A vacuum cleaner including a housing having a dust collection chamber; a main body that is movable against the housing between a first position and a second position; a rubbish removal member in the dust collection chamber; and an opening or closing device. When the main body is moved against the housing from the first position to the second position, the opening or closing device opens the dust collection chamber, and the rubbish removal member moves toward an open end of the dust collecting chamber to allow rubbish removed by the rubbish removal member to be discharged out of the dust collection chamber. When the main body is moved against the housing from the second position to the first position, the rubbish removal member moves toward an inside of the dust collection chamber, and the opening or closing device closes the dust collection chamber.

An upright support configured to dock a hand vacuum cleaner comprising a first battery and a dust collection chamber. The upright support comprises a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is higher than the second end when the upright support is perpendicular to a flat surface, a dust collector positioned between the first end and the second end; and a power source positioned between the first end and the second end. A docked configuration corresponds to the hand vacuum cleaner being docked with the upright support and in the docked configuration, the dust collector receives detritus from the dust collection chamber of the hand vacuum cleaner and the power source charges the battery of the hand vacuum cleaner.

A hand vacuum cleaner having a main body and a cyclonic air treatment stage wherein the pre-motor filter has an outer perimeter defining a volume and the cyclone axis and the motor axis each extend through a central portion of the volume and wherein the post-motor filter has a curved outer perimeter that defines a volume, the volume has a radially inner central portion and the cyclone axis and the motor axis each extend through the central portion of the volume.

A dust container for a vacuum cleaner comprises a vessel, a reed valve, and a filter. The vessel has a longitudinal axis and an annular cross section transverse to the longitudinal axis. The vessel has a first end and a second end, a tangential inlet near the first end, and an axial outlet at the first end. The second end is closed, and the vessel is impervious except for the inlet and the outlet. A vacuum actuated valve biased toward a closed position is positioned to seal the inlet of the vessel, and a filter is positioned in covering relationship with the outlet of the vessel. Dust is trapped within the vessel which can be disposed of as a unit together with the valve and filter and can be replaced with a fresh unit.

Provided is a vacuum cleaner comprising: a main body housing 10 which houses a motor and a fan and which has an intake by which an airflow created by the fan enters inside; and a dust collection unit which is attachable to and detachable from the main body housing 10 so as to cover the intake. The main body housing 10 has an attachment-receiving part 30 with a common shape such that a cyclonic dust collection unit 50 which separates fine particles using a cyclonic air flow and a dust collection unit which carries out dust collection by filtration without using centrifugal force can be interchangeably attached to and detached from the main body housing as the dust collection unit.

A vacuum cleaner is described herein that includes an integral articulating foot. When the powered nozzle of the vacuum cleaner is removed, the articulating foot allows the user to access small, hard to reach places with high air flow velocity. The articulating foot remains in planar contact with the floor when the body of the vacuum cleaner is rotated up and down. No accessories need to be attached or unattached from the vacuum cleaner in order to use the articulating foot.

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station including: a housing; a dust collecting motor configured to generate a suction force for sucking dust in a dust bin of a cleaner; a dust collecting part disposed at an upper side in a gravitational direction of the dust collecting motor; a coupling part including a coupling surface to which the cleaner is coupled; and a cover opening unit disposed on the coupling part and configured to open a discharge cover of the dust bin, such that the cover opening unit may automatically open the discharge cover of the dust bin without a user's effort.

The present disclosure relates to a cleaner station, in which a dust collecting part may be coupled and separated in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of a housing, and a cyclone part, a dust bag, and a dust bag cartridge may also be coupled and separated in the same direction, such that a user may easily maintain components of the dust collecting part.

A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone having a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the cyclone. A main body houses a suction motor. The suction motor is positioned at a lower end of the main body and forward of a battery pack provided at a lower end of a pistol grip handle.

A hand vacuum cleaner has a front end having a dirty air inlet, a cyclone and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone. The cyclone has a dirt outlet in flow communication with he dirt collection chamber. The dirt collection chamber has a wall that opens a front end of the dirt collection chamber. In the closed position, the wall extends rearward at a non-zero angle to the cyclone axis of rotation and a plane that is transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation.