Patent ID: 6372006
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A vertical axis centrifugal separator for the separation of a flowable medium from conveying suction air, comprising:a housing formed with a flow chamber having a rotationally symmetrical peripheral wall with a lower edge, said flow chamber being formed with an upper, central outlet for suction air, a lower, peripheral outlet for a flowable medium, and an inlet for a mixture to be separated in fluidic communication with and disposed between said upper outlet and said lower outlet; a motor-driven removal element disposed in said flow chamber, said removal element carrying a plurality of vanes between said mixture inlet and said lower outlet; an annular check valve surrounding said lower, peripheral outlet, and a holding ring for said check valve; wherein said mixture inlet is formed between said lower edge of said peripheral wall and said holding ring for said check valve, and a bottom limit of said flow chamber slopes toward said peripheral outlet below said mixture inlet.