EP2386237A3 - Filter with use indicator, and vacuum cleaner with such a filter - Google Patents

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EP2386237A3
EP2386237A3 EP11401061.4A EP11401061A EP2386237A3 EP 2386237 A3 EP2386237 A3 EP 2386237A3 EP 11401061 A EP11401061 A EP 11401061A EP 2386237 A3 EP2386237 A3 EP 2386237A3
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Andre Bertram
Seyfettin Kara
Monika Seifert
Stefan Tiekötter
Cornelius Wolf
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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
    • A47L9/19—Means for monitoring filtering operation
    • 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
    • A47L9/12—Dry filters
    • A47L9/122—Dry filters flat

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filtering Of Dispersed Particles In Gases (AREA)
  • Filters For Electric Vacuum Cleaners (AREA)

Abstract

Filter (40), insbesondere als Staubsaugerabluftfilter (26) fungierender Filter (40), mit einer Anzeigevorrichtung (42), die mit der zu filternden Luft beaufschlagt wird, und bei der zu filterndes Material als Anzeige dient, z. B. indem sich dieses auf einem als Verbrauchsindikator (56) fungierenden, durchströmbaren Vlies oder dergleichen niederschlägt, und dort eine Verfärbung des Verbrauchsindikators (56) darstellt oder bewirkt, die von einem Benutzer durch optische Inaugenscheinnahme auswertbar ist.

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Filter (40), in particular as a vacuum cleaner exhaust filter (26) acting filter (40), with a display device (42) which is acted upon by the air to be filtered, and is used in the material to be filtered as a display, for. B. by this as a consumption indicator (56) acting through-flow nonwoven or the like is reflected, and there is a discoloration of the consumption indicator (56) or causes, which can be evaluated by a user by visual inspection.
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EP11401061.4A 2010-05-05 2011-04-13 Filter with use indicator, and vacuum cleaner with such a filter Active EP2386237B1 (en)

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DE102010016788A DE102010016788B4 (en) 2010-05-05 2010-05-05 Filter, vacuum cleaner with such a filter and use of such a filter as a vacuum cleaner exhaust filter

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EP2386237A2 EP2386237A2 (en) 2011-11-16
EP2386237A3 true EP2386237A3 (en) 2014-05-21
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