Patent ID: 8025707
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: B01D,F02M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An air cleaner that has an inside divided into a dirty side and a clean side by an element, filters out dust contained in air drawn in from the outside at the dirty side with the element, and delivers the air that has been clarified to the clean side, the air cleaner comprising: an inlet through which the air is drawn in from the outside; a tubular channel that is disposed to define a path of the air flowing from the inlet to the dirty side, the tubular channel having a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the inlet; a dust outlet that is formed in a path of the air having passed through the tubular channel and flowing to the dirty side, the dust outlet extending through the air cleaner from the inside to the outside; and an air outlet that communicates with the clean side and discharges the air that has been clarified to the outside, wherein dust in the air cleaner is discharged to the outside together with the air that blasts out through the dust outlet.