| US 7,501,002 B2 | ||
| Cyclone dust separator and a vacuum cleaner having the same | ||
| Jung-gyun Han, Busan (Korea, Republic of); and Jang-keun Oh, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Gwangju (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/245,658. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0032073 (KR), filed on Apr. 18, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0230720 A1, Oct. 19, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 45/12 (2006.01); B01D 50/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 55—309 [55/337; 55/345; 55/459.1; 55/DIG. 3] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A cyclone dust separator for a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a bypass path guiding dust-laden air drawn in through a suction opening directly to a motor and having a first mesh that filters
off dust included in drawn-in air;
a first cyclone disposed at one side of the bypass path to separate the dust from the dust-laden air drawn in through the
suction opening and discharge cleaned air to the motor; and
a second cyclone disposed parallel with the first cyclone to separate the dust from the dust-laden air drawn in through the
suction opening and discharge cleaned air to the motor,
wherein the bypass path, the first cyclone, and the second cyclone are sequentially operated.
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