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US 12,661,663 B2Granted
Low profile dust separator
OwnerThomas Huntleyinventor
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Abstract
A dust separator including a top member having a top member having an inlet port arranged to supply dust-laden air and an outlet port arranged to remove clean air, the top member having a lower portion configured as a lip and having a radius which equals diameter of the inlet port, and a dust separator plate, housed within the lip, having a passage with at least one opening arranged to remove the dust from within the top member.
Claims20
A cyclonic particle separator comprising:
- a first member having a top portion and a side wall portion with a transition portion therebetween, the side wall portion being annular, and the transition portion being arcuate from the top portion to the side wall portion, the first member defining an inlet port extending from the side wall portion tangentially and an outlet port extending from the top portion of the first member;
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- a separator plate in communication with the first member, the separator plate and the first member cooperating to form a tapered passage, the tapered passage tapering from a relatively wide portion that receives dust from an airflow proximate the inlet port to a relatively narrow portion downstream of the airflow from the relatively wide portion, the tapered passage extending in a range of about 180 degrees to about 240 degrees adjacent the side wall portion, wherein the separator plate forms a generally flat bottom of the cyclonic separator.
A cyclonic particle separator comprising:
- a first member having a top portion and a side wall portion with a transition portion therebetween, the side wall portion being annular and having a planar, generally vertical cross-sectional profile, and the transition portion being arcuate from the top portion to the side wall portion, the first member defining an inlet port extending from the side wall portion tangentially and an outlet port extending from the top portion of the first member and having a central axis generally parallel to the planar, generally vertical cross-sectional profile of the side wall portion;
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- a separator plate in communication with the first member, the separator plate and the first member cooperating to form a tapered passage, the tapered passage aligned with a dust-laden air flow adjacent the side wall portion, wherein the separator plate forms a generally flat bottom portion of the cyclonic separator, and wherein the tapered passage tapers from a relatively wide portion that receives dust from the dust laden airflow proximate the inlet port to a relatively narrow portion downstream of the airflow from the relatively wide portion, and the tapered passage extends in a range of about 180 degrees to about 240 degrees adjacent the side wall portion.
A cyclonic particle separator comprising:
- a first member having a top portion and a side wall portion with a transition portion therebetween, the side wall portion being annular, and the top portion having a sloped surface portion having a generally planar cross-sectional profile, the first member defining an inlet port extending from the side wall portion tangentially and an outlet port extending from the top portion of the first member;
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- a separator plate in communication with the first member, the separator plate and the first member cooperating to form a tapered passage tapering from a relatively wide portion that receives dust from an airflow proximate the inlet port to a relatively narrow portion downstream of the airflow from the relatively wide portion, the tapered passage extending in a range of about 180 degrees to about 240 degrees adjacent the side wall portion, wherein the separator plate forms a generally flat bottom portion of the cyclonic separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.