With Dust Or Dirt Handling Or Storing Or Separating, E.g., Filter Bags Patents (Class 15/347)
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Patent number: 12232685Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner capable of easily separating a filter module from a main body of the cleaner and separating and assembling the separated filter module again. Disclosed is a cleaner including: a main body; a suction motor disposed in the main body and configured to generate a suction force so as to suction air; a dust separator separating dust from air by generating a cyclone flow in air introduced by the suction motor; and a filter module having a filter for filtering air discharged from the suction motor and being detachable from the main body. Here, the filter module is configured to be easily separated from the main body of the cleaner and assembled, such that the filter disposed inside the filter module may be easily cleaned or replaced.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jonguk Her, Kietak Hyun, Soohan Eo, Inkyu Hwang, Jungmin Ko
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Patent number: 12220752Abstract: A dust collector for electric power tool includes a body case, a dust box, a nozzle, and a dust collecting route. The dust box includes a dust-collector-side exhaust port and is installable on an electric power tool. The dust box internally includes a filter. The nozzle is disposed to the body case and includes a suction opening on a front end. The dust collecting route is disposed from the suction opening to the dust-collector-side exhaust port passing through the filter. The dust box includes a box main body that includes a vibration applicator configured to directly apply a vibration to the dust box by a rotating operation of an operation knob.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyonobu Yoshikane
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Patent number: 12185900Abstract: A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner and a docking station. The vacuum cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet, and a cleaner dust cup configured to transition between a collection position and an emptying position, the cleaner dust cup being upstream of the suction motor inlet when in the collection position and downstream of the suction motor outlet when in the emptying position. The docking station may include a base, a support extending from the base, a station dust cup removably coupled to the support, and a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is inserted in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Kai Xu, Baodong Lu, Yuang Xie, Jingjiang Wu, Queena Li Tan
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Patent number: 12185903Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner system including: a cleaner; a cleaner station; and an imaginary plane including an imaginary suction flow path through line penetrating a suction flow path in a longitudinal direction and an imaginary suction motor axis defined by extending a rotation axis of a suction motor, in which when the cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station, the plane penetrates at least a part of the cleaner station, such that a center of gravity of the cleaner is disposed to pass through a space for maintaining balance of the station, and as a result, it is possible to stably support the cleaner and the station while preventing the cleaner and the station from falling down.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungjun Kim, Jinhyouk Shin, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim, Jungwan Ryu, Jeahyuk Wie, Dongjae Lee
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Patent number: 12156633Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner system including: a cleaner; a cleaner station; and an imaginary plane including an imaginary suction flow path through line penetrating a suction flow path in a longitudinal direction and an imaginary suction motor axis defined by extending a rotation axis of a suction motor, in which when the cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station, the plane penetrates at least a part of the cleaner station, such that a center of gravity of the cleaner is disposed to pass through a space for maintaining balance of the station, and as a result, it is possible to stably support the cleaner and the station while preventing the cleaner and the station from falling down.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungjun Kim, Jinhyouk Shin, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim, Jungwan Ryu, Jeahyuk Wie, Dongjae Lee
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Patent number: 12127728Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cleaner system including: a cleaner; a cleaner station; and an imaginary plane including an imaginary suction flow path through line penetrating a suction flow path in a longitudinal direction and an imaginary suction motor axis defined by extending a rotation axis of a suction motor, in which when the cleaner is coupled to the cleaner station, the plane penetrates at least a part of the cleaner station, such that a center of gravity of the cleaner is disposed to pass through a space for maintaining balance of the station, and as a result, it is possible to stably support the cleaner and the station while preventing the cleaner and the station from falling down.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sungjun Kim, Jinhyouk Shin, Ingyu Yang, Youngsoo Kim, Jungwan Ryu, Jeahyuk Wie, Dongjae Lee
