| US 7,555,808 B2 | ||
| Vacuum cleaner having a cyclone dust collecting apparatus | ||
| Jang-Keun Oh, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of); Ki-Man Kim, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of); Kyong-Hui Jeon, Chungcheongnam-do (Korea, Republic of); and Jung-Gyun Han, Busan (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd., Gwangju (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/212,213. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2004-0093413 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2004; and application No. 10-2005-0030609 (KR), filed on Apr. 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0101610 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 15—327.2 [15/327.7; 15/410] | 9 Claims |
| 1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a cleaner body;
a cyclone body rotatably mounted in the cleaner body;
a dust receptacle detachably mounted in the cleaner body and disposed below the cyclone body; and
a locking unit locking and releasing the cyclone body and the dust receptacle with respect to each other, wherein the locking
unit comprises:
a button formed on a handle of the dust receptacle and having a hook;
a fastening part provided to the cyclone body to lock and release the hook; and
a resilient member pressing the button in a direction for locking the hook.
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