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Class 55/459.2 - Inclined inflow


Subclass of Class 55 - Gas separation
Definition: Apparatus wherein the gas inflow conductor is sloped.
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 09/09/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7422614Bagless 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...
09/09/2008
7288129Cyclone dust collector and handle assembly for vacuum cleaner having the same
Disclosed is a handle assembly of a vacuum cleaner, comprising a handle pipe having an inlet and an outlet fluidly connected to a suction port assembly and a cleaner body, respectively, a handle formed on the handle pipe to grip for a cleaning work, and a cyclone du...
10/30/2007
7163568Bagless 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...
01/16/2007
7108138Material classifier
A material classifier includes a cyclone including a cyclone inlet, a cyclone outlet, a blower and a blower discharge; an air diffuser connected at a diffuser inlet to the cyclone outlet and at a diffuser outlet to an air lock such that the cyclone and air diffuser ...
09/19/2006
7052523Bagless canister vacuum cleaner
A bagless canister vacuum cleaner includes a selectively removable dirt cup, and an airstream flows rotationally through the dirt cup between an interior wall of the dirt cup and a filter assembly selectively mounted in the dirt cup so that entrained contaminants ar...
05/30/2006
6977003Cyclone dust-collecting apparatus of vacuum cleaner
A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprises an upper casing having an air suction port formed thereon, a lower casing connected to the upper casing to form a cyclone chamber, a guide unit disposed between the upper and the lower casing, and having a first channel ...
12/20/2005
6902596Air flow passage for a vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner is provided having improved pressure loss characteristics. A fluid supply conduit in flow communication with an inlet to a cyclone is integrally formed as part of a cyclone bin. The present invention may be adapted for use with cyclonic separation d...
06/07/2005
6863702Bagless 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...
03/08/2005
6758874Rotating filter feature for wet/dry vacuum cleaner
A wet/dry vacuum cleaner includes a debris collection drum having a top opening and a power head covering the top opening of the collection drum, which has an inlet and an outlet. A rotating filter filters dust laden air and is suspended from the power head extendin...
07/06/2004
6736873Air flow passage for a vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner is provided having improved pressure loss characteristics. A fluid supply conduit in flow communication with an inlet to a cyclone is integrally formed as part of a cyclone bin. The present invention may be adapted for use with cyclonic separation d...
05/18/2004
6712868Bagless canister vacuum cleaner
A bagless canister vacuum cleaner includes a selectively removable dirt cup, and an airstream flows rotationally through the dirt cup between an interior wall of the dirt cup and a filter assembly selectively mounted in the dirt cup so that entrained contaminants ar...
03/30/2004
6558453Bagless 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 com...
05/06/2003
6521006Vacuum cleaner
A vacuum cleaner capable of efficiently separating and eliminating dust and dirt is provided. The vacuum cleaner including a body having open and closed spaces divided by a partition, a suction brush connecting port formed on the upper side of the body an...
02/18/2003
6511595Apparatus and methods for separating solids from flowing liquids or gases
A means separates solid matter from liquid and includes a perforated separation panel through which the liquid can pass and which prevents the passage of the solid matter of a size larger than a predetermined size. When solid matter becomes located agains...
01/28/2003
6391095Air flow passage for a cyclonic separator and vacuum cleaner having same
A cyclonic separation device is provided having improved pressure loss characteristics. A fluid supply conduit in flow communication with an inlet to a cyclone is located and configured to extend longitudinally through a central portion of the cyclone, wh...
05/21/2002
6312594Insert for a cyclone separator
A cyclone separator having an improved efficiency to remove a broader spectrum of contained particles is disclosed. The cyclone separator is provided with a member positioned to interact with at least the inner portion of a fluid circulating within the cy...
11/06/2001
6238579Device for separating solid particles in a fluid stream
The present invention provides for discharge (exit) ports for exit fluid flow disposed at or adjacent to one another on one end of a vortex separating body; an inlet port(s) disposed at one end of a separating body having discharge (exit) ports for exit f...
05/29/2001
6210457Transparent lid for auxiliary dust removal receptacle
A transparent molded plastic lid for use on an auxiliary trash collection container used with a shop vacuum cleaner or dust collector system that permits inspection of the container contents without removal of the lid....
04/03/2001
6027541Lid for auxiliary dust removal receptacle
A molded plastic lid for use on an auxiliary trash collection container used with a shop vacuum cleaner or dust collector system. Incoming air and entrained materials are directed along the inside of the container at a shallow angle, and outgoing air is d...
02/22/2000
5843211Method and apparatus for separating a heavier phase from a lighter phase in a material flow by centrifugal force
Phases of different densities are separated from each other in a vortex separator chamber. A primary flow to be cleaned drives a secondary vortex flow in the chamber. The primary flow is introduced into the chamber centrally between the chamber ends throu...
