Patent ID: 9237835
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A collecting apparatus of sucked materials for vacuum cleaner appliances comprising: a tank having a bottom, peripheral walls and one upper opening opposing said bottom and closable by a removable lid; sucking means coupled to said tank to create a negative pressure on an inside of said tank; and separating means of sucked material extracted from a sucked air flow in a sucking direction defined between an inlet into said tank and an outlet from said tank, wherein said separating means are selected from the group consisting of wet separating means and dry separating means, said wet separating means and dry separating means being configured to be alternatively and replaceably assembled within said tank with mounting means, wherein said separating means comprise: a channeling duct of said sucked air flow from outside into said tank according to said sucking direction; and a separating element between said sucked material and said sucked air flow arranged downstream of, and fluid-dynamically connected with, said channeling duct, and wherein said channeling duct comprises a siphon shaped duct having: a first inlet section configured to be coupled with said inlet obtained in said tank; a second outlet section facing said sucking means; and a third intermediate siphoning hairpin bended section fitted between said first inlet section and said second outlet section, wherein a connecting opening with said separating element is provided in said intermediate siphoning section.