JP5376030B2 - Electric vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner with improved collection performance, obtained by applying a sufficient swirling force to both of two portions in a swirl chamber when dust is separated at the two portions. <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum cleaner includes: a suction opening body 1; an electric air blower 53; and a cyclone section 10 disposed between the suction opening body 1 and the electric air blower 53 and provided with an inlet opening 11, a swirl chamber 12, and a discharge opening body 15. The side wall of the swirl chamber 12 includes: a circular tube section 12b; and a circular cone section 12a. The side wall of the discharge opening body 15 includes: a circular tube mesh 15b; and circular cone mesh 15a. The vacuum cleaner also includes: a zero-order opening section 113 which is formed by opening the side wall of the circular tube section 12b; a first-order opening section 13 which is formed by opening a part of the circular cone section 12a; a zero-order dust case 114 which communicates with the swirl chamber 12 through the zero-order opening section 113; and a first-order dust case 14 which communicates with the swirl chamber 12 through the first-order opening section 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner, and more particularly to a vacuum cleaner provided with a cyclone separator.

  Conventionally, as this type of vacuum cleaner, for example, “having a housing having a fluid intake means including fine particles and a discharge means for discharging a cleaned fluid, a means for generating a primary vortex in the inflowing fluid, and The housing includes a separation region including a first separation chamber and a second separation chamber each connected to a particulate collection means, and a coupling means for generating a secondary vortex flow in the second separation chamber, and applies to particulates having different weights. An apparatus for separating fine particles into a first separation chamber and a second separation chamber due to a difference in inertial force is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2002-503541 (summary)

  In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, the outlet for exhausting the air in the housing (the swirl chamber in which the fine particles swirl) opens in the axial direction with respect to the housing. Since it flows into the swirl chamber at a speed in the direction, sufficient swirl force cannot be applied to both the waste separated in the first separation chamber and the waste separated in the second separation chamber, and the centrifugal force is insufficient. And there was a subject that collection performance was low.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and improves the collection performance by giving a sufficient swirl force to both of them when dust is separated at two places in the swirl chamber. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric vacuum cleaner that makes it possible.

  A vacuum cleaner according to the present invention is arranged between a suction port body that sucks dust-containing air from the outside, an electric blower that generates intake air, and the suction port body and the electric blower. And a cyclone section that swirls the dust-containing air flowing in from the inflow port in the swirl chamber and separates the dust and then exhausts the dust from the discharge port body. The side wall of the swirl chamber is connected to a cylindrical portion having a substantially cylindrical shape to which the inflow port is connected and a side opposite to the inflow port side of the cylindrical portion, and a tip portion is disposed in a direction away from the inflow port. The side wall of the discharge port body is covered with the inflow port side of the cylindrical portion, and is covered with the cylindrical portion having a hole and the cylindrical portion. In the state, the cylindrical body is connected to the side opposite to the inlet side, the tip part is disposed at a position not reaching the cone part in a direction away from the inlet, and a substantially conical cone having a hole. Composed. The vacuum cleaner includes a first opening formed by opening a side wall of the cylindrical portion of the swirl chamber closer to the conical portion than the inlet and the cylindrical body, and a conical portion of the swirl chamber. A second opening formed by opening a part, a first dust case communicating with the swirl chamber via the first opening, and the swirl chamber via the second opening A second dust case communicating with the second dust case;

  According to the vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention, by employ | adopting said structure, it becomes possible to centrifuge efficiently and to collect in a 1st dust case and a 2nd dust case, respectively.

