Vacuum cleaner
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDong-hun Yoo
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body housing a cyclone dust separating unit therein, a dust receptacle removably mounted in the cyclone dust separating unit, a carrying handle movable at a front of the dust receptacle to protrude out or withdraw in, for carrying of the dust receptacle, and a lifting unit to move in accordance with the protruding or withdrawal of the carrying handle, so as to lock the dust receptacle with the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle is withdrawn in the dust receptacle, and to unlock the dust receptacle from the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle protrudes out of the dust receptacle.
Claims7
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner body housing a cyclone dust separating unit therein;
- a dust receptacle removably mounted in the cyclone dust separating unit;
- a carrying handle on the dust receptacle and movable to protrude out or withdraw in from a front of the dust receptacle;
- and
- a lifting unit to move in accordance with the protruding or withdrawal of the carrying handle, so as to lock the dust receptacle with the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle is withdrawn in the dust receptacle, and to unlock the dust receptacle from the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle protrudes out of the dust receptacle, wherein the lifting unit is installed on a bottom of the dust receptacle and is detachable from the dust receptacle at a predetermined interval.
A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a cleaner body housing a cyclone dust separating unit therein;
- a dust receptacle removably mounted in the cyclone dust separating unit;
- a carrying handle movable at a front of the dust receptacle to protrude out or withdraw in;
- and
- a lifting unit to move in accordance with the protruding or withdrawal of the carrying handle, so as to lock the dust receptacle with the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle is withdrawn in the dust receptacle, and to unlock the dust receptacle from the cyclone dust separating unit when the carrying handle protrudes out of the dust receptacle,
- wherein the carrying handle comprises a grip for grip by a user and an operating portion to be inserted in the lifting unit, and
- wherein the lifting unit comprises:
- a dust receptacle opening and closing cover on which the operating portion is slidable, to selectively open or close a bottom surface of the dust receptacle;
- a lifting member disposed on a lower portion of the dust receptacle to ascend or descend according to interference with the operating portion;
- an elastic member to elastically support the lifting member to a tight contact with the dust receptacle opening and closing cover;
- and
- a guide cover to prevent a separation of the lifting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.