Patent ID: 8484797

Claim:
A cleaner comprising: a cleaning apparatus that is removably mounted in the cleaner and is dismounted from the cleaner to perform an additional cleaning operation, the cleaning apparatus comprising a housing to store dirt therein, an outlet through which the dirt stored in the housing is discharged, and a movable cover movable between a closing position to close the outlet and an opening position to open the outlet; a receiving unit for receiving the cleaning apparatus; a conversion unit for converting the movable cover of the cleaning apparatus from the closing position to the opening position if the cleaning apparatus is mounted in the receiving unit; a suction unit for drawing in dirt from a cleaning surface along with air; and a dust-collector which is fluidly connected to the suction unit and the cleaning apparatus to separate dirt from air, wherein the conversion unit comprises a protrusion disposed on the movable cover; and a slot disposed on the receiving unit to correspond to the protrusion, and wherein the protrusion moves along the slot when the cleaning apparatus is being mounted in the receiving unit such that the movable cover is converted from the closing position into the opening position.