The Benefits of Bagless Vacuum Cleaners

What was unthinkable many years ago had suddenlyIt wasn’t until the 1990’s this invention was
become all the rage in the world of vacuum cleaners.applied to household units by the now-defunct
The bag-less vacuum cleaner, once thought of as anFantom Company of Canada.Another type of
impossible dream, has now become a profitablebag-less vacuum cleaner uses the "dirt cup" and is
reality. Although still in its infancy, the bag-lessfound mostly in commercial units. Used successfully
vacuum cleaner is gaining in acceptance around thefor over 30 years, these bag-less vacuum cleaners
world. The current style uses an internal systemuse no disposable bags but are not cyclonic. Debris
called Filtered Cyclonic, a descriptive phrase thatand dust is filtered from the air stream by a cloth
describes the means of separating the dirt and dustbag similar to the early designs.
from the incoming air stream. The filtered cyclonicThe difference here is that this bag collects the dust
invention uses a directional air pattern to spin theand debris on an inner wall inside the bag and forms
vacuumed dirt inside a cylinder, forcing the heavierwhat is called a "filtering dirt cake". The vibration of
and larger particles against the wall of the cylinderthe motor and general movement of the machine
where they drop to the bottom of the collection bin.causes the dirt cake to fall off when it reaches a
The faster and faster the dirty air spins, the bettercritical mass of weight and it lands in the dirt cup
the separation with only the smaller, lighter particleswhich can be easily removed, cleaned and reinserted
remaining in the middle. These leftover particles areback into the machine. It is only recently that the dirt
then sent through the device by the outgoing aircup bag-less vacuum cleaner has been introduced as
stream, through a filter designed to remove thema household cleaner.
from the air before it exits the back of the machine.