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Patent number: 12075962Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone having a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the cyclone. A main body houses a suction motor. The suction motor is positioned rearward of the cyclone. The suction motor has an axis of rotation that is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation. A pistol grip handle is located at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner wherein a finger grip area is positioned forward of the pistol grip handle and rearward of the main body. The cyclone axis of rotation extends through the pistol grip handle. An energy storage unit located at a lower end of the pistol grip handle and a power switch located at an upper end of the pistol grip handle.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Nina Conrad, Dave Petersen
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Patent number: 11998164Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a system that includes at least one suction device and at least one hand-held power tool. The method includes establishing a communications link between the suction device and the hand-held power tool by means of at least one suction device communication unit and at least one hand-held power tool communication unit, and transmitting at least one communication signal by means of the communications link from the hand-held power tool, in particular the hand-held power tool communication unit, to the suction device, in particular the suction device communication unit. When the suction device is switched on, at least one start signal is sent to the hand-held power tool, the hand-held power tool being activatable only if the start signal is received by the hand-held power tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Matthias Christian Schwille, Christian Pieper, Jana Bieser, Ruggero Indino, Philippe Van Den Bogaert, Holger Alexander Doeppner, Nils Donath, Michael Wall, Christopher Michael Barker
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Patent number: 11992169Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction unit; a suction motor that generates suction force for sucking air through the suction unit and includes an impeller; a dust separation unit that includes one or more cyclone units generating cyclonic flow to separate dust from air flowing inside through the suction unit; a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit and is disposed under the suction motor; a battery disposed behind the dust container to supply power to the suction motor; and a handle disposed behind the suction motor, wherein a rotational axis of the impeller and an axis of the cyclonic flow vertically extend and an extension line from the rotational axis of the impeller passes through the one or more cyclone units.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Bohyun Nam, Namhee Kim, Jinju Kim, Hyeonjeong An, Jungbae Hwang
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Patent number: 11969138Abstract: Disclosed is a linkage limiting assembly applied in a vacuum cleaner, which is mounted within a frame of the vacuum cleaner. The linkage limiting assembly includes a triggering button arranged at the rear end of the frame, a pushing member configured to push an electric fan assembly or a dust barrel of the vacuum cleaner upwards, a limiting member configured to limit the maximum stroke of the electric fan assembly or the dust barrel, and a linking member connecting the triggering button with the limiting member in a force transmission manner.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NINGBO FUJIA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jianqiang Fang, Jianming Zheng, Wenxian Wu
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Patent number: 11963609Abstract: A floor cleaner can include a housing adapted for movement over a surface to be cleaned and at least one edge cleaning brush provided on the housing. The edge cleaning brush includes multiple cleaning implements which rotate on different axes. A gear system, such as a planetary gear system, can drive one cleaning implement at a lower speed than another cleaning implement.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BISSELL Inc.Inventor: Todd R. VanTongeren
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Patent number: 11918170Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. An end of a handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly therefrom. An air treatment member comprises a chamber, which has an openable door and which forms a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner. An openable door lock comprises an axially extending member having a front end and a rear end and, when the door is in a closed portion, the front end secures the openable door in the closed position and the door release actuator is rotationally mounted and, in use, the door release actuator is rotated to drive the axially extending member whereby the door is unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11896190Abstract: A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner and a docking station. The vacuum cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet, and a cleaner dust cup configured to transition between a collection position and an emptying position, the cleaner dust cup being upstream of the suction motor inlet when in the collection position and downstream of the suction motor outlet when in the emptying position. The docking station may include a base, a support extending from the base, a station dust cup removably coupled to the support, and a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is inserted in the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Kai Xu, Baodong Lu, Yuang Xie, Jingjiang Wu, Queena Li Tan
