Patent ID: 7024723

Claim:
A duster cleaning member for a vacuum cleaner having a vacuum source, a power unit, a filtration system and a cleaning orifice in fluid communication with the vacuum source via the filtration system along a flow path, said duster cleaning member comprising: a member receiving a duster to be cleaned adapted for fluid communication with said flow path at a preselected point selected upstream of said filtration system of said vacuum cleaner; said member receiving a duster to be cleaned having openings adapted to draw air radially about at least a major portion of the periphery of said duster to be cleaned that are in fluid communication with said flow path, whereby, foreign matter, entrained in the air radially drawn about at least a major portion of the periphery of the duster to be cleaned, is removed by said filtration system of said vacuum cleaner; wherein said duster receiving member is a free-standing canister having a sleeve adapted to receive said duster to be cleaned; and said openings are provided radially circumferentially about said sleeve.