It is a figure showing the whole vacuum cleaner composition concerning the present invention. It is a top view of the cleaner body 5 of the electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. It is aa sectional drawing of the cleaner body 5 shown by FIG. It is bb sectional drawing of the cleaner body 5 shown by FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the cyclone dust collector 50 which is the principal part of the vacuum cleaner main body 5 of the electric vacuum cleaner shown by FIG. It is a front view of the cyclone dust collector 50 of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention. It is a rear view of the cyclone dust collector 50 of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the cyclone dust collecting apparatus 50 of the vacuum cleaner which concerns on this invention. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow AA in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow BB in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment. It is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 8 in Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the arrow D-D in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow EE in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF in FIG. 7 in the first embodiment. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a cyclone dust collecting apparatus 50 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow EE in FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along arrows AA in FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along arrows AA in FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along arrows AA in FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along arrows AA in FIG. 7 in the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a vacuum cleaner according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the electric vacuum cleaner 100 includes a suction port body 1, a suction pipe 2, a connection pipe 3, a hose 4, and a cyclonic cleaner body 5. The suction port body 1 sucks dust and dust-containing air on the floor surface. One end of a straight cylindrical suction pipe 2 is connected to the outlet side of the suction port body 1. A handle 2a is provided at the other end of the suction pipe 2, and one end of the connection pipe 3 that is slightly bent in the middle is connected. One end of a flexible bellows-like hose 4 is connected to the other end of the connection pipe 3. Furthermore, the vacuum cleaner main body 5 is connected to the other end of the hose 4. The suction port body 1, the suction pipe 2, the connection pipe 3, and the hose 4 constitute a part of a flow passage for allowing dust-containing air to flow from the outside to the inside of the cleaner body 5.

FIG. 2 is a top view of the cleaner body 5 of the electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line aa of the cleaner body 5 shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line bb of the cleaner body 5 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the vacuum cleaner body 5 of the vacuum cleaner 100 includes a suction air passage 49, a cyclone dust collecting device 50, an exhaust air passage 51, a filter 52, an electric blower 53, and an exhaust. And a mouth 54. In addition, the vacuum cleaner body 5 includes a wheel 55, a cord reel (not shown), and the like at the rear part thereof. The cyclone dust collecting device 50 includes a cyclone unit 10 and a second cyclone unit 20 provided in parallel with the cyclone unit 10.
The cyclone unit 10 includes an inlet 11, a swirl chamber 12, a zero-order dust case 114, a primary dust case 14, and a discharge port body 15. The second cyclone unit 20 includes a second inlet 21, a second swirl chamber 22, a secondary dust case 24, and a second outlet 25. The primary dust case 14 and the secondary dust case 24 are formed as one case component. The openings at the lower ends of the zero-order dust case 114, the primary dust case 14, and the secondary dust case 24 are configured to be opened and closed by a dust case lid 31.

  An intermediate air passage 32 that connects the discharge port body 15 and the second inlet 21 is provided in the upper part of the cyclone unit 10. Further, an exhaust air passage 51 is provided in the upper part of the second cyclone unit 20 so as to be continuous with the second exhaust port 25. Thereby, the air flowing in from the outside of the cleaner body 5 is drawn into the intake air passage 49, the inflow port 11, the swirl chamber 12, the discharge port body 15, the intermediate air passage 32, the second inflow port 21, the second swirl chamber 22, After passing through the second discharge port 25 in order, it is configured to be discharged to the cleaner body 5 through an exhaust path including the exhaust air passage 51, the filter 52, the electric blower 53, and the exhaust port 54.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a cyclone dust collecting device 50 which is a main part of the cleaner body 5 of the electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 6 is a front view of the cyclone dust collector 50, FIG. 7 is a rear view of the cyclone dust collector 50, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the cyclone dust collector 50. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 7, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB in FIG. 7, FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C in FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the arrow D-D in FIG. 7, FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the arrow EE in FIG. 7, and FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along the arrow F-F in FIG. FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the cyclone dust collector 50.

Next, the structure of the cyclone dust collector 50 is demonstrated using FIGS.
As described above, the cyclone dust collecting device 50 of the electric vacuum cleaner 100 includes the cyclone unit 10 and the second cyclone unit 20 provided side by side with the cyclone unit 10. An intermediate air passage 32 is provided at the upper part of the cyclone unit 10, and this intermediate air passage 32 is continuously connected to the second inlet 21 provided at the upper part of the second cyclone unit 20. The second cyclone unit 20 has a separation performance equal to or higher than that of the cyclone unit 10.

  As described above, the second cyclone unit 20 is installed at the downstream position of the cyclone unit 10. For this reason, the second cyclone unit 20 collects garbage that could not be collected by the cyclone unit 10, and electric cleaning is performed. The air exhausted from the machine can be further purified.

