Patent ID: 6090184
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
In a vacuum cleaner or air cleaner comprising a reduced velocity chamber with a high velocity air inlet, an electric motor, a rotary means driven by said motor for creating a vacuum in said chamber, an outlet for exhausting air from said chamber, said air flows in a selected path from said air inlet, through said chamber and out said air exhaust outlet, the improvement comprising a generally conically shaped filter positioned between said air inlet and said motor, said filter including gas removal means for removing gasses in said air and particle removal means for removing at least 99% of particles at least two microns in size in said air, said filter including first and second filter sections and attacher to connect together said first filter section and said second filter section, said first filter section including gas absorption means, said second filter section including means for removing at least 99% of said particles greater than 2 microns in said air.