EP1488729A2 - Receptacle de poubelle pour aspirateur - Google Patents

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EP1488729A2
EP1488729A2 EP03380225A EP03380225A EP1488729A2 EP 1488729 A2 EP1488729 A2 EP 1488729A2 EP 03380225 A EP03380225 A EP 03380225A EP 03380225 A EP03380225 A EP 03380225A EP 1488729 A2 EP1488729 A2 EP 1488729A2
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vacuum cleaners
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Jordi Coll Campos
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Panasonic Corp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
    • A47L9/16—Arrangement or disposition of cyclones or other devices with centrifugal action
    • A47L9/1616—Multiple arrangement thereof
    • A47L9/1641—Multiple arrangement thereof for parallel flow
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L9/00—Details or accessories of suction cleaners, e.g. mechanical means for controlling the suction or for effecting pulsating action; Storing devices specially adapted to suction cleaners or parts thereof; Carrying-vehicles specially adapted for suction cleaners
    • A47L9/10—Filters; Dust separators; Dust removal; Automatic exchange of filters
    • A47L9/16—Arrangement or disposition of cyclones or other devices with centrifugal action
    • A47L9/1683—Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles

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  • the present invention refers to a waste container-receptacle for vacuum cleaners, based on the collection being carried out by the so-called cyclone effect produced inside the container.
  • the container comprises two independent tanks, inside each one of which the cyclone effect is produced so that the wastes are deposited on the bottom of each one of the tanks of the container.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a waste container-receptacle of the cited type, with some innovations that permit greater effectiveness to be obtained in the depositing of the wastes on the bottom of each one of the tanks, in the retaining of such wastes, as well as to permit the acceptable level of wastes inside the tanks to rise and to achieve the emptying and cleaning of the tanks to be done easily and effectively.
  • the container is designed to be used in small-size and easy-to-use home vacuum cleaners.
  • the cyclone effect consists of creating a stream of air inside the waste container-receptacle, the wastes being thrown against the side walls, producing a type of decantation of such wastes that will logically be deposited on the bottom of the container, where the wastes will be stored until the container is emptied.
  • the air comes out clean through a nozzle, after having passed through a filtering system that retains those suspended particles which due to their low density have not been deposited on the bottom of the container.
  • the container In order to prevent the cyclone effect from lifting the particles or wastes toward the corresponding outlet area, the container has been provided with a transversal partition wall with openings or holes that permit the wastes to drop to the bottom.
  • the container comprises two independent tanks, with a shared inlet that forks off towards each one of them in order to produce the cyclone in each one of said tanks, is also known.
  • Said container with the two tanks forms an assembly with a handle and means for coupling on the body of the vacuum cleaner, which may be easily disassembled in order to carry out any type of maintenance of the different component parts that comprise the container itself.
  • the waste container-receptacle for vacuum cleaners is of the type referred to last of all in the preceding section, in other words, it comprises two independent tanks, a top cover where the corresponding filters and an inside partition wall in each one of the tanks, are arranged, in order to prevent the wastes deposited by the cyclone effect from rising.
  • one of the improvements or innovations consists of the intermediate partition wall provided for in each tank having an incline with respect to the air inlet plane, an incline that will preferably be upward from its edge and in contact with the side wall of the tank itself towards its free edge.
  • the cited partition walls have a notch that defines a through opening, as an enlargement of that which defines the open sector not occupied by the partition wall itself.
  • Another improvement consists in part of the side surface of the tanks and part of its bottom being materialized by a feasible, conveniently jointed cover, which corresponds with the height comprised between the inclined partition walls and the bottom of the tanks.
  • the joining is carried out on the side surface of the tanks, above the area where the inclined partition walls are positioned.
  • Said cover closes at the bottom by pressure locking or by any other system that permits easy unlocking thereof, permitting with its opening and tilting easy emptying and cleaning of the tanks, upon a large part of the side surface and a part of the bottom of said tanks remaining totally open.
  • the cover includes a pair of partition walls with a shape and arrangement such that together with the oblique or inclined partition walls of the two tanks of the container, in a position in which said cover is closed, they will cover almost the entire amplitude or "space” of each tank, leaving only an opening for the intake of air and collection of particles or wastes, as well as a groove in correspondence with the facing of both edges of the partition walls of the tanks and of the partition walls of the cover.
  • the cited partition walls of the cover can be coplanar with the ones of the tanks, or they can be arranged so that they are unaligned.
