Patent attributes
A vacuum cleaner is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body including a suction device therein and a depressed portion opened to its upper portion, a dust collecting device seated into the depressed portion of the main body and collecting dust in a cyclonic fashion, and a catching member provided in the dust collecting device, wherein catching steps are provided on at least both ends of the catching member and caught into an inner wall of the depressed portion. The depressed portion is formed with guide inclination surfaces and catching grooves at positions corresponding to the catching steps of the catching member, respectively. The dust collecting device comprises a dust tank in which foreign materials are collected, wherein the dust tank is provided with an inlet and an ejection port to communicate with the passage formed in the main body and a cover assembly mounted onto an upper end of the dust tank to open and close an inside of the dust tank, and the catching member is seated into the cover assembly. With such structure, it is possible to easily detach and mount the dust collecting device from and into the depressed portion of the main body, respectively, and the dust collecting device can be securely mounted.
