Patent ID: 8876961

Claim:
A particle separator comprising: a cylindrical housing elongated cylindrically surrounding a longitudinal axis, the housing including: a cylindrical outer wall having a first axial end and an opposing second axial end; the first axial end of the cylindrical housing closed over by a radial wall and having an outlet opening formed through the radial wall; an annular outlet member formed on the radial wall surrounding the outlet opening, the outlet member extending axially outwardly from an exterior side of the radial wall; an inlet opening formed in the cylindrical outer wall of the housing proximate to the first axial end of the cylindrical housing; an annular inlet member formed on the radial exterior of the cylindrical outer wall of the housing surrounding the inlet opening, the inlet member extending outwardly from a radial exterior of the cylindrical outer wall of the housing; wherein the particle separator is operable to remove debris from air entering said housing at said inlet member prior to expelling cleansed air at said outlet member; and a baffle substantially circular in shape and disposed within said housing, the baffle having a circumferential axially extending wall formed on an interior side of the radial wall surrounding the outlet opening and extending axially inwardly from the radial wall of the housing, the circumferential wall of the baffle extending circumferentially from a first circumferential end to a second circumferential end; wherein the second circumferential end is spaced and bent radially inwardly away from the first circumferential end defining an baffle opening in the circumferential wall of the baffle between the first and second circumferential ends of the circumferential wall of the baffle; wherein the baffle defines a first path for directing cleansed air to said outlet and cooperating with an inner surface of said cylindrical outer wall of said housing to define a second path that causes said air to circulate within, said baffle opening permitting communication between said first path and said second path through the circumferential wall of the baffle.