1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dust collector.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The dust collector is mainly used to clean the air. More specifically, the dust collector includes a suction device to draw air into the dust collector, and the suspension dust of the air will precipitate in the dust collector. A dust bag is further provided to receive the condensed dust therein.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a dust collector that its dust bag can be efficiently expanded.
To achieve the above and other objects, a dust collector of the present invention includes a shell, an exit tube, an inner tube, a suction device, a first dust container, a bypass tube and a first dust bag. The shell defines a first receiving room therein, and it has an entrance hole communicating the first receiving room. The exit tube defines an exit passage therein. The inner tube extends from an inner periphery of the shell toward the first receiving room. The inner tube defines a connection passage which has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening communicates the first receiving room, and the second opening communicates the exit passage. The suction device provides the exit passage with a negative pressure. The first dust container defines a second receiving room therein. A mesh is disposed on a bottom surface of the first dust container to divide the second receiving room into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber communicates the first receiving room. The bypass tube defines a bypass passage therein, and it communicates the connection passage with the second chamber. The first dust bag is disposed in the first chamber. The first dust bag defines a first bag chamber therein and has a bag opening communicating the first bag chamber with the first receiving room.
Whereby, the second chamber has a pressure lower than the first bag chamber. As such, the first dust bag will be sucked to attach to the mesh, expanding itself to receive more dust therein.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
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The shell 10 defines a first receiving room 11 therein, and the shell 10 has an entrance hole 12 communicating the first receiving room 11. More specifically, the entrance hole 12 is for the air to be drawn in the first receiving room 11 therefrom, and the shell 10 further has an upper opening, a lower opening and a shell bypass opening 13. A flexible tube 14 connects to the lower opening, and a cover 15 is disposed at a lower end of the flexible tube 14.
The exit tube 20 substantially envelops the upper opening of the shell 10, and the exit tube 20 defines an exit passage 21 therein.
The inner tube 30 extends from a periphery of the exit tube 20 toward the first receiving room 11. The inner tube 30 defines a connection passage 31 which has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening communicates the first receiving room 11, and the second opening communicates the exit passage 21. Furthermore, the inner tube 30 has a tube bypass opening 32 disposed between the first opening and the second opening. The pressure gauge 90 is disposed on the shell 10 to measure the pressure in the connection passage 31.
In the present embodiment, the suction device 40 is disposed on the exit tube 20 to provide a negative pressure to the exit passage 21. As such, the air drawn into the first receiving room 11, with the help of the suction device 40, is evacuated from the exit passage 21 via the connection passage 31.
The first dust container 50 defines a second receiving room 51 therein and has an upper opening, which is covered by the cover 15. A mesh 52 is disposed on a bottom surface of the first dust container 50 to divide the second receiving room 51 into a first chamber 53 and a second chamber 54. The first chamber 53 communicates the first receiving room 11 via the flexible tube 14. Moreover, the first dust container 50 further has a container bypass opening 55 communicating the second chamber 54. Preferably, the mesh 52 may have an inverted U-shaped cross section and both ends of the mesh 52 extend toward two opposite sides of the first dust container 50.
The bypass tube 60 defines a bypass passage 61 therein, and the bypass passage 61 communicates the connection passage 31 with the second chamber 54. More specifically, the bypass tube 60 includes a first tube section 62 and a second tube section 63. The first tube section 62 communicates the shell bypass opening 13 with the tube bypass opening 32, and the second tube section 63 is disposed out of the shell 10 and communicates the shell bypass opening 13 with the container bypass opening 55.
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The second dust container 80 is mainly tube-shaped and defines a third receiving room 81 communicating the exit passage 20. A second dust bag 82 is disposed on the second dust container 80 and defines a second bag chamber 83 communicating the third receiving room 81.
Note that there may be more than one meshes 52 disposed in the first dust container 50 to provide more contacting surface to the first dust bag 70, as shown in
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