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US 7,380,308 B2Granted
Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJang-keun Oh, Ki-man Kim, Kyoung-woung Kim, Jung-gyun Han
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Abstract
A vacuum cleaner comprises a cleaner body where a dust separator is mounted to extract dust from dust-laden air. A dust receptacle is detachably mounted in the cleaner body. A locking unit locks the dust separator and the dust receptacle together. In an exemplary embodiment, an opening unit rotates the dust separator by a predetermined angle when the dust separator and the dust receptacle are unlocked.
Claims10
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner body in which a dust separator is rotatably mounted to extract dust from dust-laden air;
- a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the dust separator;
- a locking unit locking and releasing the dust separator and the dust receptacle with respect to each other, the locking unit comprising:
- a button formed on a handle of the dust receptacle and having a hook;
- a fastening part provided to the dust separator to lock and release the hook;
- a first resilient member pressing the button in a direction for locking the hook;
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- an opening unit rotating the dust separator by a predetermined angle when the dust separator and the dust receptacle are released from each other.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner body in which a dust separator is rotatably mounted to extract dust from dust-laden air, the dust separator including one of a mono-cyclone unit and a multi-cyclone unit;
- a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the dust separator;
- a locking unit locking and releasing the dust separator and the dust receptacle with respect to each other;
- an opening unit rotating the dust separator by a predetermined angle when the dust separator and the dust receptacle are released from each other, the opening unit including a static member fixed on the cleaner body, a guide mounted to the static member, a moving member mounted to the guide and moving between a first position and a second position, and a second resilient member interposed between the static member and the moving member to resiliently bias the moving member toward the second position;
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- a cover rotatably mounted to the cleaner body, the dust separator being connected to the cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.