A CYCLONE-LIKE SEPARATOR FOR A VACUUM CLEANER

摘要

The present invention relates to a cyclone-like separator (5) for a vacuum cleaner, arranged to be mounted in an air stream of the vacuum cleaner. The cyclone-like chamber (7), an air entrance device having a flow passage arrangement there through for introducing an air stream into the cyclone-like chamber (7), and an air outlet (14) for emitting an air stream from the cyclone-like chamber (7). The entrance device comprises a control member (10) that is operable to alter the flow passage arrangement such that an air stream passing through the flow passage arrangement is affected by the alteration, whereby the cyclone-like chamber (7) receives an altered air stream.