Patent ID: 6934994

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a cleaner body having a motor chamber in which a vacuum motor is mounted, and a dust-collecting chamber which is divided from the motor chamber by a partition and is in fluid communication with the motor chamber via a passage path formed on the partition, the dust-collecting chamber being provided with an air inflow hole formed at a side thereof and filter supporting means that is comprised of paper filter fixing guides disposed at sidewalls of the air inflow hole that support a paper filter in the dust-collecting chamber, said filter supporting means being further comprised of reusuable filter fixing guides disposed at the sidewalls of the dust-collecting chamber, said reusable filter fixing guides being dimensioned and configured to support a reusable filter in the dust-collecting chamber; a dust-collecting means mounted in the dust-collecting chamber of the cleaner body, for separating and collecting dust and dirt from the air that is drawn in through the air inflow hole, and wherein the dust-collecting means includes a separate disposable paper filter and a separate reusable filter, and wherein said filter supporting means stably supports either the paper filter or the permanent filter within said dust-collecting chamber.