Patent ID: 6206955
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner apparatus comprising:an upper part defining a support body;a suction motor supported in said upper part by said support body, said suction motor being housed in an opening of said support body, said opening being coated with an acoustic insulating material, said upper part having an outflow channel extending to a rotor of said suction motor;an annular suction motor filter positioned along said outflow channel;a lower part having a forced water siphon path therein, said lower part having an airflow inlet formed therein;a deflector means positioned in said lower part above said forced water siphon path, said deflector means for deflecting air sucked through said airflow inlet by said suction motor, said lower part comprising:a cylindrical body having a perforated cylindrical wall with a water filter extending across a lower portion of said cylindrical body, said cylindrical body having a bottom extending beyond said water filter;a water container extending around said cylindrical body, an inner wall of said water container and outer wall of said cylindrical body defining an annular interspace therebetween, said annular interspace providing an airflow pathway therethrough, said water filter positioned above a bottom of said water container, said deflector means comprising:a removable first deflector positioned within said cylindrical body above said water filter, said first deflector having a funnel shape;an inverted funnel-shaped second deflector positioned above said first deflector, anda third deflector positioned under said first deflector and above said water filter, said third deflector having a substantially conical shape coaxial to said first deflector, said third deflector supported by an upright tubular support engaged with an axially aligned male connector extending perpendicular to said bottom of said water container, said second deflector having a cup-shaped air filter support connected thereto and positioned thereabove, said air filter support receiving said annular suction motor filter therein, said annular suction motor filter comprising an inner microfilter ring and an outer sponge filter, said inner microfilter ring and said outer sponge filter being concentric with each other.