Cyclone-type vacuum cleaner

Abstract

A cyclone vacuum cleaner provides an improved capacity dust receptacle by structuring the cyclone body of the vacuum cleaner to be pivotally mounted to the vacuum cleaner body. The cyclone body is disconnected from the dust receptacle by rotating or “turning up” the cyclone body by rotating it about the pivotal mount. A dust receptacle removably mounted in the cleaner body and a cyclone body hinged on an upper part of the cleaner body are selectively separated and connected with respect to the dust receptacle.

1 . A cyclone vacuum cleaner comprising: 
 a cleaner body;    a dust receptacle removably mounted to the cleaner body;    a cyclone body; and    a hinge coupled between said cyclone body and said cleaner body, said hinge enabling the cyclone body to be lifted above dust receptacle whereby the cyclone body can be selectively connected to and disconnected from the dust receptacle by rotating the cyclone body about the hinge.    
   
   
       2 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein the cyclone body can be rotated about an axis of the hinge by angles between approximately 5˜90□.  
   
   
       3 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 a first sloping part formed at an upper edge of the dust receptacle to be sloped upward in a direction of separating the dust receptacle from the cleaner body; and    a second sloping part formed at a lower edge of the cyclone body to have corresponding slope to the first sloping part.    
   
   
       4 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 3 , wherein the first sloping part of the dust receptacle has a sloping angle so that a highest portion thereof is not obstructed by the cyclone body when the cyclone body is turned up.  
   
   
       5 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 4 , further comprising a mounting guide formed in the cleaner body to guide mounting and separation of the dust receptacle.  
   
   
       6 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein the cyclone body comprises a multi-cyclone dust separator.  
   
   
       7 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 1 , wherein a distance from the cyclone body to the hinge is determined such that the cyclone body moves substantially vertically with respect to the dust receptacle.  
   
   
       8 . A cyclone vacuum cleaner comprising: 
 a cleaner body having a hinged cover;    a cyclone body mounted to the cover; and    a dust receptacle, located in the cleaner body and operatively connected to the cyclone body by closing the cover and, disconnected from the cyclone body by opening the cover.    
   
   
       9 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 8 , further comprising: 
 a first sloping part formed at an upper edge of the dust receptacle to be sloped upward in a direction of separating the dust receptacle from the cleaner body; and    a second sloping part formed at a lower edge of the cyclone body to have corresponding slope to the first sloping part.    
   
   
       10 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 9 , wherein the first sloping part of the dust receptacle has a sloping angle so that a highest portion thereof is not obstructed by the cyclone body when the cyclone body is turned up.  
   
   
       11 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 10 , further comprising a mounting guide part formed in the cleaner body to guide mounting and separation of the dust receptacle.  
   
   
       12 . The cyclone vacuum cleaner of  claim 8 , wherein the cyclone body comprises a multi-cyclone.