# US 7,407,524 B2 · Cyclone dust-collecting apparatus and a vacuum cleaner having the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,407,524 B2 - Document ID: US7407524B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/072,771 - Filed: 2005-03-04 - Published: 2006-03-16 - Granted: 2008-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2004-09-13 - Assignees: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jung-Gyun Han; Jang-Keun Oh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7407524B2 ## CPC - B04C 5/103: Bodies or members, e.g. bulkheads, guides, in the vortex chamber (cores B04C5/107) - A47L 9/1608: {Cyclonic chamber constructions} - B04C 5/13: formed as a vortex finder and extending into the vortex chamber {(exits with bulkheads preventing reverse flow vortex B04C3/00)}; Discharge from vortex finder otherwise than at the top of the cyclone; Devices for controlling the overflow - B04C 5/187: forming an integral part of the vortex chamber - Y10S 55/03: Vacuum cleaner - B04C: APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES ({centrifugal separation of water from steam B01D45/12;} jet mills B02C19/06; {wind sifters B07B7/00;} cyclonic type combustion apparatus F23; {vortex burners for cyclone-type combustion apparatus F23D1/02; cyclonic type combustion apparatus for gas turbines F23R3/00}) - A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus including: a cyclone body having a suction part through which air is drawn in and a discharge part through which the air is discharged; a grill connected to the discharge part, for filtering the air; a dirt receptacle connected to the cyclone body, for collecting dirt separated from the air which is drawn in through the suction part; and a downstream guide part for preventing dirt collected in the dirt receptacle from being scattered, and, of the dirt included in the drawn-in air, downward guiding a dirt having at least one of a predetermined weight and a predetermined size in a spiral direction by a flux of the air to the dirt receptacle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprising: a cyclone body having a suction part through which dirt laden air is drawn in and a discharge part through which filtered air is discharged; a grill connected to the discharge part, for filtering the dirt laden air; a dirt receptacle connected to the cyclone body, for collecting dirt separated from the dirt laden air; and a downstream guide part for preventing dirt collected in the dirt receptacle from being scattered and for guiding a dirt item in the dirt laden air that has at least one of a predetermined weight and a predetermined size in a downward spiral direction to the dirt receptacle, wherein the downstream guide part comprises a first guide member disposed under the grill and formed in a spiral shape to downward guide the dirt item and a second guide member formed on the cyclone body opposite to the first guide member to guide the dirt item to flow into the first guide member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first guide member comprises a flange having a cut-off part which has a first portion conforming to an air flowing direction and a second portion opposing to the air flowing direction and being higher than the first portion, the flange gradually and downwardly inclining as going from the second portion to the first portion in the air flowing direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first portion forms a first angle of approximately 60° with respect to a tangent of the suction part and a second angle between the first portion and the second portion with respect to a center of the grill of approximately 100°. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a predetermined area of the flange adjacent to the second portion of the cut-off part, the predetermined area having a first outer diameter that gradually increases to a predetermined width so that the first outer diameter is larger than a second outer diameter of a remaining area of the flange. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the predetermined width is approximately 2 to 10 mm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second guide member is formed on the cyclone body opposite to the cut-off part to guide the dirt item to flow into the cut-off part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second guide member comprises a rib that downwardly and gradually inclines as going from a first position over the first portion of the cut-off part to a second position over the second portion in the air flowing direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the rib protrudes from the cyclone body to a height of approximately 3 to 10 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The cyclone dust-collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first position of the rib is positioned at a third angle of approximately 40° with respect to a tangent of the suction part, and a fourth angle of the air flowing direction between the first position and the second position with respect to the center of the cyclone body is approximately 120°. ### Claim 10 A vacuum cleaner comprising: a vacuum cleaner body having a vacuum suction member installed therein; a suction brush connected to the vacuum cleaner body and movable along a cleaning surface; and a cyclone dust-collecting apparatus removably mounted in the vacuum cleaner body, wherein the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus comprises: a cyclone body having a suction part through which dirt-laden air is drawn in and a discharge part through which filtered air is discharged; a grill connected to the discharge part for filtering the dirt-laden air; a dirt receptacle connected to the cyclone body for collecting dirt separated from the dirt-laden air; and a downstream guide part for preventing dirt collected in the dirt receptacle from being scattered and for guiding a dirt item in the dirt-laden air that has at least one of a predetermined weight and a predetermined size in a downward spiral direction to the dirt receptacle, wherein the downstream guide part comprises a first guide member disposed under the grill and formed in a spiral shape to downward guide the dirt item, and a second guide member formed on the cyclone body opposite to the first guide member to guide the dirt item to flow into the first guide member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first guide member comprises a flange having a cut-off part having a first portion conforming to an air flowing direction and a second portion opposing to the air flowing direction and being higher than the first portion, the flange gradually and downward inclining as going from the second portion to the first portion in the air flowing direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first portion forms a first angle of approximately 60° with respect to a tangent of the suction part and a second angle of the air flowing direction between the first portion and the second portion with respect to a center of the grill of approximately 100°. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a predetermined area of the flange adjacent to the second portion of the cut-off part, the predetermined area having a first outer diameter that gradually increases to a predetermined width so that the first outer diameter is larger than a second outer diameter of a remaining area of the flange. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 13, wherein the predetermined width is approximately 2 to 10 mm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second guide member is formed on the cyclone body opposite to the cut-off part to guide the dirt item to flow into the cut-off part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 15, wherein the second guide member comprises a rib that downwardly and gradually inclines as going from a first position over the first portion of the cut-off part to a second position over the second portion in the air flowing direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 16, wherein the rib protrudes from the cyclone body to a height of approximately 3 to 10 mm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The vacuum cleaner as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first position of the rib is positioned at a third angle of approximately 40° with respect to a tangent of the suction part, and a fourth angle of the air flowing direction between the first position and the second position with respect to a center of the cyclone body is approximately 120°.