Patent ID: 7479172
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dust separating apparatus for a suction cleaner, comprising a cyclonic separating device having a body with an inlet and an outlet for a stream of air, and an outlet for dust separated from the air stream to enter a receptacle for the separated dust, wherein said body comprises a part movable in relation to the rest of the body while the rest of the body remains in position in the cleaner, to provide access to the interior thereof; wherein the cyclonic separating device comprises first and second cyclonic separating devices each comprising a body with an inlet and an outlet for the stream of air and an outlet for separated dust, the air outlet of the first separating device being connected to the air inlet of the second separating device; and the first and second devices lie within a casing of the cleaner spaced from one another with the receptacle for separated dust removeably disposed with at least part thereof generally between them, the receptacle having respective inlets for dust communicating with the dust outlets of the first and second separating devices.