| US 7,488,362 B2 | ||
| Dust collection assembly of vacuum cleaner | ||
| Hoi Kil Jeong, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Man Tae Hwang, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Young Ho Kim, Changwon-si (Korea, Republic of); Jung Bae Hwang, Daegu (Korea, Republic of); and Min Park, Busan (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/232,856. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0114720 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0137304 A1, Jun. 29, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 45/12 (2006.01); B01D 50/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 55—337 [55/343; 55/349; 55/429; 55/DIG. 3] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A dust collection assembly of a vacuum cleaner comprising:
a dust collecting box having a first dust collecting space and a second dust collecting space for collecting foreign objects
therein;
a filter disposed in an inside of the first dust collecting space, for primarily filtering foreign objects during cyclone
airflow in the first dust collecting space;
a flow guide unit disposed on an upper side of the dust collecting box, for guiding airflow between the dust collecting spaces
and having cyclone members integrally formed therein, for secondarily filtering foreign objects contained in air;
an exhaust guider spaced a predetermined distance to an upward direction of the flow guide unit, for guiding the airflow exhausted
from the dust collecting box, the exhaust guider having a plurality of discharge holes through which the air filtered by the
cyclone members; and
an upper cover disposed on the exhaust guider, wherein the dust collecting box and the flow guide unit are integrally formed
as a single body.
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