Patent ID: 6640385
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
A cyclone dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner having a cleaner housing body and a suction brush, the suction brush drawing air and contaminants into the cleaner housing body, the cyclone dust collecting apparatus comprising:a cyclone chamber for separating the contaminants from the air drawn through the suction brush, the cyclone chamber being fixed to the cleaner housing body and having a contaminant outlet through which the contaminants are discharged; and a contaminant receptacle removably coupled to a lower side of the cyclone chamber, the contaminant receptacle having a contaminant inlet aligned to engage with the contaminant outlet of the cyclone chamber, the contaminant outlet formed in a cylindrical wall of the chamber, the contaminant receptacle receiving contaminants that have been discharged from the cyclone chamber.