Patent ID: 8240001
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A47L,B30B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a dust container including a dust storage portion that stores dust; a first press member that compresses the dust stored in the dust storage portion; and a second press member provided within the dust container that interacts with the first press member to decrease a volume of the dust stored in the dust storage portion, wherein the first press member bidirectionally rotates to compress the dust at both sides of the second press member, wherein the second press member extends upward from a bottom surface of the dust container and is in contact with the bottom surface of the dust container, wherein the dust compressed by the first and second press members is stored at both sides of the second press member on the bottom surface of the dust container, and wherein the first press member includes a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft extending substantially perpendicular to a bottom surface of the dust container.