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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161598 | Filtering means and floor-sweeping machine provided with such means A filtering device filters out impurities contained in an air stream, and includes an inner filter plate, an outer frame that houses said filter plate thereinside, a structure for retaining said filter plate and conveying the shaking motion, a support socle applied ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141202 | Vacuum cleaner dirt receptacle and exhaust filter cover A vacuum cleaner housing member having a rigid frame, a grate and a flexible cover. The rigid frame has an outer perimeter and an opening therethrough. The grate is mounted in the opening and has an inner surface, an outer surface, one or more air passages extending... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8060979 | Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of operating the same A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various metho... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8032984 | Vacuum cleaner filter cleaning mechanisms The present invention provides a vacuum cleaner having an inlet (26) for dirty air, an outlet (24) for clean air, and a filter (44) located in fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. A motor drives a fan for moving air into the inl... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7992253 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body, in which a dust collector mount part is formed, a dust collector that is removably mounted on the dust collector mount part and having a dust storage part in an inside thereof, at least one co... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7908707 | Floor cleaning apparatus with filter cleaning system A floor cleaning apparatus includes a housing and a dirt collection vessel carried on that housing. The dirt collection vessel includes a dirty air inlet, a clean air inlet, a dirt collection chamber and a clean air outlet. A filter is received in the dirt collectio... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7845046 | Hand-held cordless vacuum cleaner A hand-held vacuum cleaner with a container for the storage of dirt and debris therein. To provide improved efficiency and performance, the hand-held vacuum may employ a primary HEPA filter, a device for swirling a dirt and debris laden air flow and/or a mechanized ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836546 | Dust collecting unit for vacuum cleaner A dust-collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner is provided which detachably connected with a cleaner body of the vacuum cleaner. The dust-collecting unit includes a dust receptacle which is disposed under a dust separator disposed in the cleaner body, for collecting du... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7752708 | Floor cleaning apparatus with filter cleaning system A floor cleaning apparatus includes a housing and a dirt collection vessel carried on that housing. The dirt collection vessel includes a first air inlet, a second air inlet, a dirt collection chamber, a filter chamber and a clean air outlet. A filter is received in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743460 | Dust suction device A dust suction device (2), particularly in the form of an industrial vacuum cleaner, has a blower device (6) for generating an intake flow (S), a filter surface (16) for separating dust and dirt particles from the intake flow (S), a collecting c... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7694384 | Vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner including a head having an inlet for sucking in air containing impurities from outside; a dust collector including: a dust collecting container having a handle on a side thereof, and sucking in polluted air and collecting impurities sep... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7673369 | Floor cleaning apparatus with filter cleaning system A floor cleaning apparatus includes a dirt collection vessel and a suction generator carried on the housing. The dirt collection vessel includes a dirty air inlet, a dirt collection chamber and a clean air outlet. A filter is received in the dirt collection vessel. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7647672 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner comprises: a body; a suction head arranged at a lower side of the body and sucking dust or filth; a suction fan mounted at the body and generating a suction force; a dust collecting container mounted in the body and collecting dust or filth sucked i... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7640624 | Dirt cup with dump door in bottom wall and dump door actuator on top wall A floor cleaning appliance includes a housing carrying both a suction generator and a dirt cup. The dirt cup includes a sidewall, a top wall and a dump door. A latch is provided to secure the dump door in a closed position. An actuator for releasing that latch is re... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640623 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes suction means that provides suction force, a suction nozzle that uses the suction force provided by the suction means to draw in particle laden air, a dust collecting box that receives the particle laden air ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640625 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone dust separating unit which includes a cyclone part to separate dust from a dust-laden air drawn from a surface being cleaned using a centrifugal force, a dust collecting part comprising a dust chamber to accommodate the dust separ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7600293 | Vacuum cleaner There is provided a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a dust separation part separating dust contained in air; a dust storing part storing dust separated by the dust separation part; a compression unit dividing the dust separation part and dust storing par... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7581286 | Vacuum cleaner and dust collection unit thereof Provided is a dust collection unit of a vacuum cleaner having a handle formed on an outer circumference of the dust collection container and having an opened bottom such that user's fingers are inserted upward from a lower side of the handle for more convenient use ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578027 | Apparatus of mounting dust collection unit for vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a dust collection unit for filtering foreign objects contained in air introduced from the main body, a mounting portion provided on the main body to mount the dust collection unit, an elastic press unit provided under or above ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7571512 | Vacuum cleaner Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner including a head having an inlet for sucking in polluted air with impurities from outside by an operation of an air suction device generating air suction force; a dust collector for collecting impurities contained in the polluted air; a... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7437798 | Air reflux assembly of the vacuum cleaner An air reflux assembly for a conventional or a automatic cleaner comprising an outer shell, an inner shell, a rotating disc, a rotating disc seat and plurality of return air ducts. The inner shell is positioned in the lower part of the inner chamber of the outer she... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426769 | Stall and manure vacuum truck A vacuum truck includes a self-propelled vehicle, a storage tank, a vacuum source, a laterally-shiftable scraper, and a pullback scraper. Suction lines connect a collection area of the scrapers to the storage tank and to the vacuum source. The exhaust from the vacuu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419520 | Dust collection unit and vacuum cleaner with the same A dust collection unit for a vacuum cleaner includes a dust collection container for collecting foreign objects contained in air introduced therein, covers defining a top and bottom of the dust collection container, and a filter-cleaning unit having a plurality of b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412747 | Means for collecting garden waste The present invention provides a blower-vacuum device having means for collecting garden waste, the garden waste collecting means comprising: an attachment part (42) for receiving a garden waste receptacle; and a garden waste receptacle (30) for remova... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404835 | Collection device with self sealing retention system A debris collection device with a self cleaning retention system that is designed for powered tools such as a sander. One embodiment of the system has an inflatable collection bag and a bag retention system, which further includes an integral bag adapter nozzle for ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7386916 | Self-cleaning vacuum cleaner and receptacle therefor A self-cleaning vacuum cleaner 1 is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner 1 comprises a housing 2 having an inlet 5 and an outlet 6, and a fan arranged within the housing 2 for causing air to flow through a coarse filter and a fine ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377010 | Dirt collecting system for a floor care appliance An upright vacuum cleaner is provided having a dirt collecting system with a downwardly pivoting lid for disposing of the collected dirt. The dirt collecting system has a latching arrangement for securing the pivoting lid into the closed position. A release member o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370389 | Water filter vacuum cleaner An improved water filter vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum body which contains a dust chamber and a dust collector assembly in the dust chamber that contains filter water. The dust collection assembly includes a dust collection seat and an upper cap. The dust collect... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370388 | Air cleaner for portable engine An air cleaner for a portable engine, includes an air cleaner case attached to an upper part of an engine body of the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is supported on an upper wall of a shroud covering the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is formed i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360275 | Dirt separation system for a vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes a dirt separation system that has a dirt cup retaining a filter assembly having a screen element, an exit, and a filter element disposed between the screen element and the exit. A nozzle disposed in the dirt cup directs an airstream general... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356873 | Highly efficient autonomous vacuum cleaner The invention provides a vacuum cleaner comprising in particular a structure mounted on transport members (R, R′) and carrying an electrically-driven turbine (T) for acting through a filter membrane (M) to establish suction in a collector (S) of particles picked u... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357823 | Disposable filter within a removable chamber A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator and a dirt cup. The dirt cup includes a dirt collection chamber, an inlet and an open end. Additionally, the vacuum cleaner includes a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a filter hou... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352425 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device including a pair of substrates which face each other with a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, a plurality of pixel regions which are formed on one substrate, a planar counter electrode which is formed on each pixel region... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351269 | Self cleaning filter and vacuum incorporating same A brush configured to move repeatedly over a vacuum filter. The brush will remove dust particles to prevent them from clogging the filter. In the preferred embodiment, the brush is mounted on a revolving shaft. As the shaft turns it moves the bristles of the brush o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346957 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner includes an electric blower for generating a suction air stream and a dust collecting unit for collecting dirt particles contained in the suction air stream. The suction air stream passing through the dust collecting unit into the electric blower fl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343643 | Selective bag or bagless cleaning system A vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly and a canister assembly connected to the nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes an inlet. A suction generator is carried on one of the nozzle assembly and canister assembly. A cyclonic separation chamber is carried ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343642 | Vacuum cleaner with dirt vessel and separate filter assembly A vacuum cleaner includes a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt collection assembly carried on the housing. The dirt collection assembly includes (a) a dirt vessel having an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall, a bottom wall,... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343641 | Dirt collection assembly with volcanic airflow A vacuum cleaner is provided including a housing, a nozzle inlet, a suction generator carried on the housing and a dirt cup carried on the housing. The dirt cup includes a bottom wall, a sidewall, a dirt collection chamber, an air inlet to the dirt collection chambe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341611 | Compact cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaner A compact vacuum container includes a tangential air inlet at the upper portion, a closed top and a central outlet at the bottom having an improved air separation and dirt collection container is provided. A hollow central column with a skirt formed with a downwardl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340798 | Upright vacuum cleaner with spring loaded nozzle An upright vacuum cleaner includes a nozzle assembly, a canister assembly pivotally mounted to said nozzle assembly, a suction fan and drive motor and a biaser. The biaser has a first end that engages the nozzle assembly and a second end that engages the canister as... | 03/11/2008 |
