Patent ID: 7854779
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: A47L,B04C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner, the dust separating apparatus comprising of: a dust collecting receptacle adapted to collect dirt; and a cyclone unit eccentrically disposed in the dust collecting receptacle and adapted to whirl air drawn in through an inflow channel thereof, the cyclone unit including a cyclone body having an inlet in fluid communication with the inflow channel and an outlet in fluid communication with a discharge channel through which air separated from dirt is discharged, a first guide formed at a side of the inlet in a spiral pattern for whirling drawn-in air, a second guide formed on an upper portion of the cyclone body facing the outlet and for whirling the drawn-in air, and a grille disposed at the outlet for filtering the air; wherein the inflow channel has an inclined upper surface which slopes downward toward a bottom of the dust collecting receptacle by a predetermined angle.