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Patent number: 11771280Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a body portion housing a suction motor. An air treatment member assembly comprises an air treatment member assembly body, a rear door and an air treatment member. The air treatment member has a front end, a rear end, an air inlet and an air outlet provided at the rear end of the air treatment member. The air treatment member assembly is moveable to an emptying position. The rear door is moveable between a closed position and an open position, and the rear door houses a pre-motor filter that is external to the air treatment member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11771281Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet, a main body housing a suction motor, and an air treatment member that is moveably mounted to the main body between an operating position and an emptying position. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a post-motor filter housing, wherein a post-motor-filter is removably receivable in the post-motor filter housing, and wherein moving the air treatment member to the emptying position enables access to the post-motor-filter.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11766156Abstract: A hand vacuum includes a nozzle portion at a front end of the hand vacuum having a dirty air inlet. An air flow passage extends from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet in a main body rearward of the nozzle portion. The main body houses a suction motor in the air flow passage. First and second laterally spaced apart opposed arm members extend generally axially between the nozzle portion and the main body, and a volume is positioned between the nozzle portion, the main body and the opposed arm members. An air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member is removably positionable in the volume. At least one of a nozzle portion air outlet, an air treatment member assembly air inlet, an air treatment member assembly air outlet and a main body air inlet is axially retractable.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11700985Abstract: A reconfigurable upright vacuum cleaner has a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted to an upper portion. The portable surface cleaning unit has a suction motor and an air treatment member. The air treatment member is removably mounted to the portable surface cleaning unit and secured in position by an air treatment member lock. The portable surface cleaning unit is secured in position by a portable surface cleaning unit lock. When the portable surface cleaning unit is mounted to the upper portion and the upper portion is in the storage position, the portable surface cleaning unit actuator is provided on an upper end of the portable surface cleaning unit and the air treatment member release actuator is provided on an upper end of the air treatment member.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11690489Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal cyclone axis of rotation wherein the dirt outlet is defined by a gap between the sidewall of the cyclone and a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11672395Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus having an air flow path; a suction motor positioned in the air flow path; an air treatment chamber provided in the air flow path; and a porous filter provided in the air treatment chamber and including an outlet passage from the air treatment chamber. An air impermeable impact wall in the air treatment chamber is opposed to an inlet into the air treatment chamber. At least a portion of the impact wall or a deflecting portion of a wall defining part of the front end of the air treatment chamber imparts a circular flow to air entering the air treatment chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11627852Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction inlet, a suction source configured to generate an airflow through the suction inlet to draw debris with the airflow through the suction inlet, and a separator assembly. The separator assembly includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a debris collection chamber within the housing, and an inner chamber formed within a shroud that defines a cyclone axis and has a perforated portion. The inner chamber has a first end and a second end. The first end has a tangential inlet. The second end is open toward the debris collection chamber. An outflow passageway is outside of the shroud and in fluid communication with the air outlet and a filter is in fluid communication with the outflow passageway.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Kirti Kant Paulla, David Khalil, Blake Guzewicz, Jake Tyler
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Patent number: 11564543Abstract: A method for operating a vacuum cleaning appliance, having a filter element, a filter element cleaning device, a control device, a turbine, a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Xaver Hanslmeier, Svenja Müller
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Patent number: 11534710Abstract: A broom vacuum cleaner for cleaning swimming pools including a main body, pumping means, a suction head and an upstream filter, placed inside the main body and upstream of the pumping means, the suction brush includes a downstream filter placed outside the main body and downstream of the pumping means, and the upstream and downstream filters are coaxial.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Kokido Development LimitedInventors: Max Roumagnac, Jean Bruneel
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Patent number: 11523721Abstract: A vacuum cleaner including: a suctioning unit; a main body including a cyclone part for separating dust from suctioned air and a dust container for storing the separated dust, and a body cover for opening and closing the lower side of the body; a filter unit, disposed in the body, for filtering air separated from the dust; an actuating unit capable of moving in the body between the outside of the filter unit and the inner circumference surface of the body; an operating unit disposed outside the body which operates in order to move the actuating unit; a transmission unit penetrating the body and connecting the actuating unit with the operating unit; and an elastic member disposed outside the body which elastically supports the operating unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngjoo Lee, Jungmin Ko, Soohan Eo, Kietak Hyun, Inkyu Hwang, Sangchul Lee, Jonguk Her
