1. A decorative panel, comprising:
a body constructed from a single layer of a polymer based blanket material, said body including at least one densified surface zone, at least one base zone; and at least one intermediate zone between said densified surface zone and said base zone;
wherein the density of said densified surface zone is greater than the density of said intermediate zone, the density of said intermediate zone is greater than the density of said base zone, and said densified surface zone has an exposed face and printing applied to said exposed face of said densified surface zone.
2. The panel of claim 1, wherein said polymer based blanket material is selected from a group of materials consisting of polyester, polyolefin, polypropylene, polyethylene, fiberglass, acrylic, natural fibers, nylon, rayon and blends thereof.
3. The panel of claim 1, wherein said polymer based blanket material includes polyester staple fibers and polyester bicomponent fibers.
4. The panel of claim 3, wherein said polyester staple fibers and said polyester bicomponent fibers have diameters of between about 8.0 to about 30 microns and lengths between about 1.25 and about 8.0 cm.
5. The panel of claim 4 wherein said polymer based blanket material includes melt blown microfibers.
6. The panel of claim 3 wherein said polymer based blanket material includes melt blown microfibers.
7. The panel of claim 1, wherein said densified surface zone has a density of between about 1.5 and 15.0 pcf.
8. The panel of claim 1, wherein said printing is a decorative pattern.
9. A decorative panel, comprising:
a body constructed from a single layer of a polymer based blanket material, said body including;
a densified surface zone having a first density A;
a base zone having a density B; and
an intermediate zone between said densified surface zone and said base zone having a density C where A is greater than C, and C is greater than B;
said panel being further characterized by;
printing directly applied to an exposed face of said densified surface zone.
10. The panel of claim 9 wherein said densified surface zone has a thickness of between about 0.038 and about 0.38 cm.
11. The panel of claim 10, wherein said base zone has a thickness of between about 0.38 and about 5.08 cm.
12. The panel of claim 11, wherein said intermediate zone has a thickness of between about 0.127 and about 1.27 cm.
13. The panel of claim 9, wherein said base zone has a thickness of between about 0.38 and about 5.08 cm.
14. The panel of claim 9, wherein said intermediate zone has a thickness of between about 0.127 and about 1.27 cm.
15. The panel of claim 9, wherein said polymer based blanket material is selected from a group of materials consisting of polyester, polyolefin, polypropylene, polyethylene, fiberglass, acrylic natural fibers, nylon, rayon and blends thereof.
16. The panel of claim 15, wherein said densified surface zone includes fibers having a diameter D, said base zone includes fibers having a diameter E and said intermediate zone includes fibers having a diameter F where F is greater than E, and E is greater than D.
17. The panel of claim 15, wherein said densified surface zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 5.0 to about 25.0 microns and a length of between about 1.27 to about 6.35 cm.
18. The panel of claim 15, wherein said base zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 10.0 and about 50.0 microns and a length of between about 2.54 and about 7.62 cm.
19. The panel of claim 15, wherein said intermediate zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 10.0 and about 50.0 microns and a length of between about 2.54 and about 7.62 cm.
20. The panel of claim 15, wherein said densified surface zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 5.0 to about 25.0 microns and a length of between about 1.27 to about 6.35 cm, said base zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 10.0 and about 50.0 microns and a length of between about 2.54 and about 7.62 cm, and said intermediate zone includes fibers having a diameter of between about 10.0 and about 50.0 microns and a length of between about 2.54 and about 7.62 cm.
21. A decorative panel, comprising: a body constructed from a single layer of a polymer based blanket material including a first densified surface zone having a first exposed face, a first intermediate zone less dense than the first densified surface zone, a second densified surface zone having a second exposed face, a second intermediate zone less dense than the second densified surface zone, and a base zone less dense than the first intermediate zone and the second intermediate zone..
22. The panel according to claim 1, wherein the densified surface zone is thinner than at least one of the intermediate zone and the base zone.
23. The panel according to claim 1, wherein the exposed face is substantially planar.
24. The panel according to claim 21, further including printing on at least one of said densified surface zones.
25. The panel according to claim 21, wherein the second exposed face is opposite the first exposed face.
26. A panel, comprising: a body constructed from a single layer of a polymer based blanket material, said body including at least one densified surface zone, at least one base zone, and at least one intermediate zone between the densified surface zone and the base zone; wherein the density of the densified surface zone is greater than the density of the intermediate zone and the density of the intermediate zone is greater than the density of the base zone.
27. The panel according to claim 26, wherein the densified surface zone includes an exposed face for printing thereon.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a body;
a mounting chamber in the body;
a dust separating apparatus comprising a casing, a cyclone unit, and a dust collection part, the dust separating apparatus being detachably engaged with the mounting chamber in the body so that a dead space between the cyclone unit and the mounting chamber is utilized by the dust collection part, wherein the cyclone unit comprises a cylindrical cyclone body forming a cyclone chamber and having a height lower than the casing. and an air inlet and an air outlet which are formed on a bottom surface of the cyclone body.
2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the dust collection part surrounds the cyclone unit.
3. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the mounting chamber and the dust collection part are both substantially semicircular.
4. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the dust separating apparatus further comprises a cover being detachably engaged with the casing.
5. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 4, further comprising a counterflow prevention member protruding a predetermined distance from an inside portion of the cover.