Gas separation: apparatus – Solid sorbent apparatus – Plural diverse separating means
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Hopkins, Robert A. (Department: 1724)
Gas separation: apparatus
Solid sorbent apparatus
Plural diverse separating means
C096S382000, C055S337000, C055S414000, C055S482000, C055S486000, C055S489000, C055S467000, C055SDIG003
Reexamination Certificate
active
06949134
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner which can remove sludge, bad smells and toxic gases and discharge the filtered air to the upper portion of the vacuum cleaner to prevent the filtered air from being sucked with non-filtered air into the cleaner again. The vacuum cleaner includes: a dust collector having a suction hole; a cleaner body sealably assembled on the upper portion of the dust collector; a handle hinged on the upper portion of the cleaner body; a filter assembly assembled inside the dust collector and having a disc filter located on the lower surface of the cleaner body, an activated carbon filtering part located under the disc filter and a cone type filtering part located under the activated carbon filtering part; and an air discharging unit assembled on the air discharging part of the cleaner body.
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Coleman Henry D.
Conet Industries Inc.
Hopkins Robert A.
Sapone William J.
Sudol R. Neil
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