The application requires to be submitted on May 14th, 2008 the 61/127th of USPTO, No. 563 U.S. Provisional Applications and be submitted to the rights and interests of the 10-2008-0060945 korean patent application of Korea S Department of Intellectual Property on June 26th, 2008, whole disclosures of above-mentioned application are contained in this by reference.
Summary of the invention
The one side of embodiment of the present disclosure is to address the above problem at least and/or shortcoming, and advantage described below is provided at least.Therefore, the one side of embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a kind of cyclone dust collector, this cyclone dust collector has solved by they self and sealing between each assembly connected to one another, thereby the pressure loss that causes owing to air leak is minimized, and the structure of this cyclone dust collector is simplified.
In order to realize the above-mentioned and others of embodiment of the present disclosure, a kind of cyclone dust collector is provided, this cyclone dust collector comprises: cyclone unit, comprise first cyclone unit and second cyclone unit, first cyclone unit comprises the cyclone chamber that is used for from the air dust-separating that is loaded with dust, second cyclone unit is installed in first cyclone unit, and second cyclone unit comprises a plurality of cones that are used to separate fine dust; Cover unit, be formed on the cyclone unit, to assemble from the second cyclone unit air discharged and air to be directed to the outside of cyclone dust collector, wherein, first cyclone unit comprises the barrier plate that is positioned at the first cyclone unit bottom, and described barrier plate comprises a plurality of holes that are communicated with described a plurality of cone fluids ground.
Described barrier plate can comprise a plurality of outstanding pipes, and the inside of each of described a plurality of outstanding pipes from described a plurality of holes towards first cyclone unit is outstanding, and the bottom of described a plurality of cones is inserted in described a plurality of outstanding pipe.The bottom of described a plurality of cones can be respectively by surface contact and described a plurality of outstanding seals of tube.Described a plurality of cone can narrow down along downward direction, and each cone comprises extension apparatus, and described extension apparatus is formed on the periphery of lower end of described cone with oppressed and be inserted in each of described a plurality of outstanding pipes.
First cyclone unit can form by injection molding with barrier plate.Described a plurality of cones in second cyclone unit can form by injection molding.
Described cover unit can comprise: first lid flexibly seals by the packing ring on the top that is formed on second cyclone unit and second cyclone unit; Second lid is by the top seal of surface contact with first lid.First lid can comprise: a plurality of delivery pipes, and discharging is from the air of described a plurality of cones of second cyclone unit; The sealing projection is formed on the upper surface of first lid according to the curve shape of the annular in the hole that comprises a plurality of delivery pipes, and the curve shape of described annular is corresponding at the profile in the space of this mixing with the air of second lid.
First lid can comprise a plurality of connection projections, and described a plurality of connection projections are inserted in a plurality of connecting holes on second lid, and first lid can utilize a plurality of screws to be connected to second lid.
Described cover unit can comprise: first lid, be formed on the top of second cyclone unit, described first lid comprises a plurality of delivery pipes and sealing projection, described a plurality of discharged is from the air of described a plurality of cones of second cyclone unit, and the sealing projection is formed on the upper surface and lower surface of first lid according to the curve shape of the annular in the hole that comprises described a plurality of delivery pipes; Second lid, be connected to the top of first lid, wherein, first lid utilizes sealing projection on the lower surface of first lid by surface contact and the sealing of second cyclone unit, and first lid utilizes sealing projection on the upper surface of first lid by surface contact and the sealing of second lid.
First cyclone unit at least a portion can be formed by transparent material.
Described cyclone dust collector also can comprise: dust receptacle, be formed under the cyclone unit, and be separated part and be separated into the first dust chamber and the second dust chamber, wherein, described dust receptacle comprises at least one dust motion restriction rib, described dust motion restriction rib is outstanding from the lower surface of dust receptacle, to prevent to be collected in dust in the first dust chamber owing to internal gas flow moves.
The specific embodiment
Now, will be described accompanying drawing, wherein, identical label is represented components identical all the time.Below, embodiment is described with reference to the accompanying drawings, to explain the disclosure.
Referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 5, cyclone dust collector 10 comprises cyclone unit 100, cover unit 200 and dust receptacle 300.
Cyclone unit 100 utilizes centrifugal force from the suction brush assembly (not shown) dust-separating from the air that is loaded with dust that the surface that is cleaned sucks by the main body of dust collector (not shown).First cyclone unit 110 that cyclone unit 100 comprises the dust granule that separation is big from the air that is loaded with dust with from by second cyclone unit 130 of separating fine dust first cyclone unit, 110 filtered airs.
First cyclone unit 110 comprises the main body 111 with open upper portion.Main body 111 comprises: cyclone chamber 115, cut apart by partition wall 113; Accommodating chamber 117 holds a plurality of cones 133 of second cyclone unit 130; Guiding tube 119 will be directed to first cyclone unit 110 by the air that is loaded with dust that the suction brush assembly (not shown) enters the main body of dust collector (not shown).
