Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of operating the same
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
- a dust separator that separates dust contained in air;
a dust container including a dust storage portion that stores the dust separated by the dust separator;
a fixed partition plate that partitions the dust separator and at least a portion of the dust storage portion; and
at least one press member rotatably disposed within the dust container, wherein the at least one press member is provided under the partition plate, wherein the at least one press member comprises a shaft connected to a bottom of the dust container and a press plate that extends from the shaft, wherein the partition plate is substantially planar, wherein the shaft and the press plate extend in a substantially vertical direction from the planar partition plate to the bottom of the dust container, and wherein the press plate rotates in a state in which the fixed partition plate is fixed.
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.
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37 Claims
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1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a dust separator that separates dust contained in air; a dust container including a dust storage portion that stores the dust separated by the dust separator; a fixed partition plate that partitions the dust separator and at least a portion of the dust storage portion; and at least one press member rotatably disposed within the dust container, wherein the at least one press member is provided under the partition plate, wherein the at least one press member comprises a shaft connected to a bottom of the dust container and a press plate that extends from the shaft, wherein the partition plate is substantially planar, wherein the shaft and the press plate extend in a substantially vertical direction from the planar partition plate to the bottom of the dust container, and wherein the press plate rotates in a state in which the fixed partition plate is fixed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a main device in which a suction motor that generates a suction force is disposed; a dust separator that separates dust contained in air, the dust separator communicating with the suction motor; a dust container, separate from the dust separator, disposed below the dust separator and including a dust storage portion that stores the dust separated by the dust separator, wherein a casing of the dust container is similar in shape to a casing of the dust separator; a fixed partition plate that partitions the dust separator and at least a portion of the dust storage portion; at least one press member movably disposed within the dust container; and a driving device that automatically drives the at least one press member, wherein the driving device comprises a driving motor that generates a driving force and a driving mechanism that transfers the driving force to the at least one press member, wherein the partition plate is substantially planar, wherein the at least one press member comprises a rotating shaft and a press plate and the rotating shaft and the press plate extend in a substantially vertical direction from the planar partition plate to the bottom of the dust container, and wherein the press plate rotates in a state in which the fixed partition plate is fixed. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A vacuum cleaner, comprising:
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a main body; a dust separator coupled to the main body, that separates dust contained in air; a dust container detachably coupled to the main body and including a dust storage portion that stores the dust separated by the dust separator; a partition plate that partitions the dust separator and at least a portion of the dust storage portion; at least one plate rotatably disposed within the dust container; and a driving device that drives the at least one plate, wherein the driving device comprises a gear mechanism comprising at least one gear coupled to the at least one plate and a lever operated by a user to drive the gear mechanism, wherein the at least one plate comprises a shaft connected to a bottom of the dust container, and wherein the shaft extends in a substantially vertical direction from the partition plate to the bottom of the dust container. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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