Latch arrangement for a vacuum cleaner dirt receptacle

A vacuum cleaner comprising:

• a housing having a recess formed therein, said recess having a bottom wall;
• a dirt collecting cup having a lid, said cup being sized and shaped to be received in said housing and rest on said bottom wall;
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• a dirt cup latch mounted to said housing, said latch being movable from an unlatched position, in which said latch does not engage said cup or said lid, into a latched position, in which said latch engages said lid and presses said lid sealingly in place on said cup and presses said cup, via said lid, against said bottom wall to and thereby secure said cup in said recess.

A latching arrangement movable between a latched position for retaining a dirt cup to a housing of a vacuum cleaner and an unlatched position for allowing the removal of said dirt cup from the housing of the vacuum cleaner, said latching arrangement including:

• a latch cam having an actuation lever for rotating said latch cam about a generally vertical axis;
• a latch plate operatively connected to said latch cam;
• a cam sleeve mounted on the housing and positioned between said latch cam and said latch plate;
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• whereby horizontal translation of the actuation lever of said latch cam imparts a vertical motion on said latch plate.

A vacuum cleaner including:

• a housing having a rear wall, an end wall and being formed with a recess;
• a dirt cup removably mounted within the recess of said housing;
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• a latching arrangement positioned on the housing opposite the end wall for removably retaining said dirt cup within the recess, said latching arrangement having a latch plate movable along a generally vertical axis for applying a vertical force on said dirt cup to vertically retain said dirt cup on said housing, and movable along a horizontal axis for applying a horizontal force on said dirt cup to horizontally retain said dirt cup on said housing.