Patent ID: 6766558
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A47L,B04C

Abstract:
A vacuum cleaner comprising a suction port body having a suction port, an electric blower for generating suction air, a connection pipe connected to the suction port body, and a cyclone type dust collecting part, disposed between the suction port body and the electric blower, for separating dust by forming the introduced suction air into a whirling stream and collecting the separated dust in a dust collecting chamber arranged in a suction air passage,wherein a suction air guide is provided that comprises a cylindrical portion substantially cylindrical in shape which is fitted on a top portion of the dust collecting chamber and which has an exhaust portion formed so as to protrude from a center of a ceiling surface thereof into the dust collecting chamber, said exhaust portion being arranged substantially perpendicularly to the flow-in portion and a filter is provided in an exhaust port formed in a peripheral surface of the exhaust portion, a connecting portion connected to the connection pipe, and a flow-in portion that couples the cylindrical portion and the connecting portion together so as to permit dust to be introduced tangentially to the dust collecting chamber.