US 7,494,523 B2
Multi-cyclone dust separator
Jang-keun Oh, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of); and Jung-gyun Han, Busan (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Nov. 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/267,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/666144, filed on Mar. 29, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0037548 (KR), filed on May 04, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0230716 A1, Oct. 19, 2006
Int. Cl. B01D 45/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 55—343  [55/349; 55/459.1; 55/DIG. 3] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-cyclone dust separator comprising:
a first cyclone unit having a first cyclone chamber and a first dust receptacle enclosing a circumference of the first cyclone chamber; and
a second cyclone unit disposed below the first cyclone unit and having a plurality of second cyclone chambers and a second dust receptacle disposed under the plurality of second cyclone chambers to collect dust.