Patent ID: 8163051
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: A47L,B04C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dust collector of a vacuum cleaner, comprising: a dust separation part that separates dust from air; a dust collecting body having a dust storage part that stores the dust separated by the dust separation part; and a division part that closes the dust separation part and includes an opening through which the dust is discharged into the dust storage part, wherein the dust collecting body is provided as a separate component to the dust separation part, and the dust separation part is received in the dust collecting body, wherein the division part is coupled to the dust separation part and is rotated by a hinge provided at a lower side of the dust separation part, wherein the dust collecting body comprises an air inlet through which air is inhaled, and the dust separation part comprises a suction port, through which air including the dust is sucked into the dust separation part, and wherein the suction port is formed at a location corresponding to a position of the air inlet formed in the dust collecting body when the dust separation part is disposed in the dust collecting body.