Lid arrangement for a dust extractor comprising a dust cyclone container and a fine filter section

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023210330-A1
Application number	US-202117926713-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 4, 2021
Priority date	Jun 11, 2020
Publication date	Jul 6, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a dust extractor (1) comprising a dust cyclone container (3) comprising a dust inlet (2) leading into the dust cyclone container (3), the dust extractor (1) further comprising a fine filter section (12) adapted to receive at least one fine filter part (15) downstream the dust cyclone container (3). A contaminated side of the fine filter part (15) is adapted to be fluidly connected to the dust cyclone container (3) via an air channel (47) that at least partly is comprised in a lid arrangement (13,14) and runs between a cyclone channel connecting rim (23) and a first fine filter section channel connecting rim (40), when the lid arrangement (13, 14) is positioned over the dust cyclone container (3) and the fine filter section (12). A first lid part (13) is releasably attachable to the dust cyclone container (3) and a second lid part (14) is releasably attachable to the fine filter section (12).

First claim

1 . A dust extractor comprising a dust cyclone container comprising a dust inlet leading into the dust cyclone container, the dust extractor further comprising a fine filter section adapted to receive a fine filter part downstream the dust cyclone container, wherein a contaminated side of the fine filter part is adapted to be fluidly connected to the dust cyclone container via an air channel that at least partly is comprised in a lid arrangement and runs between a cyclone channel connecting rim and a first fine filter section channel connecting rim, when the lid arrangement is positioned over the dust cyclone container and the fine filter section, wherein a first lid part is releasably attachable to the dust cyclone container and a second lid part is releasably attachable to the fine filter section.

2 . The dust extractor according to claim 1 , wherein the lid arrangement is provided with interior wall formations located radially inwards and separated from outermost interior walls of the lid arrangement, wherein in the operative closed configuration of the lid arrangement, the first wall formations comprise at least one wall having a partially circumferential configuration around the center axis of the dust cyclone container and extend essentially in a direction parallel to the center axis of the dust cyclone container, whereas the second wall formations comprise at least one wall having a partially circumferential configuration around a center axis of the fine filter part and extend essentially in a direction parallel to the center axis of the fine filter part when the fine filter part is mounted to the fine filter section.

3 . The dust extractor according to claim 2 , wherein one interior wall formation is adapted to face a filter rim surrounding an opening of a particle containing space inside the fine filter part when the fine filter part is mounted to the fine filter section and the lid arrangement is attached to the fine filter section, and
wherein the interior wall formation is adapted to engage the filter rim, or to be positioned a certain distance from the filter rim.

4 . (canceled)

5 . (canceled)

6 . The dust extractor according to claim 1 , wherein the dust extractor comprises a coarse filter part that is adapted to be inserted into the dust cyclone container, and to admit passage of dust particles that are to be retained by means of the fine filter part, and wherein the air channel is adapted to connect a clean side of the coarse filter part to the contaminated side of the mounted fine filter part.

7 . (canceled)

8 . The dust extractor according to claim 6 , wherein the coarse filter part comprises an opening facing the clean side of the coarse filter part, where the opening of the coarse filter part lies in a plane that runs perpendicular to a center axis of the dust cyclone container, and
wherein an opening of at least one fine filter part that faces the contaminated side of the fine filter part also lies in the plane, or wherein there is a distance between an opening of one fine filter part that faces the contaminated side of the fine filter part and the plane, wherein that distance falls below 0.3 times a length of the fine filter part along the center axis of the fine filter part.

9 . (canceled)

10 . The dust extractor according to claim 8 , wherein the distance is zero, or wherein the plane runs perpendicular to the center axis of at least one fine filter part.

11 . (canceled)

12 . (canceled)

13 . The dust extractor ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the lid arrangement comprises a relief valve that, when opened, is adapted to enable air from the ambient to enter via the relief valve into a clean side of the coarse filter part in the dust cyclone container, enabling the pressure at the clean side of the coarse filter part to be increased to a degree enabling dust attached to the contaminated side of the coarse filter part to be released from the coarse filter, or
wherein a first distance between a center axis of the dust cyclone container and a center axis of at least one fine filter part falls below a maximum interior diameter of the dust cyclone container.

14 . (canceled)

15 . (canceled)

16 . The dust extractor according to claim 1 , wherein the first lid part comprises at least a first air flow containing part, and the second lid part comprises at least a second air flow containing part, wherein the air flow containing parts constitute interior wall formations and are adapted to be comprised in the air channel when the lid parts are mounted, and
wherein the relief valve is fully automatic, mechanically or manually operated.

17 . The dust extractor according to claim 16 , wherein the first air flow containing part is in the form of a first circumferentially running outer wall adapted to seal against the cyclone sealing rim such that dust and air that moves from the coarse filter part is enclosed by the first air flow containing part and is guided towards and into the second air flow containing part via a first aperture in the first air flow containing part,
wherein the second air flow containing part is in the form of a second circumferentially running outer wall adapted to seal against the first fine filter section sealing rim that surrounds the fine filter part, where the second air flow containing part comprises a second aperture.

18 . (canceled)

19 . The dust extractor according to claim 17 , wherein the first lid part has a first opening that leads to the first aperture that is adapted to face a second opening in the second lid part when the first and second lid parts are mounted, wherein the second opening leads to the second aperture,
wherein the lid arrangement comprises a lid seal between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the lid seal is positioned at one of the first and second openings or at an intermediate sealing part positioned between the first opening and the second opening, and wherein the first lid part is pivotally attached to the second lid part.

20 - 22 . (canceled)

23 . The dust extractor according to claim 1 , wherein the dust cyclone container and the fine filter section are arranged adjacent each other, such that a first outer surface of the dust cyclone container and a second outer surface of the fine filter section are arranged to oppose each other.

24 . The dust extractor according to claim 23 , wherein the first and second outer surfaces have complementary shapes, and
wherein the first and second outer surfaces are cylindrical, and the first outer surface has a convex configuration, and the second outer surface has a concave configuration.

25 . (canceled)

26 . The dust extractor according to claim 24 , wherein the concave configuration of the second outer surface creates at least one internal volume for the fine filter section on each lateral side of the dust cyclone container, wherein the at least one internal volume is adapted to accommodate electronics such as at least part of at least one of a control unit, a circuit board, and cabling.

27 . The dust extractor according to claim 26 , wherein an operator panel for communication with an operator is arranged on an outer side of the fine filter section overlapping at least partly with said internal at least one volume of the fine filter section as seen in a direction perpendicular to a plane defined by a center axis of the cyclone dust container and the center axis of at least

Assignees

• Husqvarna Ab

Inventors

• Elemstrand Karl
• Sjöberg Axel

Classifications

• A47L5/365

  of the vertical type, e.g. tank or bucket type · CPC title

• B01D50/40

  Combinations of devices covered by groups B01D45/00 and B01D47/00 · CPC title

• A47L9/125

  funnel-shaped · CPC title

• B01D2271/02

  Gaskets, sealings · CPC title

• A47L9/20

  Means for cleaning filters · CPC title