GB2367510B - Improved air/particle separator - Google Patents

Improved air/particle separator

Info

Publication number
GB2367510B
GB2367510B GB0116407A GB0116407A GB2367510B GB 2367510 B GB2367510 B GB 2367510B GB 0116407 A GB0116407 A GB 0116407A GB 0116407 A GB0116407 A GB 0116407A GB 2367510 B GB2367510 B GB 2367510B
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
particle separator
improved air
improved
air
separator
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0116407A
Other versions
GB0116407D0 (en
GB2367510A (en
Inventor
John Herbert North
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from GB0016501A external-priority patent/GB0016501D0/en
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of GB0116407D0 publication Critical patent/GB0116407D0/en
Publication of GB2367510A publication Critical patent/GB2367510A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2367510B publication Critical patent/GB2367510B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • 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
    • A47L9/1625—Multiple arrangement thereof for series 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
    • A47L9/1608—Cyclonic chamber constructions
    • 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
    • A47L9/165—Construction of inlets
    • 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
    • A47L9/1658—Construction of outlets
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D45/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces
    • B01D45/12—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D45/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces
    • B01D45/12—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces
    • B01D45/14—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces generated by rotating vanes, discs, drums or brushes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D45/00—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces
    • B01D45/12—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces
    • B01D45/16—Separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours by gravity, inertia, or centrifugal forces by centrifugal forces generated by the winding course of the gas stream, the centrifugal forces being generated solely or partly by mechanical means, e.g. fixed swirl vanes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C11/00—Accessories, e.g. safety or control devices, not otherwise provided for, e.g. regulators, valves in inlet or overflow ducting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C3/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex flow following a screw-thread type line remains unchanged ; Devices in which one of the two discharge ducts returns centrally through the vortex chamber, a reverse-flow vortex being prevented by bulkheads in the central discharge duct
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C3/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex flow following a screw-thread type line remains unchanged ; Devices in which one of the two discharge ducts returns centrally through the vortex chamber, a reverse-flow vortex being prevented by bulkheads in the central discharge duct
    • B04C3/04—Multiple arrangement thereof
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/08—Vortex chamber constructions
    • B04C5/103—Bodies or members, e.g. bulkheads, guides, in the vortex chamber
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/12—Construction of the overflow ducting, e.g. diffusing or spiral exits
    • B04C5/13—Construction of the overflow ducting, e.g. diffusing or spiral exits formed as a vortex finder and extending into the vortex chamber; Discharge from vortex finder otherwise than at the top of the cyclone; Devices for controlling the overflow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/14—Construction of the underflow ducting; Apex constructions; Discharge arrangements ; discharge through sidewall provided with a few slits or perforations
    • B04C5/15—Construction of the underflow ducting; Apex constructions; Discharge arrangements ; discharge through sidewall provided with a few slits or perforations with swinging flaps or revolving sluices; Sluices; Check-valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/14—Construction of the underflow ducting; Apex constructions; Discharge arrangements ; discharge through sidewall provided with a few slits or perforations
    • B04C5/185—Dust collectors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/24—Multiple arrangement thereof
    • B04C5/26—Multiple arrangement thereof for series flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C5/00—Apparatus in which the axial direction of the vortex is reversed
    • B04C5/24—Multiple arrangement thereof
    • B04C5/30—Recirculation constructions in or with cyclones which accomplish a partial recirculation of the medium, e.g. by means of conduits
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B04—CENTRIFUGAL APPARATUS OR MACHINES FOR CARRYING-OUT PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES
    • B04C—APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES
    • B04C7/00—Apparatus not provided for in group B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00; Multiple arrangements not provided for in one of the groups B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00; Combinations of apparatus covered by two or more of the groups B04C1/00, B04C3/00, or B04C5/00

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Separating Particles In Gases By Inertia (AREA)
  • Cyclones (AREA)
GB0116407A 2000-07-06 2001-07-05 Improved air/particle separator Expired - Fee Related GB2367510B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0016501A GB0016501D0 (en) 2000-07-06 2000-07-06 Improved dust/particle collecting bin for cyclone separators
GB0027593A GB0027593D0 (en) 2000-07-06 2000-11-13 Improved air-particle separator

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0116407D0 GB0116407D0 (en) 2001-08-29
GB2367510A GB2367510A (en) 2002-04-10
GB2367510B true GB2367510B (en) 2003-12-10

Family

ID=26244599

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0116407A Expired - Fee Related GB2367510B (en) 2000-07-06 2001-07-05 Improved air/particle separator

Country Status (3)

