Patent ID: 7326267
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A device for separating and collecting waste entrained by an air flow generated by a suction group in a vacuum cleaner, said device comprising: a waste separation chamber; an air inlet tube opening in a tangential direction into said waste separation chamber; a conduit having an outer wall provided with a plurality of openings, said conduit being located in a central part of said chamber and being in communication with the suction group; and a tank connected to said chamber for collecting waste, wherein said conduit has a plurality of waste separation walls that extend outwardly from said outer wall and are inclined toward said separation chamber, in the direction of circular movement of the air flow in said separation chamber, each inclined separation wall being associated with a respective one of said plurality of openings in said conduit, each of said separation walls has an outer end provided with a substantially flat opening that is parallel to said conduit and that is located above and adjacent said conduit, and each said opening in said conduit outer wall is situated at the base of the associated opening in a respective one of said inclined separation walls.