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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Dyson Technology Limited, Wiltshire, GB;
Inventors:
Adair George Wilmot Williams, Dorset, GB;
David Michael Jones, Gloucester, GB;
Ian Ashmore, Swindon, GB;
Ricardo Gomiciaga-Pereda, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 45/00 (2006.01); B01D 45/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 45/14 (2013.01); A47L 9/102 (2013.01); A47L 9/16 (2013.01); A47L 9/165 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/1641 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); B04C 9/00 (2013.01); B04C 2009/005 (2013.01); B04C 2009/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for removing dirt from an airflow, the apparatus comprising an air inlet, an impeller for generating an airflow through the apparatus and for generating swirl within the airflow, the swirl throwing the dirt radially outwards and producing an outer dirty portion and an inner clean portion of airflow downstream of the impeller, and one or more splitters downstream of the impeller that bifurcate the airflow, separating the outer dirty portion from the inner clean portion.