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Patent number: 11478116Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end and a rear end positioned in a rearward direction rearward of the front end is described herein. The hand vacuum cleaner includes a dirty fluid inlet, an air treatment member downstream of the dirty fluid inlet, a pre-motor filter positioned in a pre-motor filter housing downstream from the air treatment member, a suction motor downstream of the pre-motor filter, an air flow path extending from the pre-motor filter to the suction motor, a clean air outlet downstream of the suction motor, and a handle. The pre-motor filter has a longitudinal length in the rearward direction that is longer than a transverse length in a direction transverse to the rearward direction. The pre-motor filter housing has first and second rearwardly extending pre-motor filter housing sidewalls and the pre-motor filter has first and second rearwardly extending pre-motor filter sidewalls that are positioned transversely inwardly of the pre-motor filter housing sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property IncInventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11452418Abstract: A station suctioning dust from the robot cleaner includes a docking suction port connectable to a robot cleaner, a dust container to store dust from the robot cleaner, a duct connected to the docking suction port and the dust container, a holder disposed in the dust container, and to which a dust bag is mountable, and a lever configured to hinder a connection of the holder and the duct while the dust bag is in a separated state from the holder, and the lever allows the connection of the holder and the duct while the dust bag is in a mounted state to the holder.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woojin Na, Bosang Kim, Hakbong Lee, Shin Kim
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Patent number: 11419469Abstract: A cleaner includes a hollow cylindrical housing; a housing wall dividing an internal space of the housing into a first space and a second space; a wall through-hole defined to pass through the housing wall; a mounting portion including a mounting body having a top face and a mounting space defined therein in communication with the second space, the mounting body being fixed into the wall through-hole; first openings defined in a first region of the bottom face, and second openings defined in a second region of the bottom face; a separator disposed in the first space to form a flow path for guiding air to the plurality of openings, and a filter that includes a filter body located in the mounting space, and filter faces to filter the air flowing through the first openings and second openings.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Jonguk Her, Soohan Eo, Sangchul Lee, Inkyu Hwang
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Patent number: 11419466Abstract: A dust collector for use with a hand-held power tool includes a housing, a suction pipe coupled to the housing, and an electric motor positioned in the housing. The dust collector additionally includes a suction fan driven by the electric motor and operable to generate a vacuum in the suction pipe, and a depth stop assembly. The depth stop assembly is configured to limit the axial movement of the suction pipe. The depth stop assembly is configured to be alternately positioned on opposite sides of the suction pipe in a first configuration and a second configuration, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Allen H. Johnson, III, Daniel Simmons, Taylor Crabb
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Patent number: 11389040Abstract: A cleaning mode control method and a cleaning robot are configured to automatically control the cleaning robot to perform a cleaning mode corresponding to a cleaning module. The method includes: detecting whether a cleaning module is installed on the robot body; on condition of detecting the cleaning module is installed on the robot body, controlling the cleaning robot to perform a cleaning mode used in conjunction with the cleaning module; the cleaning module is a component for cleaning a ground, and the cleaning mode is a working mode of the cleaning robot. Thus, the cleaning robot is automatically controlled to perform the cleaning mode corresponding to the cleaning module, so that the work of the cleaning robot is intelligent.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Yunjing Intelligence Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chang Li
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Patent number: 11363735Abstract: A sealing assembly for electronic components including a sealing seat and a sealing shell for mounting the electronic component. The sealing shell is received through an opening in the top of the sealing seat and into complementary mounting chamber. A left end of the sealing shell includes a first connection channel; a left end of the mounting chamber includes a second connection channel and a sealing gasket surrounding the second connection channel. A right end of the mounting chamber includes an elastic latch. After installing the sealing shell in the mounting chamber, the elastic latch laterally abuts the sealing shell's right end and is in a lateral compression position, and the first connection channel and the second connection channel are aligned and in sealing communication through the sealing gasket. The elastic latch includes a right backstop to prevent the sealing shell from being vertically detached from the mounting chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Inventors: Jiancang Wei, Shiliang Wu, Shujun Wang, Qing Tong