  • the partition walls of the cover can have a notch facing the one of the partition walls of the tank, defining together a larger through opening.
  • the cited partition walls of the cover have an oblique arrangement, in other words, diagonal.
  • the particle or waste container-receptacle for vacuum cleaners object of the invention is comprised of a general body (1) wherein two independent tanks (2) are established, between which there is defined an inlet duct (3), whose mouth (4) is located underneath, while its emergence empties into an inside area or distributor (5) that is closed at the top by means of a cover (6) with a handle (7) and inside filters (8), which are positioned concentrically on the top part of the tanks (2).
  • Said cover (6) has coupling/decoupling means (12) for its assembly/disassembly with respect to the general body (1) of the container-receptacle, whose means (12) are complemented with other blocking/deblocking means (13) provided for this purpose in body (1).
  • the tanks (2) have part of their side profile and part of the bottom materialized by a cover (14), which covers a sector of the cited side surface and the height comprised between the bottom (10) and an inclined intermediate partition wall (15) provided for in each tank (2).
  • Said cover (14) is jointed in two points (16) to the main body (1), permitting the tilting thereof in order to close or open the tanks (2) and to permit in this latter case the emptying and cleaning of the tanks.
  • Said cover (14) is blocked in the closed position of said cover by means of a spring (17) of the general body (1) wherein the window (18) of a fin belonging to the cover itself (14) locks.
  • the arrangement, shape and amplitude of the cover (14) permits that in its open position the emptying and cleaning of the tanks (2) can be done easily and effectively, since the cover merely needs to be unlocked from its closed position and folded upward so that all the wastes that have been stored in the bottom of the tanks (2) drop by gravity, at the same time that the large amplitude of the open area that said cover (14) provides permits easy and effective cleaning.
  • the incline thereof enhances the collection of wastes and reduces to a large degree that the particles rise above such partition walls (15) toward the filter (8) area and logically towards the outlet area, permitting the time for cleaning or replacing such filters(8) to be lengthened.
  • the residues that are deposited and stored on the bottom (10) of the tanks (2) can reach a level higher than that of the partition walls themselves (15), thus increasing the storage capacity of said tanks (2), all of this due to the shape and inclined arrangement of the partition walls (15), which in a preferable embodiment have a size that closes a sector of the total amplitude of the tanks (2), leaving the other ample sector in the open.
  • These partition walls (15) have a notch (20) that defines an opening that enlarges the opening or free sector by means of the corresponding tank (2).
  • the cover (14) is provided with a pair of complementary partition walls (15') of the partition walls (15) of the tanks (2), in such a way that in the closing of the cover (14) its partition walls (15') face the partition walls (15) covering almost all the "space” or open amplitude of the tanks (2).
  • a small separation (21) is defined between both partition walls (15) and (15') and in combination with the opening that defines the notch (20) of the respective partition walls it gives rise to the opening for the intake of air and collection of the wastes towards the bottom.
  • the partition walls (15') of the cover can have another notch (20') like notch (20) of the partition walls (15), in such a way that when notches (20) and (20') face each other, a larger amplitude of the opening is created.
  • the cover (14) has its partition walls (15'') diagonal, in other words, they have an oblique arrangement as shown in figure 7.

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EP03380225A 2003-06-16 2003-10-08 Receptacle de poubelle pour aspirateur Withdrawn EP1488729A3 (fr)

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EP1690487A1 (fr) * 2005-02-15 2006-08-16 Vax Limited Unité cyclonique de séparation et collection de poussières pour un aspirateur
WO2006102147A2 (fr) * 2005-03-17 2006-09-28 Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. Aspirateur a cyclones jumeles
EP1714602A2 (fr) * 2005-04-18 2006-10-25 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Séparateur-cyclone de poussières et aspirateur comprenant celui-ci
EP1743559A2 (fr) * 2005-07-12 2007-01-17 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Aspirateur cyclonique avec des moyens pour réduire la perte de pression d'air d'entrée
WO2007021042A1 (fr) 2005-08-17 2007-02-22 Lg Electronics Inc. Dispositif de collecte de poussière pour aspirateur
EP1707096A3 (fr) * 2005-03-29 2007-08-15 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Appareil de collection de poussière à cyclone multiple
EP1745853A3 (fr) * 2005-07-18 2007-12-26 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Dispositif de séparateurs cycloniques et aspirateur comportant un tel dispositif
US7410516B2 (en) 2005-03-17 2008-08-12 Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner
EP1996059A1 (fr) * 2006-03-10 2008-12-03 G.B.D. Corp. Aspirateur muni d'un ensemble de cyclones extractibles
US7534279B2 (en) 2005-03-29 2009-05-19 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus
US8291545B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2012-10-23 Royal Appliance Mfg., Co. Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner

