Patent ID: 7381235

Claim:
A cyclone separator provided with a tube with an axial inflow opening and an axial outflow opening, a stationary swirl body arranged in the tube, designed for imparting a spiraling movement to an axially directed gas/particles flow entering the tube in use, while in the case wall of the tube, a slot is provided for discharging from the inside of the tube particles in the gas/particles flow that has been slung radially outwards under the influence of the centrifugal force prevailing in the spiraling flow, wherein only one slot is provided, while the slot runs in a spiral-shaped path over the case wall of the tube, characterized in that the particles are liquid particles, wherein downstream of a downstream end of the spiral-shaped slot, at least one bypass opening is provided in the case wall of the tube, while on the inside of the tube, means are provided for creating in the tube, at the location of the at least one bypass opening, a reduced pressure relative to the pressure prevailing outside the tube at the location of the at least one bypass opening.