A vacuum cleaner includes an upright handle assembly, a foot assembly adapted to be moved along a surface to be cleaned and having a suction nozzle, a multi-axis joint swivelably mounting the upright handle assembly to the foot assembly and defining a first axis about which the upright handle assembly twists relative to the foot assembly and a second axis about which the upright handle assembly pivot relative to the foot assembly, and a detachable vacuum module supported on the upright handle assembly by the module platform.

Provided are a dust cup and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The dust cup includes: a dust cup body having a cyclone chamber enclosure plate, and a cyclone is arranged in a region enclosed by the cyclone chamber enclosure plate; and a cover plate detachably connected to the dust cup body, and a cyclone cavity is formed between the cyclone chamber enclosure plate and the cover plate.

Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for vacuum cleaners, including vacuum cleaners with corner suction functionality. An example vacuum cleaner includes a suction channel assembly that has a main channel including a main suction input and one or more branch channels connected to the main channel and extending away from the main channel, each branch channel having an opening forming an auxiliary suction input. The vacuum cleaner can have a valve positioned between the main channel and at least one branch channel. The valve can be operable to open or close to allow or block suction through the branch channel and/or open or close to allow or block suction through the main channel. The vacuum cleaner can include a lower assembly that carries the suction channel assembly. Each branch channel opens to an exterior of the lower assembly, such as through a front corner of the lower assembly.

Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for air purification in an airflow tract of vacuum cleaners. In some aspects, an air purification system for a vacuum cleaner comprises an ultraviolet (UV) light unit disposed in a first location within the vacuum cleaner along an airflow pathway, configured to emit UV light at air containing particles including dust, dirt, and microbes while the air containing the particles is flowing in the airflow pathway where the UV light unit is disposed; and a particle filter unit disposed in a second location within the vacuum cleaner along the airflow pathway, the particle filter unit comprising one or both of a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter and an active carbon filter.

A cyclone separator useable in a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to, and surrounding at least a portion of the cyclone chamber. The dirt collection chamber is in communication with the cyclone chamber via a dirt outlet. An air flow passage extending to the cyclone air inlet travels generally axially through the dirt collection chamber.

A cleaner includes a housing having an introduction opening through which air is introduced, a filtering unit configured to be mounted in an inner space of the housing, and defining a dust collection space between the filtering unit and an inner surface of the housing, and a cleaning unit configured to surround the filtering unit, and configured to be raised and lowered inside the dust collection space along with a manipulation unit, wherein, when the cleaning unit is in an initial position, at least a portion of the cleaning unit is connected to an air introduction path extending from the introduction opening to form a guide flow path to guide a flow of introduced air.

The present disclosure relates to a dust extractor (1) comprising a dust cyclone container (3) comprising a dust inlet (2) leading into the dust cyclone container (3), the dust extractor (1) further comprising a fine filter section (12) adapted to receive at least one fine filter part (15) downstream the dust cyclone container (3). A contaminated side of the fine filter part (15) is adapted to be fluidly connected to the dust cyclone container (3) via an air channel (47) that at least partly is comprised in a lid arrangement (13,14) and runs between a cyclone channel connecting rim (23) and a first fine filter section channel connecting rim (40), when the lid arrangement (13, 14) is positioned over the dust cyclone container (3) and the fine filter section (12). A first lid part (13) is releasably attachable to the dust cyclone container (3) and a second lid part (14) is releasably attachable to the fine filter section (12).

A handy-stick type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The disclosed vacuum cleaner comprises: a first part for collecting dust included in air suctioned to the inside through a suction hole; and a second part including a suction motor and a handle, wherein the first and second parts are hinge-connected so as to communicate with each other.

A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber has a sidewall extending from a first end to an axially opposed second end. A dirt outlet communicating with the dirt collection chamber is provided in the sidewall at a location intermediate the first and second ends of the cyclone chamber.

A separation structure for a dust cup of a vacuum cleaner is provided and includes a cyclone separator. The cyclone separator is provided with a connecting ring, a plurality of arc blades, a plurality of flat plates, a conical tube and a cylindrical tube. Each arc blade has a top fixedly connected with the connecting ring and a bottom fixedly connected with a respective flat plate. The flat plates are fixedly mounted at a large end of the conical tube. A plurality of air inlets are formed by gaps defined by the connecting ring, the arc blades and the flat plates. The cylindrical tube is fixedly connected with and communicated with the conical tube. A small end of the conical tube is received in the cylindrical tube. An included angle between each arc blade and the respective flat plate is an obtuse angle.