Global Patent Index - EP 0915731 A1

EP 0915731 A1 19990519 - SEPARATOR DEVICE PROVIDED WITH A CYCLONE CHAMBER WITH A CENTRIFUGAL UNIT, AND VACUUM CLEANER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SEPARATOR DEVICE

Title (en)

SEPARATOR DEVICE PROVIDED WITH A CYCLONE CHAMBER WITH A CENTRIFUGAL UNIT, AND VACUUM CLEANER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A SEPARATOR DEVICE

Title (de)

TRENNVORRICHTUNG MIT EINER EINE ZENTRIFUGENEINHEIT BEINHALTENDE ZYKLONKAMMER, UND STAUBSAUGER MIT EINER SOLCHEN TRENNVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

SEPARATEUR COMPORTANT UNE CHAMBRE A CYCLONE POURVUE D'UNE UNITE CENTRIFUGE ET ASPIRATEUR COMPORTANT UN TEL SEPARATEUR

Publication

EP 0915731 A1 19990519 (EN)

Application

EP 98903264 A 19980305

Priority

  • EP 98903264 A 19980305
  • EP 97200942 A 19970401
  • IB 9800283 W 19980305

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9843721A1] A separator device (3) provided with a cyclone chamber (11, 79) for separating solid and/or liquid particles from a gas flow. The cyclone chamber (11, 79) has an upper wall (49) in which an outlet opening (15) is present, and a substantially rotationally symmetrical side wall (47, 81) in which an inlet opening (13) is present adjacent the upper wall (49). A discharge opening (17, 85) for the separated solid and/or liquid particles is present at a side (55, 83) of the cyclone chamber (11, 79) remote from the upper wall (49). According to the invention, a rotatable annular centrifugal unit (61, 87) is arranged in the cyclone chamber (11, 79) around the outlet opening (15) near the upper wall (49), by means of which unit a short-circuit flow running directly from the inlet opening (13) to the outlet opening (15) in the cyclone chamber (11, 79) is prevented. The efficiency of the separator device (3) is considerably improved thereby. In a first embodiment, the centrifugal unit (61) comprises a rotatable annular disc (65) positioned adjacent and parallel to the upper wall (49). In a second embodiment, the centrifugal unit (87) comprises a rotatable rim of blades (89) which is partly countersunk into a recess (95) in the upper wall (49). The separator device (3) can be used in a cyclone vacuum cleaner (1).

IPC 1-7

B01D 45/12; B04C 5/103; B04C 9/00; A47L 9/10

IPC 8 full level

A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); B01D 45/12 (2006.01); B01D 45/14 (2006.01); B04C 5/103 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); B01D 45/14 (2013.01); B04C 5/103 (2013.01); B04C 9/00 (2013.01); B04C 2009/005 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9843721A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9843721 A1 19981008; EP 0915731 A1 19990519

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 9800283 W 19980305; EP 98903264 A 19980305