Country Link
AU (1) AU2001267735A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2367510B (en)
WO (1) WO2002003846A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (21)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6344064B1 (en) * 1999-01-29 2002-02-05 Fantom Technologies Inc. Method and apparatus of particle transfer in multi-stage particle separators
GB2392858A (en) * 2002-09-12 2004-03-17 James David Wallace Self emptying gas filter
GB0222771D0 (en) * 2002-10-02 2002-11-06 North John H Improved air/particle separation and method
GB0228148D0 (en) 2002-12-03 2003-01-08 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Dust separator and collector arrangement for suction cleaner
US6752857B1 (en) 2002-12-03 2004-06-22 Air Engineers, Inc. Sand/dust filtering system
GB0228152D0 (en) 2002-12-03 2003-01-08 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Cyclonic separators for suction cleaners
ES2459323T3 (en) 2002-12-06 2014-05-09 Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited Head for a vacuum machine
KR100500833B1 (en) * 2003-05-24 2005-07-12 삼성광주전자 주식회사 Dust collecting apparatus of vacuum cleaner having plural cyclones
KR100565341B1 (en) * 2003-06-20 2006-03-30 엘지전자 주식회사 Dust separator for cyclone cieaner
US7544224B2 (en) 2003-08-05 2009-06-09 Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc. Cyclonic vacuum cleaner
GB2416482B (en) 2004-07-22 2007-12-05 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Hose assembly for suction cleaner
GB2417674B (en) 2004-09-02 2007-12-19 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Suction cleaners
GB2422090B (en) 2005-01-12 2008-07-02 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Head for a suction cleaner
GB2423037A (en) 2005-02-15 2006-08-16 Techtronic Ind Co Ltd Cyclonic separator for suction cleaner
GB2425246B (en) 2005-04-21 2008-07-23 Vax Ltd Dust separator/collector assembly for suction cleaner
GB2454227B (en) * 2007-11-01 2012-02-29 Dyson Technology Ltd Cyclonic separating apparatus
US9649000B2 (en) 2012-11-09 2017-05-16 Aktiebolaget Electrolux Cyclone dust separator arrangement, cyclone dust separator and cyclone vacuum cleaner
US11951489B2 (en) 2016-04-01 2024-04-09 The Big Swing Company Ltd Separation device for separating a fluid
CN107969991A (en) * 2018-01-17 2018-05-01 张丹 A kind of dust remover of vacuum cleaner
CN111973018A (en) * 2019-05-23 2020-11-24 李亚锐 Material feeding unit and cooking machine
US20220065463A1 (en) * 2020-08-25 2022-03-03 Evo America, Llc Air flow management for cooking system

Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
SU1437094A1 (en) * 1987-04-06 1988-11-15 Донецкий политехнический институт Turbocyclone
US4826515A (en) * 1980-06-19 1989-05-02 Prototypes, Ltd. Vacuum cleaning apparatus
EP0489565A1 (en) * 1990-12-03 1992-06-10 Notetry Limited Shroud and cyclonic cleaning apparatus incorporating same
SU1769963A1 (en) * 1990-12-18 1992-10-23 Vni Pk I Neftyanogo Mash Equipment for drilling fluid clearing
RU2087206C1 (en) * 1993-01-11 1997-08-20 Юрий Вяйнович Гявгянен Cyclone
WO1998043721A1 (en) * 1997-04-01 1998-10-08 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Separator device provided with a cyclone chamber with a centrifugal unit, and vacuum cleaner provided with such a separator device

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE857467C (en) * 1948-10-02 1952-12-01 A Hering Ag Process and device for the separation of solid bodies from air or gases
DE2152389A1 (en) * 1971-10-21 1973-05-03 Keller Fa Otto Cyclone dust extractor - for air purifying using recycling or second stage cyclone treatment of output bleed fraction
JPS5238679A (en) * 1975-09-23 1977-03-25 Tokyo Takahashi:Kk Fine dust removing device of the type of cyclone
DK119093A (en) * 1993-10-22 1995-04-23 Joergen Sjoegreen Universal Vacuum Cleaner
ES2171875T3 (en) * 1997-06-20 2002-09-16 Candy Spa DOMESTIC VACUUM CLEANER WITH AXIAL CYCLONE.
DE29918605U1 (en) * 1999-10-21 2000-02-17 Logan Mir Yoness Moussavizadeh Vacuum cleaner filter

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4826515A (en) * 1980-06-19 1989-05-02 Prototypes, Ltd. Vacuum cleaning apparatus
SU1437094A1 (en) * 1987-04-06 1988-11-15 Донецкий политехнический институт Turbocyclone
EP0489565A1 (en) * 1990-12-03 1992-06-10 Notetry Limited Shroud and cyclonic cleaning apparatus incorporating same
SU1769963A1 (en) * 1990-12-18 1992-10-23 Vni Pk I Neftyanogo Mash Equipment for drilling fluid clearing
RU2087206C1 (en) * 1993-01-11 1997-08-20 Юрий Вяйнович Гявгянен Cyclone
WO1998043721A1 (en) * 1997-04-01 1998-10-08 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Separator device provided with a cyclone chamber with a centrifugal unit, and vacuum cleaner provided with such a separator device

Non-Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
WPI Abstract Accession No 1989-157472 & SU 1437094 A1 *
WPI Abstract Accession No 1993-335367 & SU 1769963 A1 *
WPI Abstract Accession No 1998-177332 & RU 2087206 C1 *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB0116407D0 (en) 2001-08-29
GB2367510A (en) 2002-04-10
WO2002003846A1 (en) 2002-01-17
AU2001267735A1 (en) 2002-01-21

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
GB2367510B (en) Improved air/particle separator
HK1061041A1 (en) Composite particles
HK1044226A1 (en) Battery separator
HK1047501A1 (en) Air recovery battery
GB2368298B (en) Air filter
HK1047191A1 (en) Air recovery battery
GB2367512B (en) Improved air/particle separator
GB2367774B (en) Improved air/particle separator
GB2367019B (en) Cyclone separator
AU3055301A (en) Centrifugal separator
GB2364001B (en) Air filter
GB0022610D0 (en) Improved air/particle separator
GB0002086D0 (en) Air separation
GB0112472D0 (en) Improved air/particle separator
GB0023385D0 (en) Magnetic separator
GB2368909B (en) Separation particles
GB0121854D0 (en) Separator
GB0025218D0 (en) Air vacuum separator
EP1322427A4 (en) Particle classification
TW478395U (en) Powder-particle separator
PL342304A1 (en) Separator
GB0002084D0 (en) Air separation method
GB0026965D0 (en) Separators
GB0016503D0 (en) Improved cyclone separators
GB9805259D0 (en) Particle separator

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20070705