JP2003135336A - Vacuum cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum cleaner with ease of handling. SOLUTION: A dust collection bag 71 is housed into a dust collection cup 61 and an opening part 72 of the dust collection bag 71 is connected airtight with a seal packing being grasped with the dust collection cup 61 and an air direction control part 42. Dusts are separated with the air direction control part 42 from air taken in with the suction by an electric fan 22 within the body 21 of the cleaner body to be collected into the dust collection bag 71. The dusts will not contact with internal surface of the dust collection cup 61 directly and cause no fouling inside the dust collection cup 61. The dusts collected within the dust collection cup 61 can be disposed by discarding the dust bag 71 taken out of the dust collection cup 61 thereby achieving ease of handling.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric vacuum cleaner having an electric blower housed therein.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an electric vacuum cleaner of this type, for example, the structures shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 have been known.

The vacuum cleaner shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 includes a cleaner body 1 as a hollow body case, and an electric blower 2 is housed inside the cleaner body 1. Further, a main body suction port 3 communicating with the internal electric blower 2 is opened on the front side of the cleaner main body 1. A hose body 4 as a bendable elongated cylindrical cylindrical connecting pipe is connected to the main body suction port 3 so as to communicate therewith.

Further, an elongate and contractible elongated cylindrical extension pipe 5 is detachably connected to the tip of the hose body 4. Further, a floor brush 6 as a suction port body which is installed on, for example, a carpet on the floor of the room and sucks dust on the carpet is detachably connected to the tip of the extension pipe 5 in a detachable manner. .

Further, between the extension pipe 5 and the hose body 4, a cyclone type dust collecting device 11 collects the dust sucked together with the air by the electric blower 2 as a swirling wind and falls by its own weight. Is attached. The dust collector 11 is detachably attached to the extension pipe 5, and includes a wind direction control unit 12 as a dust separating unit that separates dust from the air sucked into the extension pipe 5. Further, the wind direction control unit 12 is detachably attached with a dust collection cup 13 as a dust collection unit for collecting the dust separated by the wind direction control unit 12 inside.

Then, by driving the electric blower 2 in the cleaner body 1, dust is sucked from the floor brush 6 together with the air. The intake air sucked from the floor brush 6 is turned into a swirling air by the wind direction control unit 12 of the dust collector 11 via the extension pipe 5, and the dust floating in the intake air falls due to its own weight, and the dust collection cup Dust is collected in 13.

Further, when a large amount of dust is collected in the dust collecting cup 13 of the dust collecting device 11, after removing the dust collecting device 11 from the extension pipe 5, as shown in FIG. The dust collecting cup 13 of the dust collecting device 11 is removed from the wind direction controller 12. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the dust collected in the dust collecting cup 13 is discarded in the dust bag 14 or the like.

[0008]

However, in the above-described electric vacuum cleaner, since dust is directly collected in the dust collecting cup 13 of the dust collecting device 11, the dust is collected in the dust collecting cup 13. As a result, the inside of the dust collecting cup 13 is contaminated with dust. Therefore, it is necessary to wash the inside of the dust collecting cup 13 after discarding the dust collected in the dust collecting cup 13. Also, remove the dust collection cup 13 from the wind direction control unit 12,
When the dust collected in the dust collecting cup 13 is discarded in the dust bag 14 or the like, the dust collected in the dust collecting cup 13 is collected in the dust bag.
There is a risk that it will overflow outside 14. Therefore,
There is a problem that the dust collector 11 is not very convenient to use.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a convenient electric vacuum cleaner.

[0010]

An electric vacuum cleaner according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a main body of a cleaner, an electric blower housed in the main body of the cleaner, and dust from air sucked in communication with the electric blower. A dust separating section for separating, a dust collecting section detachably attached to the dust separating section for collecting the dust separated by the dust separating section, and an opening of a bag body disposed in the dust collecting section. And a dust collecting device provided with a sealing portion that seals between the dust collecting portion and the dust separating portion in a substantially airtight manner.

A bag is disposed inside the dust collecting part, and the opening of the bag is sealed between the dust collecting part and the dust separating part in a substantially airtight manner. In this state, the dust separating unit separates dust from the air sucked by the electric blower housed in the cleaner body, and the dust is collected in the bag body arranged in the dust collecting unit. Therefore, since the dust collected inside does not directly contact the inside of the dust collecting portion, the inside of the dust collecting portion is not contaminated.
In addition, by removing the bag from the inside of the dust collection unit removed from the dust separation unit and discarding this bag, the dust collected inside the dust collection unit by the intake by the electric blower can be processed, which is convenient. Is good.

An electric vacuum cleaner according to a second aspect is the electric vacuum cleaner according to the first aspect, wherein the dust collecting device has a bag expanding means for expanding the bag body disposed in the dust collecting section in the dust collecting section. It is equipped.