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Patent number: 11330946Abstract: A dust collector comprises: a first container, a vacuum motor, a first-flow guiding unit, and a second flow-guiding unit; wherein the first container is set with a first tube-body, and the vacuum motor is set on a cover-body; wherein the motor is set with a filter, wherein the first flow-guiding unit and the second flow-guiding unit are respectively detachably combined with a second container and a third container; wherein the second flow-guiding unit is located in the first flow-guiding unit, and the first tube-body sucks in air, so that the dust and debris in the air enter the first container; wherein the air sequentially passes through the first flow-guiding unit and the second flow-guiding unit to form a vortex to make the fine dust fell into the second container and the third container; and the air is finally discharged by the vacuum motor after passes through the filter.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Chia-Chuan Chang
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Patent number: 11305393Abstract: To provide an improved technique for improving operability in an operation using a power tool with a dust collector attached thereto, a hammer drill to which a dust collector is attached has a body and a handle. The dust collector has a dust collecting part and a male plug. The dust collector is attached to the hammer drill by connecting the male plug to the handle of the hammer drill.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshitaka Machida
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Patent number: 11219345Abstract: A replacement head for a vacuum device includes a plastic tray, a filter and a pad. The plastic tray includes a dust chamber and opening allows air, dust and debris to be drawn into the dust chamber during use. The pad is attached to the lower side of the plastic tray and is in contact with the floor during cleaning. The filter is connected to the plastic tray such that the filter substantially covers a top opening in the dust chamber. The filter is preferably made of a non-woven material with a basis weight between about 20 and 70 gsm, and has a thickness less than about 1.0 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Sharkninja Operating LLCInventors: Richard Mathias, Brandon J Suleski, Michael Douglas, Yu Ri Young Kim
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Patent number: 11206964Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction unit that guides dust and air; a main body that includes a dust separation unit for separating dust from air guided through the suction unit; a main body terminal mounted on the main body; a handle unit that is slide-coupled to the main body; and a handle terminal mounted on the handle unit and is connected to the main body terminal when the handle unit is slide-coupled to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Philjae Hwang, Eunji Sung, Taekgi Lee, Mantae Hwang, Jungbae Hwang
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Patent number: 11198085Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus having an air flow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including an air treatment member, a suction motor and a filter assembly in the air flow path. The filter assembly includes at least two spaced apart physical filter elements with the upstream face of the second filter facing the downstream face of the first filter element. The filter assembly is configured to prevent air from bypassing the first physical filter media. The filter assembly includes a gap between the first filter element and the second filter element that acts as a header and reduces the flow rate of air incident on the second filter element.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2017Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Gordon James Howes, Wenxiu Gao
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Patent number: 11191404Abstract: A cleaner comprising: a housing having the shape of a hollow cylinder, a barrier for dividing the inner space of the housing into an upper space and a lower space; a barrier through-hole provided so as to penetrate the barrier; an intake portion provided on the circumferential surface of the housing; an exhaust portion provided to penetrate the housing; a housing discharge port penetrating the bottom surface of the housing; a cover for closing the housing discharge port; an alien-substance separating portion provided in the lower space so as to provide a channel that guides air introduced to the intake portion to the barrier through-hole; a fan provided to comprise an impeller positioned in the upper space; a rotating shaft to which the impeller is fixed, and a motor for rotating the rotating shaft; and a storage portion provided to be attachable to/detachable from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Sangchul Lee, Jonguk Her
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Patent number: 11185206Abstract: A cleaner includes a case which includes an inlet for suctioning in rubbish on a surface to be cleaned, a driver which is provided inside the case and includes a motor which generates power, a drum body which is provided in the inlet and configured to receive the power from the driver and rotate, and a drum blade arranged in an outer circumferential direction of the drum body and formed with a blade air current hole through which air suctioned in through the inlet passes.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok Man Hong, Sung Jin Park, Dong Wook Kim, Ki Hwan Kwon, Dong Woo Ha, Jin Wook Yoon
