Patent ID: 7427307
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: A47L,B01D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electric vacuum cleaner, comprising: a dust collection section, for removing dust, mounted in a main body of the vacuum cleaner; an electric air blower mounted on a downstream side of the dust collection section in the main body; an opening/closing section that is opened and closed when the dust deposited in the dust collecting section is discarded, and the opening/closing section is rotatable around a rotation shaft, and the rotation shaft is arranged at a position spaced apart from an outer peripheral surface of the dust collecting section; a filter which is disposed in the opening/closing section for removing dust from air sucked into the dust collecting section; and a disposable filter which is positioned on the upstream side of the filter, and which is mounted in a state where it is held by the opening/closing section.