By expanding the bag body arranged in the dust collecting portion by the bag expanding means in the dust collecting portion, the dust collecting space by the bag body arranged in the dust collecting portion can be easily secured. The amount of dust collected by this bag can be secured more.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The structure of an electric vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, reference numeral 21 denotes a cleaner body, and the cleaner body 21 sucks dust D taken in along with intake air generated by driving an electric blower 22 housed inside the cleaner body 21. Is an electric vacuum cleaner that collects dust with a dust collection pack (not shown) that is removable.

The cleaner main body 21 is also provided with a synthetic resin lower case 23 having an open upper surface, and the upper surface of the lower case 23 is a synthetic material for closing the upper surface of the lower case 23 so as to be openable and closable. An upper case 24 as a resin opening / closing lid is rotatably supported. Where this lower case 24
And the upper case 23, the main body case 25 as a case body
Is configured.

On the lower surface of the front side of the main body case 25 in the traveling direction, a swivel wheel (not shown) which is rotatable and rotatable is attached. In addition, this body case 25
A large-diameter driven rear wheel 26 is rotatably provided on the rear side surface in the traveling direction of. Therefore, this body case 25
Can run on the floor as the surface to be cleaned by the turning wheel and the driven rear wheel 26.

Further, on the rear lower surface of the main body case 25,
A plug portion 27 that supplies electric power to the electric blower 22 to drive the electric blower 22 is led out so as to be accommodated. The plug section 27 is detachably connected to an outlet section as an external power supply port provided on a wall surface (not shown), and supplies external power to the electric blower 22 via the outlet section.

Further, at the front center of the cleaner main body 21,
A main body suction port 28 for sucking air from the outside is opened. A hose body 31 as a bendable elongated substantially cylindrical connection pipe is connected to the main body suction port 28 for communication. At the tip of the hose body 31, a hand operation unit 32 is provided which allows the operation mode of the electric blower 22 to be selected. The hand operation section 32 is provided with a plurality of setting buttons 33 for setting the driving state of the electric blower 22 and the like in the cleaner body 21 to a predetermined state, and a grip grasped by an operator during cleaning. The portion 34 is provided so as to project toward the base end side.

Further, an elongate and contractible elongated cylindrical extension pipe 35 is detachably connected to the tip of the hand operation portion 32. Further, the tip of the extension pipe 35 is detachably connected to a floor brush 36, which is installed on, for example, a carpet on the floor of the room and sucks the dust D on the carpet. There is.

Further, between the distal end of the hand operation part 32 of the hose body 31 and the proximal end of the extension tube 35, the dust D sucked by the air blower 22 is swirled to lose its centrifugal force. Cyclone type dust collector that collects dust when dropped by
41 is detachably connected. This dust collector 41
Includes a wind direction control unit 42 as a dust separating unit that controls the wind direction of the air sucked from the extension pipe 35 and separates the dust D from the air.

The wind direction control section 42, as shown in FIG.
It has a substantially bottomed cylindrical main body portion 43 that bends the suction air passage in a spiral shape to form a swirling wind inside, and the outer surface of the main body portion 43 is directed to the inside of the main body portion 43. Intake pipes 44 for introducing intake air from the extension pipes 35 are attached with their axial directions parallel to each other. The intake pipe 44 has a base end communicating with the bottom portion 45 of the main body 43, and a distal end detachably connected to the base end of the extension pipe 35.

Inside the main body 43, the main body 43
A substantially cylindrical exhaust pipe 46 that guides the whirling wind formed therein to the hand operation part 32 of the hose body 31 is concentrically attached in a state of penetrating the bottom part 45 of the main body part 43. The exhaust pipe 46 has a proximal end to which a distal end of the manual operation part 32 of the hose body 31 is detachably connected, and the distal end is located inside the opening 47 of the main body 43.

Further, the opening 47 of the main body 43 is formed in a tapered shape in which the peripheral surface is gradually inclined inward toward the tip, that is, the diameter is reduced. Also, this main body
At the opening 47 of the body 43, a dust collecting opening 48 is formed to allow the dust D falling under its own weight, which has lost the centrifugal force due to the swirling wind of the main body 43, to pass through. This dust collecting opening 48 has this dust collecting opening 48.
Is connected to the bottom surface of a mounting base 51 having a substantially bottomed prismatic shape for expanding the space to form a dust collecting space.

At the inner edge of the opening 52 of the mounting receiving portion 51 facing the dust collecting opening 48, a fitting edge 53 projecting in the opening direction of the opening 52 is provided around the periphery of the opening 52. It is provided along the direction. Further, on the outer peripheral edge of the fitting edge portion 53, a concave groove-shaped fitting groove portion 54 is provided along the circumferential direction of the fitting edge portion 53. And, in this fitting groove portion 54,
An annular elastic seal packing 55 as a sealing portion for ensuring airtightness with the dust collecting cup 61 fitted to the fitting edge portion 53 of the attachment receiving portion 51 is fitted over the circumferential direction. Also,
A base end of a claw-shaped clamp 56 is rotatably supported on one side surface of the attachment receiving portion 51.