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Patent number: 11166609Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a cyclone and dual inlet passages, each inlet passage extending to a tangential air inlet of the cyclone.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Patent number: 11147423Abstract: A dust collector includes a housing configured to form an outer appearance of the dust collector; a cyclone formed inside the housing to cause a swirling flow to separate dust from air introduced into the housing; axial inlet type swirl tubes configured to receive air and fine dust that have passed through the cyclone, and cause a swirling flow to separate the fine dust from the air; and a mesh configured to surround an outside of the axial inlet type swirl tubes to form a boundary between the cyclone and the axial inlet type swirl tubes, wherein the axial inlet type swirl tubes are stacked in multiple stages, and the axial inlet type swirl tubes in each stage are radially arranged such that the inlet faces an inner surface of the mesh and the outlet faces the center of a region defined by the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Sangchul Lee, Changgun Lee
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Patent number: 11089930Abstract: A dirt collection and separation module can include a suction air flow around the perimeter of a tank to ingest fine dust that becomes airborne during the emptying process. Additionally, a trash can suction nozzle around a rim, a hand vacuum docking station, and an auxiliary suction nozzle that can fluidly couple the hand vacuum.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: BISSELL Inc.Inventor: Jason W. Pruiett
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Patent number: 11076736Abstract: A cleaner includes: a suction unit that guides air and dust; a main body connected with the suction unit and including a dust separation unit that separates dust from air, and a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit, at least a portion of the dust container being transparent or translucent; a handle unit connected to the main body and has a battery; a power receiving component disposed in the main body to be supplied with power from the battery; wires that are connected to the power receiver; and a cover member coupled to the main body and disposed between the main body and the wires to prevent the wires from being seen from the outside of the dust container.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Philjae Hwang, Eunji Sung, Taekgi Lee, Mantae Hwang, Jungbae Hwang
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Patent number: 10966582Abstract: A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has a first cyclonic cleaning stage and a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The second cyclonic cleaning stage has more air inlets than the first cyclonic cleaning stage. The second cyclonic cleaning stage has a second stage air inlet cross-sectional area in a direction transverse to a direction of air flow entering the second stage cyclone chamber that is 1.1-2 times larger than a first stage air inlet cross-sectional area in a direction transverse to a direction of air flow entering the first stage cyclone chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Dave Petersen
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Patent number: 10959587Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a suction inlet, a suction source configured to generate an airflow through the suction inlet to draw debris with the airflow through the suction inlet, and a separator assembly. The separator assembly includes a housing having an air inlet and an air outlet, a debris collection chamber within the housing, and an inner chamber formed within a shroud that defines a cyclone axis and has a perforated portion. The inner chamber has a first end and a second end. The first end has a tangential inlet. The second end is open toward the debris collection chamber. An outflow passageway is outside of the shroud and in fluid communication with the air outlet and a filter is in fluid communication with the outflow passageway. The first end of the inner chamber is positioned between the air outlet and the second end of the inner chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology LimitedInventors: Kirti Kant Paulla, David Khalil, Blake Guzewicz, Jake Tyler
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Patent number: 10960414Abstract: A cyclonic separator device for removing dust or debris from dirt-laden air includes a first separating chamber, a first dirt collection chamber in communication with the first separating chamber, a shroud, a second separating chamber positioned generally within the shroud, and a second dirt collection chamber in communication with the second separating chamber. The second separating chamber includes a generally frusto-conical portion that has an end part in communication with the second dirt collection chamber through which fine dust or debris exits therethrough into the second dirt collection chamber. A first portion of the second dirt collection chamber surrounds an outer surface of the end part of the generally frusto-conical portion to define a space S1 therebetween and said first portion of the second dirt collection chamber extends into a space S2 defined by the inner surface of the generally cylindrical portion of the shroud having said openings therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Simon Pougher, Darren Holmes, Richard Waters, Anna Jaanus