12/01/1998
5788848Apparatus and methods for separating solids from flowing liquids or gases
An apparatus and method for separating material which includes solid and/or particulate matter from flowing liquid and/or gas. The apparatus includes a separation panel positioned in a fluid flow path, and the separation panel is housed in a separation ch...
08/04/1998
5665130Riser terminator for internally circulating fluid bed reactor
A fenestrated centrifugal terminator is described for use in an internally circulating fluid bed reactor or conventional riser reactor. It includes a tubular member having a straight vertical tubular portion the lower end of which is adapted for attachmen...
09/09/1997
5277705Powder collection apparatus/method
Device for separating and collecting ultrafine atomized powder from the gas stream of a gas atomizing apparatus comprises a housing having an interior wall oriented at an angle relative to horizontal so as to form a downwardly converging, conical expansio...
01/11/1994
5236479Cyclone separator
A cyclone separator for segregating a mixture of light and heavy particles from a gas stream carrying such particles includes a separating chamber connected at its upper end to a gas discharge chamber and connected at its lower end to a particle discharge...
08/17/1993
5131462Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger in the form of a vessel for heat exchange of a pulverulent solid material and a gas, e.g. for preheating raw materials prior to a burning process by use of the hot exit gases fed to the vessel consists of a hollow cylindrical central part...
07/21/1992
4842145Arrangement of multiple fluid cyclones
A special form of fluid cyclone in which the velocity energy in the exit fluid is converted into exit pressure, thus permitting the device to discharge to atmospheric pressure or a higher pressure while a vacuum may exist in the central core of the vortex...
06/27/1989
4702181Cyclone separator
A cyclone separator is disclosed for effectively separating a gaseous or liquid medium from solid particles or for separating two or more similar substances by size or weight. The cyclone separator includes a chamber having a cylindrical member closed off...
10/27/1987
4662909Cyclone construction
A cyclone separator construction has a gas supply pipe which joins a horizontal inlet spiral of the cyclone and is inclined downwadly at an angle of between 30 degrees and 70 degrees with the horizontal. In this way disruptive material deposits in the inl...
05/05/1987
4660248Pickup truck mounted sweeper
This disclosure relates to a sweeper for roads, parking lots or like surfaces which is particularly adapted to be mounted upon a bed of a pickup truck, the sweeper including a hopper into which air-entrained debris is discharged, the hopper having a fore-...
04/28/1987
4476608Apparatus for removal of ash
Apparatus for removal of ash and the like from open fireplaces, ashpans etc. by means of a vacuum cleaner, said apparatus comprising an airtight ash container, an inlet pipe stub for ash and air and an outlet pipe stub to be connected with a suction sourc...
10/16/1984
4170555Methods and apparatus for centrifugal treatment of fluids containing impurities in suspension
In a process for the centrifugal treatment of liquid of liquid or gaseous fluids containing impurities in suspension, of the type in which the fluid to be treated is injected tangentially in a first end of an apparatus of circular transverse section in wh...
10/09/1979
4159151Silo filling apparatus
An overhead silo filling device for uniformly distributing ensilage and particulate materials in substantially symmetrical concentric fashion around a central axis of silos and the like comprises a hollow chamber with a discharge outlet at the lower end a...
06/26/1979
4135898Device for centrifugally separating the components of a gas mixture
In a device for separating the components of a gas mixture and especially isotopic species of different masses such as U235 and U238, the mixture is passed through a vessel having an axis of revolution and forms a vortex, the axis of...
01/23/1979
4074763Bottom-hole gas-liquid separator
The invention relates to gas-liquid separator useful in a well and utilizes centrifugal force to assist in separating gas from liquid and includes a central inner tubular member for flowing gas thus separated through the incoming gas-liquid mixture and al...
02/21/1978
4019881Moisture separator for a nuclear steam turbine
An improved moisture separator suitable for a nuclear steam turbine-generator power plant is disclosed. The separator is of the type having wiggle plate or inertial-type moisture separator elements aranged in axially disposed banks within a generally hori...
04/26/1977
3960734High efficiency cyclone separator
A cyclone separator having a central fluid conduit. An interceptor ring is externally attached to the end of the fluid conduit and has a surface which intercepts fluid flowing longitudinally along the outer surface of the fluid conduit and directs the flu...
06/01/1976
3951620Separation apparatus and process
Particulate solids are separated from their admixture with gases by passage through a cyclone separator, wherein the solids are guided down the lower conical section thereof by helical channels which minimize recirculation of the particles and thereby min...
04/20/1976
 
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