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US 7,842,112 B2Granted
Cyclone collector
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSung Hwa Lee, Kie Tak Hyun, Young Bok Son, Hyoung Joo Cho, Kyeong Seon Jeong
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Abstract
Cyclone collector including a primary cyclone (1) having a first inlet (14) for drawing external air, and a first outlet (14) for discharging air, a secondary cyclone (3) connected to the primary cyclone (1), and flow guide means (200) over the first outlet for preventing a flow direction of the air discharged from the first outlet (14) from turning sharply.
Claims10
A cyclone collector comprising:
- a primary cyclone having an inlet passage that guides external air into the primary cyclone, and an outlet passage that guides air out of the primary cyclone;
- a secondary cyclone in airflow communication with the primary cyclone;
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- a flow guide positioned at an open terminal end of the outlet passage so as to guide air from the outlet passage of the primary cyclone to the secondary cyclone, the flow guide comprising:
- a body;
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- a plurality of guide ribs formed on an outer surface of the body so as to form a plurality of passages therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of guide ribs begins at a lowermost portion of the body and extends upward to an uppermost portion of the body, and wherein a distance between adjacent guide ribs changes such that the gap formed therebetween increases from the lowermost portion to the uppermost portion of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.