Patent ID: 9211046
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A handheld vacuum cleaner comprising: a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet; a cyclonic separator located downstream of the dirty air inlet, the cyclonic separator having a separator axis; a first portion intersecting, on one side of the separator axis, a plane in which the separator axis lies, the first portion comprising a filter compartment located downstream of the cyclonic separator; a removable filter arranged within the filter compartment such that the filter extends around the separator axis, wherein the filter is removable from the filter compartment through an opening in a top portion of the vacuum cleaner; and a dirt collecting bin, wherein the dirt collecting bin comprises an outer wall comprising a lower portion, a bin base pivotally attached to the lower portion of the outer wall and a catch, wherein the bin base is held in a closed position by the catch, and wherein the dirt collecting bin is arranged such that the bin base can be pivoted from the closed position to an open position for emptying of the bin without separating the bin from the remainder of the handheld vacuum cleaner.