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EP1136028A2 (fr) * 2000-03-24 2001-09-26 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Aspirateur électrique
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GB2369291A (en) * 2000-11-27 2002-05-29 Samsung Kwangju Electronics Co Pipe-mounted cyclone dust collecting device for a vacuum cleaner
EP1302148A2 (fr) * 2001-10-09 2003-04-16 Lg Electronics Inc. Unité pour collecter la poussière dans un aspirateur et corps principal d'aspirateur muni d'une telle unité

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EP1136028A2 (fr) * 2000-03-24 2001-09-26 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Aspirateur électrique
GB2369291A (en) * 2000-11-27 2002-05-29 Samsung Kwangju Electronics Co Pipe-mounted cyclone dust collecting device for a vacuum cleaner
EP1302148A2 (fr) * 2001-10-09 2003-04-16 Lg Electronics Inc. Unité pour collecter la poussière dans un aspirateur et corps principal d'aspirateur muni d'une telle unité

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WO2006102147A2 (fr) * 2005-03-17 2006-09-28 Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. Aspirateur a cyclones jumeles
AU2006227345B2 (en) * 2005-03-17 2009-09-24 Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner
US7410516B2 (en) 2005-03-17 2008-08-12 Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner
WO2006102147A3 (fr) * 2005-03-17 2007-03-22 Royal Appliance Mfg Aspirateur a cyclones jumeles
EP1707096A3 (fr) * 2005-03-29 2007-08-15 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Appareil de collection de poussière à cyclone multiple
US7534279B2 (en) 2005-03-29 2009-05-19 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Multi-cyclone dust collecting apparatus
EP1714602A3 (fr) * 2005-04-18 2008-11-05 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Séparateur-cyclone de poussières et aspirateur comprenant celui-ci
EP1714602A2 (fr) * 2005-04-18 2006-10-25 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Séparateur-cyclone de poussières et aspirateur comprenant celui-ci
US7501002B2 (en) 2005-04-18 2009-03-10 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Cyclone dust separator and a vacuum cleaner having the same
US8291545B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2012-10-23 Royal Appliance Mfg., Co. Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner
US8707513B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2014-04-29 Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited Twin cyclone vacuum cleaner
EP1743559A3 (fr) * 2005-07-12 2007-10-31 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Aspirateur cyclonique avec des moyens pour réduire la perte de pression d'air d'entrée
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US7563298B2 (en) 2005-07-18 2009-07-21 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Cyclone dirt separating apparatus and vacuum cleaner having the same
EP1745853A3 (fr) * 2005-07-18 2007-12-26 Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. Dispositif de séparateurs cycloniques et aspirateur comportant un tel dispositif
WO2007021042A1 (fr) 2005-08-17 2007-02-22 Lg Electronics Inc. Dispositif de collecte de poussière pour aspirateur
EP1915083A1 (fr) * 2005-08-17 2008-04-30 LG Electronics Inc. Dispositif de collecte de poussière pour aspirateur
EP1915083A4 (fr) * 2005-08-17 2009-11-18 Lg Electronics Inc Dispositif de collecte de poussière pour aspirateur
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US7749293B2 (en) 2006-03-10 2010-07-06 G.B.D. Corp. Vacuum cleaner with a removable cyclone array
US7931717B2 (en) 2006-03-10 2011-04-26 G.B.D. Corp. Vacuum cleaner with a removable cyclone array
EP1996059A1 (fr) * 2006-03-10 2008-12-03 G.B.D. Corp. Aspirateur muni d'un ensemble de cyclones extractibles
EP1996059A4 (fr) * 2006-03-10 2009-07-08 Gbd Corp Aspirateur muni d'un ensemble de cyclones extractibles

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