The cyclone unit 10 includes an inflow port 11 that takes in the dust-containing air from the intake air passage 49, and a swirl chamber 12 in which the dust-containing air introduced from the inflow port 11 turns by connecting the inflow port 11 approximately in a tangential direction. The intake air flowing in from the inflow port 11 is swirled to separate dust, and then the intake air is exhausted from the discharge port body 15. Further, the discharge port body 15 includes a substantially cylindrical cylindrical mesh 15b having a large number of microscopic holes and a substantially conical conical mesh 15a having a large number of microscopic holes. Further, the swirl chamber 12 has a side wall constituted by a substantially cylindrical portion 12b and a substantially conical portion 12a. The cyclone unit 10 includes a zero-order opening 113 formed by opening a part of the cylindrical part 12b, a primary opening 13 formed by opening a part of the conical part 12a, and a zero-order opening 113. And a primary dust case 14 communicating with the swirl chamber 12 through the primary opening 13. The fine holes of the conical mesh 15a and the cylindrical mesh 15b are holes that connect the inside and the outside of the thick wall surface.
The 0th order opening 113 corresponds to the first opening of the present invention, and the 0th order dust case 114 corresponds to the first dust case of the present invention. The cylindrical mesh 15b corresponds to the cylinder of the present invention, the conical mesh 15a corresponds to the cone of the present invention, the primary opening 13 corresponds to the second opening of the present invention, and the primary dust case 14 corresponds to the second dust case of the present invention. To do.

Here, an outline of the operation of the cyclone unit 10 will be described.
When the cyclone unit 10 takes in the dust-containing air from the inlet 11 through the intake air passage 49, the dust-containing air flows almost horizontally along the side wall of the swirl chamber 12 and becomes a swirling air current, and the forced air near the center axis is forced. While forming the vortex region and the quasi-free vortex region on the outer periphery thereof, it flows downward due to its path structure and gravity. At this time, since the centrifugal force acts on the dust, for example, dust (hereinafter referred to as “garbage A”) having a relatively large size and specific gravity such as hair, bag, sand (relatively large sand) or the like is formed on the inner wall of the swirl chamber 12. The air is separated from the intake air and is captured by the zero-order dust case 114 through the zero-order opening 113 and deposited. Further, the remaining dust travels below the swirl chamber 12 on the descending swirl flow. Thereby, cotton dust and fine sand dust (hereinafter referred to as “garbage B”) that is light, easy to ride in the airflow, and bulky are sent into the primary dust case 14 through the primary opening 13, and further, due to wind pressure. It is driven above the primary dust case 14 where it is deposited and compressed. The air from which the dust A and the dust B are removed rises along the central axis of the cylinder of the cyclone unit 10 and is discharged from the discharge port body 15. The air discharged from the discharge port body 15 flows into the second swirl chamber 22 via the intermediate air passage 32 via the second inlet 21 of the second cyclone unit 20 and flows into the second swirl chamber 22. Falls while turning, passes through the secondary dust case 24, then rises and is discharged from the second discharge port 25, and then is exhausted from the exhaust air passage 51, the filter 52, the electric blower 53, and the exhaust port 54. It is discharged from the cleaner body 5 via a route.

  The discharge port body 15 of the cyclone unit 10 is configured as described above, and the dust A swirling around the swivel region formed by the cylindrical portion 12b and collected by the zero-order dust case 114, and the conical portion 12a. A sufficient centrifugal force can be applied to both the waste B collected by the primary dust case 14 by turning in the turning region formed by the above. Furthermore, since the air flow that has reached the center of the swirl chamber 12 can be smoothly taken in by the conical mesh 15a while swirling to the lower side of the swirl chamber 12, the swirl air flow is not disturbed, and the collection performance is not disturbed. Can be improved. In addition, since the conical mesh 15a has a substantially conical shape, when long thread-like dust such as hair is entangled with the side wall of the discharge port body 15, the entangled dust can be easily moved along the tip direction of the cone. There is also an advantage that it can be removed.

