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Cyclone dust collector

US5948127A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 31, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04C2009/004
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cyclone dust collector wherein the interior of a cyclone body is divided into an upper space and a lower space by a partition member provided with a plurality of cylindrical filters, a suction port is so provided as to communicate with the lower space, a common discharge port is so provided as to communicate with the upper space, a collected dust recovery box is fixed to the lower end of the cyclone body, and a discharge blower is connected to the discharge port of the cyclone body. The dust collector is further provided with backwashing stop valves capable of opening and closing upper end portions of the filters and having backwashing nozzles, stop valve driving mechanisms adapted to open and close the stop valves, compressed air hoses connected to the backwashing nozzles of the stop valves, and backwashing electromagnetic valves for controlling the supply and cutoff of backwashing compressed air to the compressed air hoses. Each of the filters is able to be backwashed independently by supplying compressed air to the filters via the compressed air hoses, with the upper end portions of the filters closed by the stop valves.

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