden air drawn from outside, a second cyclone chamber that is disposed in the first cyclone chamber, and that sepa...
08/31/2010
7776115Multi cyclone dust-separating apparatus of vacuum cleaner
A multi cyclone dust-separating apparatus is disclosed that includes a cyclone unit having a first cyclone, a plurality of second cyclones, and a dust collecting unit. The first cyclone is disposed so that a longitudinal axis thereof is substantially vertically arra...
08/17/2010
7771499Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus of a vacuum cleaner
The multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes a first cyclone unit having a body and including an air inlet disposed at a side of the body, a first cyclone chamber adapted to form a first space for whirling air from the air inlet to separate dust form the air...
08/10/2010
7753976Dust collecting device for vacuum cleaner
Object of the present invention is to provide a dust collecting device (10) for a vacuum cleaner of which dust collecting performance is improved. The dust collecting device (100) of the present invention includes a primary cyclone unit (200) ha...
07/13/2010
7744667Cyclone separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner
A cyclone separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a first cyclone having an inclined part and adapted for separating dust and air; a first dust chamber adapted to be disposed substantially around the first cyclone and to be in fluid communication with the...
06/29/2010
7744668Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus of vacuum cleaner
The multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes a first cyclone unit including a first outer tub with a first air inlet and a cylindrical element with a first air outlet, and whirling air from the first air inlet to separate dust therefrom, the cylindrical elem...
06/29/2010
7731771Cyclone collector
A cyclone collector is provided that includes a body having an inlet that draws air therein, a cyclone provided inside of the body, and an outlet that discharges air from the body. The outlet includes a passage portion having a passage and a closed portion under the...
06/08/2010
7651544Vacuum cleaner with multiple cyclonic dirt separators and bottom discharge dirt cup
A vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclonic separator having a first cyclone and a plurality of downstream secondary cyclones. The first cyclone comprises a side wall defining a first cyclonic chamber, and the secondary cyclones each comprise a side wall defining a second...
01/26/2010
7601188Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner includes at least one cyclone dust separation unit. A cover is formed over the cyclone dust separation unit to attenuate noise generated by the cyclone unit. Dimples or recesses may be formed on the interior of the cover to further attenuate noise. ...
10/13/2009
7563297Multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus
Disclosed is a multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus including a primary cyclone for centrifugally separating impurities from the sucked air, a plurality of secondary cyclones for centrifugally separating impurities from the air supplied from the primary cyclone, ...
07/21/2009
7563298Cyclone dirt separating apparatus and vacuum cleaner having the same
A cyclone dirt separating apparatus and a vacuum cleaner having the same are disclosed. The cyclone dirt separating apparatus comprises a cyclone body including a first cyclone chamber in which dirt is separated preliminarily from air drawn in from an exterior by a ...
07/21/2009
7556661Dust collection unit and vacuum cleaner with same
A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a first filtering chamber filtering relatively large foreign objects, a second filtering chamber filtering relatively small foreign objects when air exhausted from the first filtering chamber is introduced into th...
07/07/2009
7537625Multi cyclone dust separating apparatus
A multi cyclone dust separating apparatus including a first cyclone and a second cyclone having a plurality of cyclones formed on an outer side of the first cyclone. The first cyclone includes a first cyclone chamber centrifugally separating dust from air, a chamber...
05/26/2009
7534279Multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus
A multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus with improved dust collecting efficiency and suction force is provided. The multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus includes a first and a second multi-cyclone units having a first cyclone which collects large particles of d...
05/19/2009
7494523Multi-cyclone dust separator
A multi-cyclone dust separator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first cyclone unit having a first cyclone chamber and a first dust receptacle enclosing a circumference of the first cyclone chamber; and a second cyclone unit disposed be...
02/24/2009
7491255Dust collection unit for vacuum cleaner
Provided is a dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner that can provide an improved collection efficiency, a reduced reduce, and a good outer appearance. The dust collection unit includes: a first filtering chamber for filtering first foreign objects; a plurality o...
02/17/2009
7462211Gas-solids separation device and method
A multi-stage gas-solids separator having at least 4 stages is configured so that the penultimate stage of separators is operated in an underflow condition. The underflow from the penultimate stage is used as the input flow for the final stage of separators. The mul...
12/09/2008
7462212Cyclone dust separating apparatus for vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaner having the same
A cyclone dust separating apparatus has a first cyclone chamber for separating particles from the externally-drawn fluid by centrifugal force, one or more second cyclone chambers for separating particles from the fluid discharged from the first cyclone chamber by ce...
12/09/2008
7459001Vane diffuser
Vane diffuser for use in separators for separating a liquid phase and/or a particulate material from a gas flow, includes a distribution chamber that communicates with the inlet pipe stub of the separator. A top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of curved, para...
12/02/2008
7449039Cyclonic cleaner
A cyclone cleaner that enables noise frequencies generated in a plurality of cyclone chambers to be different from one another, thereby preventing noise from overlapping at a specific frequency bandwidth, and therefore, reducing noise. The cyclonic cleaner includes ...
11/11/2008
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