Patent ID: 7815703
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dust collecting unit of a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a dust collecting body including a first dust separating unit for separating dust from a flow of air and a first dust storing unit for storing dust separated by the first dust separating unit, the first dust separating unit being integrally formed with the first dust storing unit; a cover member configured to cover an upper portion of the first dust separating unit; a second dust separating unit mounted on an upper side of the cover member, wherein the second dust separating unit is configured to further separate dust from the flow of air after the flow of air has left the first dust separating unit; a second dust storing unit that stores dust separated by the second dust separating unit; and a dust passage for guiding dust separated by the second dust separating unit to the second dust storing unit, wherein the cover member further covers an upper portion of the dust passage, the cover member including a guide passage that guides the air discharged from the first dust separating unit to the second dust separating unit and an air outlet through which the air exhausted from the second dust separating unit is exhausted to an outside of the dust collecting unit.