Patent ID: 8453295

Claim:
An in-line bagless dry vacuum cleaning appliance, comprising: a separator tube comprising an intake connector and an exhaust connector; a vacuum conduit within the separator tube and extended from the exhaust connector toward the intake connector, the vacuum conduit comprising one or more first vacuum suction apertures and one or more second vacuum suction apertures in fluid communication with the exhaust connector; a cyclone chamber within the separator tube in fluid communication with the intake connector thereof, the cyclone chamber substantially encompassing the one or more first vacuum suction apertures of the vacuum conduit; a particle receiving chamber in fluid communication with the cyclone chamber; an axial cyclone inlet in fluid communication between the cyclone chamber and the intake connector of the separator tube; a particle separator dividing the particle receiving chamber from the cyclone chamber and forming a first transfer aperture therebetween; and a filter positioned between the particle receiving chamber and the one or more second vacuum suction apertures.