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US 11,963,652 B2Granted
Handheld vacuum cleaner
AssigneeDyson Technology Limited
InventorsCharles Howard Percy-Raine, Andrew John Isaacs, Alexander Michael Campbell-Hill, Stephen Robert Dimbylow
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Abstract
A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a dirt separator. The dirt separator includes a chamber having an inlet through which dirt-laden fluid enters and an outlet through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber. A disc located at the outlet rotates about a rotational axis and comprises holes through which the cleansed fluid passes.
Claims8
A handheld vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a dirt separator comprising:
- a chamber having an inlet through which dirt-laden fluid enters the chamber and an outlet through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber;
- an inlet duct extending through a wall of the chamber, the inlet defined by an end of the inlet duct;
- and
- a disc located at the outlet, the disc being arranged to rotate about an axial center of the disc which is coaxial to a rotational axis and comprising holes through which the cleansed fluid passes,
- wherein the inlet duct extends along a linear axis that is non-parallel to the rotational axis, and
- wherein the linear axis of the inlet duct intersects the axial center of the disc and the linear axis is not coincidental to the rotational axis.
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