Patent ID: 6615444
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
In an improved dirt collecting system for a vacuum cleaner, the vacuum cleaner having a motor-fan assembly with a suction inlet opening, an agitator chamber, a dirt collecting chamber, and a housing, the motor-fan assembly creating a dirt laden airstream from the agitator chamber to the dirt collecting chamber, the improvement comprising a dirt collecting chamber comprised of a dirt cup for collecting dirt particles, the dirt cup comprised of:a bottom wall; a rear wall extending generally upward from said bottom wall; a pair of curved side walls, wherein said pair of curved sidewalls, said rear wall, and said bottom wall define the dirt collecting chamber; a dirty air inlet opening formed in one of said pair of curved sidewalls, said rear wall, or said bottom wall; a clean air outlet opening formed in one of said pair of curved sidewalls, said rear wall, or said bottom wall; a lid having an open position and a closed position pivotally connected to said dirt cup, said lid including a peripheral edge, and a thumb tab extending radially outward from said lid for pivoting said lid between said open position and said closed position.