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Granted Patent B2
US 8,852,306 · App. 12/667,746 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Vacuum cleaner filter bag

Inventors: Jan Schultink (Overpelt, BE); Ralf Sauer (Overpelt, BE)
Assignee: Eurofilters Holdings N.V.
B01D39/1623A47L9/14B01D39/1692Y10S55/05
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Patent No.
US 8,852,306
App. No.
12/667,746
Granted
Oct 7, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag having a filter medium comprising a first layer consisting of a netting, a perforated sheet or a perforated non-woven with an air permeability of at least 10,000 l/(m 2 s), and a first fiber layer consisting of man-made fibers and/or vegetable fibers and connected to one side of the first layer.

Claims (27)

1. A vacuum cleaner filter bag having a filter medium comprising:

a first layer consisting of a netting with an air permeability of more than 10,000 l/(m 2 s), the netting having a mesh opening of 2 mm to 30 mm and a thickness of 0.1 to 1 mm; and

a first fibre layer consisting of man-made fibres or vegetable fibres or man-made fibres and vegetable fibres and connected to one side of the first layer.

2. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the netting is an extruded netting or a woven netting.

3. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has a mass per unit area of 5 to 30 g/m 2 .

4. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer has an average hole cross-sectional area of 2 to 900 mm 2 or an air permeability of at least 11,000 l/(m 2 s).

5. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first fibre layer comprises fibres having a fineness of at least 5 dtex.

6. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the filter medium comprises a second fibre layer made of man-made fibres or vegetable fibres, said second fibre layer being connected to the first layer on the side facing away from the first fibre layer.

7. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first or a second fibre layer is/are thermally bonded to the first layer.

8. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first or a second fibre layer comprises a web layer or a non-woven layer.

9. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first or a second fibre layer comprises a web layer or a non-woven layer consisting of staple fibres.

10. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first or a second fibre layer is a dry-laid or wet-laid web layer or non-woven layer, an extruded web layer or an extruded non-woven layer.

11. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first fibre layer or a second fibre layer has a mass per unit area of 5 to 50 g/m 2 .

12. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein a composite consisting of the first layer and the first fibre layer, or of the first layer, the first fibre layer and a second fibre layer, has an air permeability of 1,000 to 12,000 l/(m 2 s).

13. A vacuum cleaner filter bag according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer and the first fibre layer, or a second fibre layer define the innermost layer of a bag wall.

14. A method of making a filter medium for a vacuum cleaner filter bag, comprising the following steps:

providing a first layer consisting of a netting with an air permeability of more than 10,000 1 /(m 2 s), the netting having a mesh opening of 2 mm to 30 mm and a thickness of 0.1 to 1 mm,

providing, on one side of the first layer, a first fibre layer consisting of man-made fibres or vegetable fibres or man-made fibres and vegetable fibres, and

connecting said first layer to said first fibre layer.

15. A method according to claim 14 , wherein the connecting step is executed thermally.

16. A method according to claim 14 comprising depositing the first layer on the first fibre layer, or depositing the first fibre layer on the first layer.

17. A method according to claim 14 , comprising providing the netting as an extruded netting or a woven netting.

18. A method according to claim 14 , comprising providing the first layer as a layer having a mass per unit area of 5 to 30 g/m 2 .

19. A method according to claim 14 , comprising providing the first layer as a layer having an average hole cross-sectional area of 2 to 900 mm 2 or an air permeability of at least 11,000 l/(m 2 s).

20. A method according to claim 14 , comprising providing the first fibre layer comprising fibres having a fineness of at least 5 dtex.

21. A method according to claim 14 , further comprising the step of providing a second fibre layer, and wherein the connecting step comprises connecting said second fibre layer to the first layer on the side facing away from the first fibre layer.

22. A method according to claim 14 , wherein the connecting step is executed thermally, by means of calendering, or by means of an adhesive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2010
From: SCHULTINK, JAN; SAUER, RALF
To: EUROFILTERS HOLDING N.V.
Reel/Frame 023926/0283 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07013311 · Jul 6, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100218470A1 · Sep 2, 2010