Cyclone Dust Collector Self-Cleaning for Inner Wall Clogging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cyclone dust collectors in cleaners face efficiency reduction and clogging due to dust accumulation on their inner walls, making it difficult to effectively separate dust from the air and requiring complex cleaning processes.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a rotating cleaning member with a deformable material that contacts the inner wall of the cyclone, potentially coupled with a brush or auxiliary cleaning member, to remove dust accumulation and prevent clogging, while being integrated with a detachable structure for easy maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a cyclone dust collector is used to separate dust from air, then dust filtering efficiency is improved and it becomes semipermanently usable, but dust accumulates on the inner wall causing clogging and efficiency reduction
Solution Approach 1:
The cyclone dust collector is designed to automatically remove dust accumulated on its inner wall using the suction force generated by its own driver. The suction force creates a cleaning flow that moves along the inner wall, preventing dust accumulation and clogging without requiring external intervention or additional cleaning mechanisms.
Solution Approach 2:
The dust accumulation problem is converted into a benefit by utilizing the suction force that causes dust to accumulate in the first place. The same suction force is directed to create a cleaning flow along the inner wall, transforming the harmful accumulation effect into a useful self-cleaning mechanism.
2Productivity
If the cyclone dust collector operates continuously, then productivity is improved, but dust accumulation on the inner wall increases causing clogging
Solution Approach 1:
The self-cleaning function operates continuously during the entire operation of the cyclone dust collector. The suction force continuously generates a cleaning flow along the inner wall, ensuring that dust is removed as it accumulates, allowing the device to maintain high filtering efficiency throughout continuous operation without periodic shutdowns for manual cleaning.
3Ease of manufacture
If the cyclone dust collector is designed with a simple structure, then ease of manufacture is improved, but it becomes difficult to remove dust from the inner wall
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of designing complex manual cleaning mechanisms or easily removable inner walls, the cyclone dust collector uses its own operational suction force to automatically clean the inner wall. This self-service approach maintains structural simplicity while effectively solving the dust removal problem.
Solution Approach 2:
The suction force, which is essential for dust separation and would naturally cause dust to accumulate on the inner wall, is repurposed to create a cleaning flow that removes dust. This converts a potentially harmful side effect into a beneficial self-cleaning function without adding structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables self-cleaning of cyclone dust collectors, maintaining high dust filtering efficiency and simplifying maintenance by effectively removing dust from the inner walls and preventing clogging, thus ensuring continuous effective operation.
Implementation Method 1
a cyclone dust collector that separates dust from the suctioned air using centrifugal force
Implementation Method 2
The cyclone dust collector may include at least one cyclone. At least one cyclone may separate dust from the air introduced into the cyclone dust collector using centrifugal force
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AI summary
A cleaner including a cyclone dust collector is disclosed. The cleaner includes a dust collector configured to separate dust from air through centrifugation. The dust collector includes: a dust collection case having an inlet through which air is introduced and an outlet through which the air is discharged; and at least one dust separator arranged to separate dust from the air introduced through the inlet. A cleaning member is provided in the at least one dust separator such that the cleaning member cleans at least a portion of an inner wall of the at least one dust separator.