Main body 111 is manufactured into partially transparent or whole clearing, makes the user can see the inside of main body 111.Sealing ring 140 inserts along the lower end 111a of main body 111, with the airtight connection between the maintenance dust receptacle 300 and first cyclone unit 110, thereby prevents the pressure reduction in first cyclone unit 110 and prevents that dust from leaking into outside first cyclone dust collector 10.In addition, main body 111 and barrier plate 112 form by injection molding, make the bottom of spatial accommodation 117 be closed, thereby the fine dust that prevents to be collected in the second dust chamber 350 of dust receptacle 300 enters spatial accommodation 117.Barrier plate 112 comprises a plurality of outstanding pipe 112a that gives prominence to towards spatial accommodation 117.Described a plurality of outstanding pipe 112a has identical lower height, to be connected to described a plurality of cone 133 hermetically, and be communicated with the second dust chamber, 350 fluids, thereby tiny dust from air separated and from described a plurality of cone 133 to the whereabouts, be collected into then in the second dust chamber 350.
Cyclone chamber 115 is arranged in the main body 111 prejudicially, and spatial accommodation 117 forms around a side of partition wall 113.Grid filtration spare 116 is formed in the cyclone chamber 115, enters second cyclone unit 130 to prevent the big dust granule that separates from air under action of centrifugal force.
The upper end 116a of grid filtration spare 116 passes the air drain hole 113a on the top that is formed on partition wall 113, thereby is detachably connected to the air intake hole 131 of second cyclone unit 130.In addition, skirt shape part 116b is outstanding from the periphery of the lower end of grid filtration spare 116, flows back to cyclone chamber 115 then thereby prevent from cyclone chamber 115 to be hiked up by the dust of after separating from air in dropping to dust receptacle 300.A plurality of grate opening 116c are formed on the grid filtration spare 116, so that flow through by cyclone chamber 115 filtered airs.
There is air intake hole 131 in a side in second cyclone unit 130, enters second cyclone unit 130 from the air that is filtered first of the air drain hole 113a of first cyclone unit 110 discharging by this air intake hole 131.There are a plurality of cones 133 in opposite side in second cyclone unit 130, and described a plurality of cones 133 are along vertical formation of cyclone dust collector 10, and is accommodated in the spatial accommodation 117 of first cyclone unit 110.In addition, second cyclone unit 130 comprises a plurality of guiding channels, and described a plurality of guiding channels are formed between air intake hole 131 and the described a plurality of cone 133, and the air that enters air intake hole 131 with guiding makes among its inlet 133a that flow into each cone.Described a plurality of guiding channel 132 is connected respectively to the inlet 133a of described a plurality of cone 133 along tangential direction.Therefore, the air that enters inlet 133a is subjected to rotation in the described a plurality of cones 133 of acting on of revolving force, thereby can utilize centrifugal force that fine dust is separated from air.
Described a plurality of cone 133 narrows down along downward direction, and each cone comprises extension apparatus 134, and this extension apparatus 134 extends vertically from the periphery of the lower end of cone 133.Oppressed and when being inserted among the described a plurality of outstanding pipe 112a of barrier plate as the bottom of described a plurality of cones 133 133b, the outer surface of extension apparatus 134 is sealed by the inner surface of described a plurality of outstanding pipe 112a respectively.Can prevent from not to be blocked the fine dust that plate 112 stops at this face seal between extension apparatus 134 and the outstanding pipe 112a and enter spatial accommodation 117 by the space between extension apparatus 134 and the outstanding pipe 112a.In this respect, spatial accommodation 117 is isolated with described a plurality of cones 133, and not influencing the air-flow of the discharging in described a plurality of cones 133, thereby the pressure loss in cyclone unit 100 can be lowered and can prevent that therefore inhalation power from reducing.
Cover unit 200 is formed on the cyclone unit 100, and comprises first lid 210, second lid 230 and external cap 250.
The top of first lid, 210 lid positions, second cyclone unit 130.Packing ring 400 is formed between second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210, makes that the airtight connection between second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210 can be held.First lid 210 comprises a plurality of delivery pipes 211, and described a plurality of delivery pipes 211 are corresponding with described a plurality of cones 133 of second cyclone unit 130 respectively.Described a plurality of delivery pipe 211 passes a plurality of patchholes 410 that are formed on the packing ring 400, and described a plurality of delivery pipes 211 are formed on described a plurality of cone 133 and are coaxial with described a plurality of cone 133.Sealing projection 213 is outstanding from the upper surface of first lid 210, is connected with second the airtight of lid 230 with maintenance.The curve shape that sealing projection 213 has the annular of the top 211a that comprises described a plurality of delivery pipe 211.
Second lid 230 is connected to the top of first lid 210, and comprises the outer wall that forms connection well (junctionchamber) 235, and is mixed at connection well 231 from delivery pipe 211 air discharged.The profile that connects well 235 is corresponding with the curve of the annular of sealing projection 213, thereby when first lid 210 was connected on second lid 230, the outer surface 213a of sealing projection 213 was sealed by the inner surface 231a of outer wall 231.
Second lid 230 comprises delivery pipe 233, and this delivery pipe 233 will be discharged into the outside of cyclone dust collector 10 at the air that connects the Jing235Chu mixing.Delivery pipe 233 is connected on the part of main body of dust collector (not shown), to be communicated with suction motor (not shown) fluid ground in the main body of dust collector.
