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A filter arrangement includes a filter element configured for straight through flow and a handle member secured to the filter element. The filter element may typically have a plurality of flutes where selected ones of the flutes are open at upstream portions and closed at downstream portions, and where selected ones of the flutes are closed at the upstream portions and open at the downstream portions. In one embodiment, the handle member is secured to the central core member. In some embodiments, the handle member and the central core member are a single molded construction. The handle member can include a single aperture, such as an elongated slot, or a plurality of apertures. A method for servicing a system having a straight through flow filter element includes grasping a handle secured to the filter element, and pulling the handle to remove the filter element from the system.

A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body, a suction brush, through which air and contaminants are drawn in, and a cyclone type dust collecting device. The cleaner body has a motor driving chamber and a dust collecting chamber in communication with the motor driving chamber. The cyclone type dust collecting device is mounted in the dust collecting chamber and separates by centrifugal force the contaminants from the air. The cyclone type dust collecting device includes a hollow cylindrical cyclone body having an open top, a closed bottom, and a contaminant outlet. The open top allows air and contaminants into the cyclone body, where the contaminants are separated from the air by centrifugation. The contaminants are then discharged from the cyclone body through the contaminant outlet. The cyclone type dust collecting device further includes a contaminant receptacle for collecting the contaminants discharged through the contaminant outlet, a base member hingedly connected to the contaminant receptacle, and a cover for covering the top of the cyclone body. The cover has an air inlet passage, through which air and contaminants drawn in through the suction brush enter into the cyclone body, an air outlet passage, through which the air is discharged from the cyclone body, and a contaminant separating grill. The grill extends downward from the air outlet passage into the cyclone body and has a plurality of fine holes.

Process for removing mercury from flue gases of high-temperature plants, in particular power stations and waste incineration plants in which a bromine compound is fed to the multistage furnace and/or the flue gas in a plant section downstream of the furnace, the temperature during contact of the bromine compound with the flue gas being at least 500° C., preferably at least 800° C. The combustion is carried out in the presence of a sulphur compound, in particular sulphur dioxide. Subsequently to the furnace, the flue gas is subjected to an optional multistage cleanup for removing mercury from the flue gas, which cleanup comprises a wet scrubber and/or a dry cleanup.

An improved cartridge, typically in cylindrical or panel form that can be used in a dry or wet/dry vacuum cleaner. The cartridge is cleanable using a stream of service water, or by rapping on a solid object, or by using a compressed gas stream, but can provide exceptional filtering properties even for submicron particulate in the household or industrial environment. The cartridge has a combination of nanofiber filtration layer on a substrate. The nanofiber and substrate are engineered to obtain a maximum efficiency at reasonable pressure drop and permeability. The improved cartridge constitutes at least a substrate material and at least a layer including a non-woven, fine fiber separation layer.

An artificial cigarette, inhaler or other nebulizer device may include a housing, an air passage into the housing, a fog generator chamber within the housing connected to the air passage, a liquid source connected to the fog generating chamber, and a fog generator within the fog generating chamber for receiving liquid from the liquid source and creating an aerosol. The fog generator may be an ultrasonic nebulizer and/or a pneumatic nebulizer.

The invention provides a catalyzed soot filter formed on a wall flow substrate having internal walls coated with catalyst compositions. The soot filter maintains a homogeneous flow of the exhaust gases through the internal walls of the substrate along the length of the filter due to the coating design. Both the efficiency and the durability of the catalytic function are increased over conventionally designed catalyzed soot filters. The catalyzed soot filter provides an integrated function for simultaneously treating the gaseous components of the exhaust (e.g., CO and HC) and the particulate matter deposited in the filter.

A cyclonic vacuum cleaner includes a body portion, a nozzle portion and a dirt cup which is removable from the body portion. The dirt cup collects dirt and other debris separated by a cyclone and a cyclone slinger portion in the body portion. A main filter may be housed in a transparent filter door downstream of the cyclone. The dirt cup may be inserted into and sealingly held within the body portion by using a rotational camming structure.

