Patent ID: 7581286

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a nozzle unit for sucking outer air; a body into which the air sucked through the nozzle unit is introduced; and a dust collection unit detachably installed in the body, wherein the dust collection unit filters out foreign particles contained in the introduced air, and wherein the dust collection unit comprises: a cylindrical dust collection container, an upper cover that selectively opens and closes an upper surface of the dust collection container, wherein finger grooves are formed on the upper cover, the finger grooves being configured to receive a user's fingers so that the user can grasp and remove the upper cover from the cylindrical dust collection container, a handle protruded from a predetermined portion of an outer circumferential surface of the dust collection container and having an opened bottom, a separation plate disposed to separate foreign particles contained in the introduced air at a lower side of the dust collection container, and a filter assembly formed at an upper side portion of the separation plate.