Patent ID: 7686861

Claim:
A dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner which is removably mounted to a cleaner body, the apparatus comprising: an air inlet port through which external air entrained with dust is introduced; a cyclone body which forms a cyclone chamber wherein the external air is introduced through the air inlet port is made to whirl and the dust is separated therefrom, the cyclone body being formed transparently so that the cyclone chamber is visible therethrough; and a dust canister body which surrounds the cyclone body so as to form a dust collection chamber between the cyclone body and the dust canister body, and at least one portion of which is formed transparently so that the dust collection chamber is visible therethrough, wherein the cyclone body is arranged eccentrically with respect to the dust canister body, wherein the dust canister body has an exposure surface that is exposed to an outside of the cleaner body when the apparatus is mounted in the cleaner body, wherein the cyclone body and the dust canister body have a common portion which is an overlapping portion of the cyclone body and the dust canister body, and wherein the exposure surface includes the common portion.