In addition, in the side wall of the discharge port body 15, the sum total of the opening area of the fine hole of the conical mesh 15a is made smaller than the sum of the opening area of the fine hole of the cylindrical mesh 15b.
Since the dust A has a larger surface area and a larger air resistance than the dust B, the influence of the suction force in the centripetal direction is relatively small. Therefore, even if the total sum of the opening areas of the fine holes of the cylindrical mesh 15b is increased, the dust A The influence on the collection performance of A is small. Therefore, the sum of the opening areas of the fine holes of the cylindrical mesh 15b can be increased to suppress the wind speed of the airflow when passing through the fine holes, thereby reducing the pressure loss.

Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the inclination angle θ ₁ of the conical portion 12 a with respect to the central axis of the swirl chamber 12 is substantially equal to or less than the inclination angle θ ₂ of the conical mesh 15 a with respect to the central axis of the swirl chamber 12. .
By setting the inclination angles θ ₁ and θ ₂ in this way, the air passage cross-sectional area of the swirling air passage (the air passage excluding the discharge port 15) in the swirl chamber 12 is reduced without reducing the conical portion 12a. While suppressing the loss, it is possible to secure an air flow path in the center of the swirl chamber 12 to prevent interference between the swirl flow and the upward flow so that the air flow is not disturbed, thereby improving the collection performance. . In addition, the distance between the wall surface of the conical portion 12a and the conical mesh 15a cannot be reduced, so that the dust B swirling along the inner wall surface of the conical portion 12a can be prevented from being sucked from the conical mesh 15a. .

The primary opening 13 formed in the lower part of the swirl chamber 12 is configured such that the opening area is smaller than the opening area of the zero-order opening 113.
Thereby, the effect of suppressing the amount of air flowing into the primary dust case 14 through the primary opening 13 and suppressing the re-scattering of the garbage B reaching the primary dust case 14 is obtained.

  In the first embodiment described above, the configuration in which the second cyclone unit 20, the filter 52, and the electric blower 53 are arranged in this order in the downstream position of the cyclone unit 10 has been described. However, the present invention is configured in the first embodiment. The present invention is not limited to the example. For example, even in a configuration without the second cyclone unit 20, the effect is constant.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
The second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Note that the same name and reference numeral are used for the same structure as that described in Embodiment 1.
16 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line E-E in FIG. 7 according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line D-D in FIG. 7 according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 16, the discharge port body 15 is fine in a region excluding a part near the 0th-order opening 113, for example, a part indicated by reference numeral 15c in the conical mesh 15a constituting a part of the side wall. The structure is provided with holes.

  As described above, in the conical mesh 15a, a fine hole is provided in a region excluding the part 15c in the vicinity of the zeroth-order opening 113, thereby suppressing the axial suction force and increasing the turning force acting on the dust. However, since the suction force from the fine holes on the side wall of the discharge port 15 to the dust A is suppressed, the dust A can be reliably collected in the zero-order dust case 114. On the other hand, when the fine holes are provided in the vicinity of the zeroth-order opening 113, the suction force from the fine holes on the side wall of the discharge port body 15 acts greatly on the dust A. The dust case 114 is less likely to be collected, and the dust A once collected in the zero-order dust case 114 is likely to re-scatter.

  Further, in the inversion type cyclone unit 10 as shown in the second embodiment, the discharge port body 15 protrudes from the upper part of the swirl chamber 12, but the side wall of the discharge port body 15 with respect to the dust A is fine. Since the suction force from the hole is suppressed, the waste A can be reliably collected in the zero-order dust case 114 even if the zero-order opening 113 is installed at a height close to the discharge port body 15. The depth of the next dust case 114 can be increased, and the re-scattering of the dust A can be further suppressed to improve the collection performance.

Further, as shown in FIG. 17, the discharge port body 15 is formed in a region of the cylindrical mesh 15b that forms a part of the side wall, excluding a part near the inflow port 11, for example, a part indicated by reference numeral 15d. Micropores are provided.
As a result, the intake air flowing in from the inlet port 11 is prevented from being directly sucked into the outlet port body 15, and the centrifugal force acting on the dust A is further increased by further increasing the flow in the turning direction, thereby further improving the collection performance. can do. On the other hand, when a fine hole is provided in the vicinity of the inflow port 11, a part of the airflow is directly discharged from the discharge port body 15 without swirling in the swirl chamber 12, and the direction opposite to the swirl direction As a result, an airflow directed toward the wastewater is also generated, so that the centrifugal force acting on the waste A is reduced and the waste A is hardly collected.

