US 7,488,363 B2
Dust collection unit 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, Haewundae-gu (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to LG Electronics, Inc., Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/232,859.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0113377 (KR), filed on Dec. 27, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0137307 A1, Jun. 29, 2006
Int. Cl. B01D 45/12 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 55—337  [55/343; 55/346; 55/426; 55/429; 55/DIG. 3] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dust collecting unit of a vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a collection body having a plurality of foreign object filtering chambers for filtering foreign objects and a plurality of foreign object storing chambers for storing foreign objects filtered from the foreign object filtering chambers;
a sealing member for closing a lower portion of the collection body; and
a separation plate formed horizontally at the collection body and having an exhaust member disposed at an upper side of the collection body, the exhaust member guiding airflow;
wherein the plurality of foreign object filtering chambers comprises:
a first foreign object filtering chamber disposed in an inner space of an inner wall extending to a downward direction of the separation plate; and
at least one second foreign object filtering chamber provided at an outer side of the first foreign object filtering chamber; and
wherein the plurality of foreign object storing chambers comprises:
a second storing chamber defined as a space between the inner wall and an intermediate wall spaced at an outside of the inner walk; and
a first storing chamber defined as an inner space of an outer wall spaced at an outside from the intermediate wall; and
wherein the first and second foreign object filtering chambers and the first and second foreign object storing chambers are formed as one body.