Patent ID: 8869346

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a suction body to draw in a dust or dirt along with an air from a surface to be cleaned; a cleaner body having a suction motor therein, the suction body being connected to a side of the cleaner body; and a cyclone dust collecting apparatus detachably coupled in the cleaner body, wherein the cyclone dust collecting apparatus comprises a cyclone unit to form a first current turning in a first clockwise or counterclockwise direction to separate the dust or dirt and the air drawn therein from each other and having a dust outlet to discharge the dust or dirt separated from the air; and a dust collecting unit to collect the dust or dirt discharged from the dust outlet, and wherein the dust outlet has a side formed adjacent to an inner wall of the dust collecting unit to form a second current turning in a second counterclockwise or clockwise direction opposite to the first clockwise or counterclockwise direction thus to allow the dust or dirt discharged through the dust outlet to whirl along the inner wall of the dust collecting unit in the dust collecting unit, and the cyclone dust collecting apparatus is coupled in an inclined state in the cleaner body relative to a line vertical to a ground when the cleaner body lies down on the ground.