Patent ID: 6353963
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A47L,B01D,B04C,Y10S

Abstract:
An upright vacuum cleaner comprising.a nozzle base including a suction opening, an upright housing hingedly mounted on said nozzle base; a suction source located in one of said nozzle base and said upright housing and being in fluid communication with said suction opening; a dirt cup selectively removable from an opening defined in said housing, said dirt cup being in fluid comnmunication with said suction opening and said suction source; a filter member mounted in said dirt cup; a particle separation chamber defined in said dirt cup for separating particles from an airstream flowing from said suction opening through said filter, and, an opening defined in a bottom wall of said dirt cup, the airstream flowing out of said dirt cup through said opening.