The present invention provides an amine functionalised adsorbent for use in dry scrubbing process. The adsorbent comprises amine functionalised mesoporous silica in which the amine groups are present at or near the surface of the silica, including within the pore walls and channels of the silica. The present invention further provides methods of preparing the adsorbent and of using the adsorbent for the adsorption of CO₂ and/or other acid gases.

A multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus includes: a multi-cyclone unit including a first cyclone chamber body having a first cyclone chamber and at least one protection chamber formed around at least a portion of an outer circumference of the first cyclone chamber, and at least one secondary cyclone chamber body disposed in the protection chamber, each secondary cyclone chamber body having at least one secondary cyclone chamber; a cover unit connecting an upper end of the multi-cyclone unit and guiding air discharged from the first cyclone chamber to the at least one secondary cyclone chamber; a dirt collecting unit adapted to connect to a lower end of the multi-cyclone unit and configured to collect dirt separated from the air in the first and secondary cyclone chambers; and an air discharge duct configured to discharge air that has passed through the multi-cyclone unit.

The present invention relates to a dust and dirt collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner capable of simultaneously performing a primary cyclonic dust collection and a secondary filter dust collection. According to the present invention, there is provided a dust and dirt collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner, which is mounted to one side of a main body of the vacuum cleaner to filter sucked air containing foreign substances. The dust and dirt collecting unit of the present invention comprises a dust casing which has an inlet formed in a direction tangential thereto for introducing the air containing the foreign substances thereinto and of which a top portion is open; a cover which is used to open and close the top portion of the dust casing and is provided at the center thereof with an outlet for discharging air from which the foreign substances have been filtered out; a filter assembly which is installed at a bottom surface of the cover corresponding to the outlet and includes a cylindrical filter of which the interior communicates with the outlet; a protective cylindrical body which is formed to wrap around an outer periphery of the filter assembly and installed below the cover so that the interior thereof can communicate with the exterior thereof through a plurality of vent holes formed at a lower portion thereof; and a separating plate which is coupled with the bottom of the filter assembly and extends radially to be spaced apart from an inner circumferential surface of the dust casing by a predetermined gap.

A particle separation member (40) is provided for use with a cyclone separator (30). The particle separation member (40) divides the separator (30) into a cyclone chamber (46) and a particle receiving chamber (50). The cyclone chamber (46) and the particle receiving chamber (50) communicating via a plurality of apertures (52) in the particle separation member (40).

A dust collection assembly of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collection assembly includes a dust collecting box, a filter, a flow guide unit, an exhaust guider, and an upper cover. The dust collecting box and the flow guide unit are integrally formed in a single body. The dust collecting box includes a first and second dust collecting spaces for collecting foreign objects. The filter is disposed in the inside of the dust collecting space to primarily filter foreign objects during operation of a cyclone. The flow guide unit guides airflow and has small cyclones integrally formed therein, for secondarily filtering the foreign objects in air. The exhaust guider guides airflow and has a plurality of discharge holes through which air filtered by the small cyclone flows. The upper cover is disposed on the upper side of the exhaust guider.

A cyclone dust separating apparatus has a first cyclone chamber for separating particles from the externally-drawn fluid by centrifugal force, one or more second cyclone chambers for separating particles from the fluid discharged from the first cyclone chamber by centrifugal force, and one or more third cyclone chambers for separating particles from the fluid discharged from the second cyclone chambers, and causing the fluid to be discharged out via a discharge passage. The second and the third cyclone chambers are arranged in radial relation with respect to the first cyclone chamber, and thus, surround the first cyclone chamber. Therefore, the cyclone dust separating apparatus provides multi-stage centrifugal cleaning process and improved cleaning efficiency, while remaining compact-sized.

A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a first filtering chamber filtering foreign objects using a cyclone airflow, a separation plate defining a top surface of the first filtering chamber, a filter having a diameter that is reduced as it goes downward in response to airflow rate variation in the first filtering chamber, and a blocking member provided under the filter to prevent the foreign objects filtered in the first filtering chamber from flying.