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Patent number: 10925452Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dust collector for a vacuum cleaner including a first cyclone installed within an outer case to filter out dust from air inhaled from an outside thereof and introduce the air from which dust has been filtered out into an inside thereof, a plurality of second cyclones accommodated in the inside of the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced to the inside of the first cyclone, and a cover member disposed to cover an inlet of the second cyclone, wherein cyclones disposed adjacent to each other among the first and the second cyclones limit a first space within the first cyclone, and the cover member forms a second space communicating with the first space between the inlet and the cover member, and a guide vane extended in a spiral shape along an inner circumference thereof is provided at the inlet to induce rotational flow in air introduced to an inside of the second cyclone through the first and the second space.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kietak Hyun, Seungyeop Lee, Hyukjin Ahn
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Patent number: 10898042Abstract: A robotic cleaning apparatus can include a body and at least one antenna extending from a periphery of the body. The at least one antenna can be configured to rotate about an axis that extends substantially parallel to a surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Jason B. Thorne, Daniel R. Der Marderosian, Charles Brunner, Dan Gutierrez, Isaku Douglas Kamada, Rain Gu, Ming Yao, Heliang Chen, Frederick K. Hopke
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Patent number: 10874275Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a housing, a bumper, driven wheels, and a controller. The bumper can be coupled to a front of the housing. The bumper may include a plurality of projections extending from a top edge of the bumper and above a top surface of the housing. The projections may include at least one leading projection proximate a forward most portion of the bumper and at least two side projections on each respective side of the bumper. The driven wheels may be rotatably mounted to the housing. The controller may be for controlling at least the driven wheels.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Melinda L. Liggett, Isaku D. Kamada, Frederick K. Hopke, Gan Sin Huat, Charles Fiebig, Scott Connor, Alan Ai
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Patent number: 10835094Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus includes a dust separation unit to separate dust from suctioned air; a dust storage unit to store the dust separated in the dust separation unit; a pressing member to compress the dust stored in the dust storage unit, and having a pressing plate support part, and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a fixing member disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit and the pressing plate support part; and a path formed by a part of the fixing member, located between the pressing plate support part and the inner circumferential surface of the dust storage unit, and through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes, wherein one or more holes through which the air between the pressing plate and the fixing member passes are formed at the pressing plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Youngho Kim, Hoikil Jeong, Heonpyeong Ji, Kangjin Park
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Patent number: 10813512Abstract: A cyclone dust collector having improved usability and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The cyclone dust collector includes: a cyclone chamber including an inlet through which air is drawn in and an outlet through which dust-filtered air is discharged; a discharge passage disposed inside the cyclone chamber; a spiral part formed around the discharge passage to be inclined in a spiral pattern; and a grill rotatably disposed on the discharge passage, and the outlet is formed inside the discharge passage.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-jin Cho, Hyeon-woo Tak
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Patent number: 10610071Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes: a brushroll assembly (100) including a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11), the brushroll casing (12) defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) therein; a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), the motor housing (21) having an air exhaust hole (213), a dirty air outlet (211) and a clean air inlet (212) and defining a motor air-suction channel (216) and a motor air-exhaust channel; and a body assembly (300) including a body (31) and a dirt cup (37) mounted to the body (31), the dirt cup (37) having a separating chamber (371) communicating with the dirty air outlet (211) and the clean air inlet (212) respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
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Patent number: 10575694Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dust cup assembly and a handheld cleaner having the same, the dust cup assembly includes a casing having a central chamber, a dedusting chamber and a dust collecting chamber, wherein the central chamber is configured to have an upright columnar shape and comprises an air exhaust chamber and a mounting chamber in communication with each other in an up-and-down direction, the dedusting chamber is configured to have a closed annular cross section and surrounds the air exhaust chamber by one circle, the dust collecting chamber is located below the dedusting chamber, has a non-closed annular cross section and surrounds the mounting chamber by less than a circle; a negative pressure device, in which wherein at least a majority of the negative pressure device is provided in the mounting chamber and used to suck airflow from the environment into the casing; and a dedusting device provided in the dedusting chamber to remove dust from the sucked airflow.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Inventors: Bingxian Song, Min Zhong, Jiajun Wu, Yonghua Wang