US 2008/0172821 A1 · VACUUM CLEANER

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a handy cleaner-integrated vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body having a body inlet, a body outlet and a mounting part, and accommodating a motor assembly to induce air into the main body through the body inlet and then to discharge the air through the body outlet, a dust container mounted on the mounting part to filter foreign matter from air, a driving unit mounted on the mounting part and coupled to the dust container to generate a suction force in the dust container when the dust container is detached from the main body, and a power supply device to supply electrical power to the driving unit. The vacuum cleaner allows vacuum cleaning without a separate handy cleaner even in a narrow space, and provides an improved battery-mounting structure to allow convenient recharge and replacement of the battery, and a convenient repair.

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Dependent claims

A vacuum cleaner apparatus comprising:

a main body comprising a first mounting station and a first suction source;
a first member releasably secured to the main body on the first mounting station, wherein the first member comprising a first housing and a dust container, which is defined by or enclosed in the first housing;
a second member comprising a second housing and a second suction source enclosed in the second housing;
wherein when released from the main body, the first member is capable of forming an operable vacuum cleaning connection with the second member so as to provide a handheld vacuum cleaner;
and
wherein when secured to the main body, the first member does not form an operable vacuum cleaning connection with the second member and rather forms an operable vacuum cleaning connection with the first suction source so as to provide another vacuum cleaner.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Vacuum cleaner

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