External cap 250 is formed on second lid 230, to protect second lid 230.
Cover unit 200 and packing ring 400 are formed on the cyclone unit 100 successively.See figures.1.and.2, first Connection Step is to be connected on a plurality of connecting holes 416 of being formed on the packing ring 400, a plurality of connecting holes 216 and a plurality of connecting holes 236 on second lid 230 on first lid 210 being formed on a plurality of connection projections 136 on second cyclone unit 130, second Connection Step is that a plurality of screws 500 are passed a plurality of fastener holes that are formed on external cap 250, second lid 230, first lid 210 and second cyclone unit 130 successively, then described a plurality of screws 500 is fixed in a plurality of screw holes 118 of first cyclone unit 110.
As mentioned above, first cyclone unit 110 and second cyclone unit 130 are utilized the surface between extension apparatus 134 and the outstanding pipe 112a to connect and are sealed to together, second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210 utilize packing ring 400 flexibly to be sealed, and first lid 210 and the second lid 230 outer surface 213a by sealing projection 213 is connected to the inner surface 231a of outer wall 231 and sealed together.In this manner, the cyclone unit 100 and the cover unit 200 that produce air path are sealed together by several steps, to prevent air leak and to make minimise loss of pressure.As a result, can prevent the reduction of the inhalation power of cyclone unit 100 and vacuum cleaner.
In this exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the elastic packing between second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210 is realized by the packing ring 400 that inserts between them, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.Even packing ring 400 is omitted, sealing between second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210 also can realize by forming another sealing projection 215, sealing projection 215 is formed under first lid 210, as shown in Figure 6 according to the loop curve around described a plurality of delivery pipes 211.Because sealing projection 215 is corresponding with the profile that inlet 133a by described a plurality of guiding channels 132, air intake hole 131 and described a plurality of cone 133 of second cyclone unit 130 forms, so when first lid 210 is connected to the top of second cyclone unit 130, the outer surface 215a of sealing projection 215 is by the inner surface 130a of second cyclone unit 130 sealing, and the inner surface 130a of second cyclone unit 130 forms the profile that the inlet 133a by described a plurality of guiding channels 132, air intake hole 131 and described a plurality of cone 133 of second cyclone unit 130 forms.Therefore, can keep airtight connection by the face seal between second cyclone unit 130 and first lid 210.
Dust receptacle 300 is installed under the cyclone unit 100, and dust receptacle 300 is separated into the first dust chamber 330 and the second dust chamber 350 by separator 310.The first dust chamber 330 is formed on the position corresponding with cyclone chamber 115, to collect the big dust granule that is separated by first cyclone unit 110.The second dust chamber 350 is formed on the position corresponding with the spatial accommodation 117 that holds described a plurality of cone 133, to collect the fine dust particle that is separated by second cyclone unit 130.
Dust receptacle 300 comprises from the outstanding a plurality of dust motion restriction ribs 390 of the lower surface of dust receptacle 300, to prevent making the dust motion of being collected by first cyclone unit 110 owing to the internal gas flow of the first dust chamber 330.
Operation with the cyclone dust collector 10 of constructing as mentioned above is as follows.
If the suction motor (not shown) of main body of dust collector (not shown) is operated, then the suction brush assembly (not shown) air that will be loaded with dust is drawn into the main body of dust collector from the surface that is cleaned.
The air that is loaded with dust enters the guiding tube 119 of cyclone unit 100 along the main body of dust collector (not shown).
With reference to Fig. 5, the air that is loaded with dust enters the cyclone chamber 115 of first cyclone unit 110 by guiding tube 119, rotation in cyclone chamber 115, thus big dust granule is separated from the air that is loaded with dust under action of centrifugal force, then along the rotation of the inwall of partition wall 113 and fall.Therefore, big dust granule is collected in the first dust chamber 330, and the air after separated enters grid filtration spare 116 by grate opening 116c.
Air passes grid filtration spare 116, enters second cyclone unit 130 by air intake hole 131.Next, air enters described a plurality of cone 133 along described a plurality of guiding channels 132, and in rotation in described a plurality of cones 133 under the effect of revolving force.As a result, tiny dust granule is separated from air under action of centrifugal force, falls and is collected in the second dust chamber 350.Isolated air is discharged into the connection well 235 of second lid 230 by described a plurality of delivery pipes 211 from described a plurality of cones 133.
Next, air is discharged into the outside of cyclone dust collector 10 by delivery pipe 233, moves along the main body of dust collector (not shown), passes and sucks the motor (not shown), is discharged into the outside of main body of dust collector (not shown) at last.
Can be clear that from top description because firm sealing is arranged, so the air leak in cyclone dust collector and the pressure loss are prevented from, it is weakened to make inhalation power not have between cyclone unit and cover unit.
Though the certain embodiments demonstration of the present invention of reference has also been described the present invention, but those skilled in the art should understand that, under the situation that does not break away from the scope and spirit of the present invention that are defined by the claims, can make various changes on form and the details to it.