  FIG. 18 shows the positional relationship in the axial direction between the conical mesh 15a and the zero-order opening 113 and the positional relationship in the axial direction between the inflow port 11 and the cylindrical mesh 15b. In FIG. 18, A is the opening range in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113, B is the height range in the axial direction of the inflow port 11, C is the height range in the axial direction of the cylindrical mesh 15b, and D is the conical mesh. The height position in the axial direction of the large end of 15a, E is the height position in the axial direction of the small end of the cylindrical mesh 15b.

As shown in FIG. 18, the conical mesh 15 a is configured such that the height position of at least a part of the substantially conical surface in the axial direction is within the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113. ing.
As a result, the suction force in the axial direction is suppressed and the turning force acting on the dust is increased, while the distance between the zero-order opening 113 and the minute hole in the side wall of the discharge port body 15 is secured to discharge the dust A. The suction force from the fine holes on the side wall of the outlet body 15 is suppressed, and the dust A can be reliably collected by the zero-order dust case 114. Further, in the inversion type cyclone unit 10 as shown in the second embodiment, the discharge port body 15 protrudes from the upper part of the swirl chamber 12, but the side wall of the discharge port body 15 with respect to the dust A is fine. Since the suction force from the hole is suppressed, the dust A can be reliably collected in the zero-order dust case 114 even if the zero-order opening 113 is installed at a height close to the discharge port body 15. For this reason, the depth of the 0th-order dust case 114 can be deepened, and the re-scattering of the dust A can be further suppressed to improve the collection performance. (This effect is referred to as effect A)

Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the inflow port 11 has a height range B in the axial direction within the height range C in the axial direction of the cylindrical mesh 15b, and the large end shaft of the conical mesh 15a. The height position D in the direction is configured to be outside the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113.
Thereby, since the airflow which entered from the inflow port 11 can turn smoothly, the centrifugal force which acts on refuse increases and it can improve collection performance. In addition, since only the conical mesh 15a is disposed in the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113, the distance between the zero-order opening 113 and the minute hole on the side wall of the discharge port body 15 can be more reliably determined. The centrifugal force acting on the dust A is increased and the collection property is improved while suppressing the suction force from the fine holes on the side wall of the discharge port 15 to the dust A flying to the zero-order dust case 114. be able to.

In addition, the relationship between the height positions E and D in the axial direction of the small end and the large end of the conical mesh 15a and the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113 is not limited to the above.
For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the height positions E and D in the axial direction of both the small end and the large end of the conical mesh 15 a may be within the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113. As shown in FIG. 20, the axial position of the small end of the conical mesh 15a is set while the height position D in the axial direction of the large end of the conical mesh 15a is within the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113. The height position E may be outside the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113.
Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the height positions E and D in the axial direction of both the small end and the large end of the conical mesh 15 a are outside the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113, and The height position E in the axial direction of the small end of 15a may be lower than the height position in the axial direction of the lower end of the zero-order opening 113.
That is, if the height position in the axial direction of at least a part of the substantially conical surface of the conical mesh 15a is within the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113, the zero-order opening 113 and the discharge port body 15 The distance from the minute holes on the side wall can be ensured and the zero-order opening 113 can be arranged at a position as high as possible, and the same effect as the above effect A can be obtained.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 22 (Comparative Example 1), the height position in the axial direction of the substantially conical surface of the conical mesh 15a is outside the opening range A in the axial direction of the zero-order opening 113, and the zero-order opening The distance between the portion 113 and the minute hole in the side wall of the discharge port body 15 cannot be secured. Further, in FIG. 23 (Comparative Example 2), the 0th-order opening 113 cannot be arranged at a high position. For this reason, the above-described effects cannot be obtained in the configuration examples of FIGS.

