Patent 7419520 was granted and assigned to LG on September, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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 brushes rotating around the porous filter unit to remove the foreign objects clogging the outer surface of the porous filter unit.