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Vacuum cleaner with dust collecting device

  • US 7,325,274 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2004
  • Issued: 02/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:

  • a suction part configured to suck in air containing foreign materials;

    a main body provided with a passage through which the air sucked through the suction part flows, the main body being formed with a depressed portion at least an upper portion of which is open and which is in communication with the passage;

    a suction force device provided in the main body, the suction force device providing a suction force for sucking the air;

    a dust collecting device seated into the depressed portion, the dust collecting device forming a portion of the passage and collecting the foreign materials; and

    a catching member provided in the dust collecting device, catching steps being provided on at least both ends of the catching member, the catching steps being caught into an inner wall of the depressed portion with an elastic force, wherein the dust collecting device moves from the upper portion to a lower portion of the main body, and then is mounted into the depressed portion and wherein the dust collection device comprises;

    a dust tank in which the foreign materials are collected, the dust tank being provided with an inlet and an ejection port to communicate with the passage formed in the main body; and

    a cover assembly mounted onto an upper end of the dust tank to open and close an inside of the dust tank, the catching member being seated into the cover assembly.

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