  In the first and second embodiments, the second cyclone unit 20 is provided. However, only the cyclone unit 10 may be used, or a plurality of cyclones (second cyclone unit, third cyclone unit) may be used. , ...) may be provided. In addition, since the present invention relates to the structure of the cyclone dust collector, it is not limited to the canister type vacuum cleaner described in the first and second embodiments.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment described above, the fine holes of the conical mesh 15a and the cylindrical mesh 15b are described as holes that communicate the inside and outside of the thick wall surface. For example, it is good also as a structure which affixed the mesh filter on the frame.

  Further, although the first embodiment and the second embodiment do not refer to the seal structure and the lock structure between the components, the seal structure and the lock structure may disturb the flow of airflow in the cyclone dust collector 50. It is desirable not to install it.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Suction port body, 2 Suction pipe, 3 Connection pipe, 4 Hose, 5 Vacuum cleaner main body, 10 Cyclone part, 11 Inlet, 12 Turning chamber, 12a Conical part, 12b Cylindrical part, 13 Primary opening part, 14 Primary dust case , 15 discharge port body, 15a conical mesh, 15b cylindrical mesh, 20 second cyclone section, 21 second inlet, 22 second swirl chamber, 24 secondary dust case, 25 second discharge port, 31 dust case lid, 32 Intermediate air passage, 49 Suction air passage, 50 Cyclone dust collector, 51 Exhaust air passage, 52 Filter, 53 Electric blower, 54 Exhaust port, 55 Wheel, 100 Vacuum cleaner, 1100th order opening, 1140th order dust case .

Claims (10)

A suction port for sucking dust-containing air from the outside;
An electric blower that generates intake air;
It is arranged between the suction port body and the electric blower, and includes an inlet, a swirl chamber, and a discharge port body. After dust dust flowing in from the inlet is swirled in the swirl chamber, dust is separated. With a cyclone section that exhausts from the discharge port body,
The side wall of the swirl chamber is
A substantially cylindrical cylindrical portion to which the inflow port is connected;
It is connected to the side opposite to the inlet side of the cylindrical part, and is composed of a substantially conical cone part having a tip part arranged in a direction away from the inlet,
The side wall of the outlet body is
A cylindrical body that is covered with the cylindrical portion on the inlet side and has a hole;
It is connected to the side opposite to the inlet side of the cylindrical body in a state covered with the cylindrical part, a tip part is arranged at a position not reaching the conical part in a direction away from the inlet, and has a hole. Consists of a cone-shaped cone,
A first opening formed by opening a side wall of the cylindrical portion of the swirl chamber closer to the conical portion than the inlet and the cylindrical body;
A second opening formed by opening a part of the conical portion of the swirl chamber;
A first dust case that communicates with the swirl chamber via the first opening;
A vacuum cleaner, further comprising a second dust case that communicates with the swirl chamber through the second opening.   2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein a sum of opening areas of the holes of the cone is smaller than a sum of opening areas of the holes of the cylindrical body.   The inclination angle of the conical portion of the swirl chamber with respect to a central axis thereof is substantially equal to or less than an inclination angle of the discharge port body with respect to the central axis of the conical body. Item 3. A vacuum cleaner according to item 2.   The vacuum cleaner according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the second opening has an opening area smaller than an opening area of the first opening.   The said discharge port body has the said hole formed in the area | region except the one part vicinity of the said 1st opening part in the side wall, The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. The vacuum cleaner described.   The said discharge port body has the said hole formed in the area | region except the part near the said inflow port in the side wall, The electricity as described in any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Vacuum cleaner.   2. The cone according to claim 1, wherein a height position of at least a part of a substantially conical surface of the cone in an axial direction is within an opening range of the first opening in the axial direction. The vacuum cleaner as described in any one of-Claim 6.   The said inflow port is arrange | positioned so that the height range in the axial direction of the said cyclone part may become in the height range in the axial direction of the said cylindrical body, The any one of Claims 1-7 characterized by the above-mentioned. The vacuum cleaner as described in the item.   9. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 8, wherein the cone is disposed such that a height position in the axial direction of the large end is outside an opening range in the axial direction of the first opening. . 2. A second cyclone unit disposed between the cyclone unit and the electric blower, further comprising a second cyclone unit that separates and exhausts dust from the dust-containing air exhausted from the exhaust port body of the cyclone unit. The vacuum cleaner as described in any one of Claims 1-9.

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