Further, in the opening 52 of the mounting receiving portion 51, a bottomed prismatic dust collecting cup 61 as a dust collecting portion for collecting dust D falling by its own weight due to the swirling wind of the main body 43 is attached and detached. It is possible to install. The dust collecting cup 61 is formed of a transparent synthetic resin or the like whose inside is visible.

A discharge port 62 for discharging the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 is formed in an opening located at one end in the axial direction of the dust collecting cup 61.
On the inner edge of the opening of the discharge port 62, a fitting stepped portion 63 cut out toward the opening direction of the discharge port 62 is provided along the circumferential direction of the discharge port 62. The fitting stepped portion 63 has its inner peripheral edge fitted to the outer peripheral edge of the fitting edge portion 53 of the attachment receiving portion 51, and contacts the seal packing 55 fitted in the fitting groove portion 54 of the attachment receiving portion 51. Contact.

Further, in the dust collecting cup 61, the discharge port 62 has an inner size into which a user's hand can insert, and
It has an internal shape that allows the user's hand to enter inside. That is, the dust collecting cup 61 has an internal shape that allows the dust collecting bag 71 housed inside to be easily spread in the dust collecting cup 61 by hand.

On the outer surface of the dust collecting cup 61, the clamp 56 is rotated by fitting the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61 into the opening 52 of the mounting receiving portion 51. An engaging convex portion 64 is formed as an elongated convex engaging portion with which the distal end portion of the clamp 56 is detachably engaged. further,
On the outer surface of the dust collecting cup 61, which is one side surface on which the engaging convex portion 64 is not formed, a handle portion 65 as a U-shaped gripping portion that serves as a handle when gripping the dust collecting cup 61 is provided. Both ends are integrally connected.

Here, inside the dust collecting cup 61, for example, when a product is purchased at a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket, a collection body such as a vinyl shopping bag for packaging the product is provided. A dust bag 71 is stored. When the dust bag 71 is housed in the dust collecting cup 61, the dust collecting bag 71 is arranged so as to be in close contact with the inner surface of the dust collecting cup 61.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, when the dust collecting bag 71 is housed in the dust collecting cup 61, the opening 72 of the dust collecting bag 71 is discharged from the discharge port of the dust collecting cup 61. When the exhaust port 62 is expanded from 62 toward the outer side and is fitted in the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42 in this state, the exhaust port 62 and the opening 52 It is airtightly sandwiched and fixed by a seal packing 55 between and.

Next, the cleaning operation of the first embodiment will be described.

First, the dust collecting bag 71 is attached to the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61.
With the bottom 73 of the
After accommodating inside, the inside of this dust collecting cup 61 is put into a hand, the dust collecting bag 71 inside this dust collecting cup 61 is expanded, and the dust collecting space by this dust collecting bag 71 is secured.

After that, the edge of the opening 72 of the dust bag 71 protruding from the discharge port 62 of the dust collection cup 61 is fixed to the discharge port 62.
After being folded back toward the outer side of, the outlet 62 is fitted into the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction controller 42.

In this state, the mounting receiving portion of the wind direction control unit 42
The clamp 56 of 51 is rotated to engage the tip of the clamp 56 with the engaging projection 64 of the dust collecting cup 61.

Then, after connecting the base end of the hose body 31 to the main body suction port 28 of the cleaner body 21, the end of the hand operation part 32 of the hose body 31 is exhausted by the wind direction control part 42 of the dust collector 41. tube
Connect the base ends of 46 for communication.

Further, an extension pipe in which a floor brush 36 is communicatively connected to the tip of the intake pipe 44 of the wind direction control section 42 of the dust collector 41.
Connect the base ends of 35 for communication.

In this state, the cleaner body 21 to the plug portion 27
To connect the plug portion 27 to the wall outlet portion.

After that, with the grip portion 34 of the hose body 31 being gripped, a predetermined setting button 33 of the hand operation portion 32 of the hose body 31 is turned on to drive the electric blower 22 in the cleaner body 21. .

Then, the dust D is sucked from the tip of the floor brush 36 together with the air. Then, the intake air containing the dust D passes from the floor brush 36 through the extension pipe 35, and then from the intake pipe 44 of the wind direction control unit 42 of the dust collector 41, the wind direction control unit
It is sucked into the body 43 of 42.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the air sucked into the main body 43 is stored in the main body 43.
It flows in a spiral shape in the tangential direction of the inner peripheral surface of 43.

The dust D in the air that has swirled into the body 43 drops along the inner surface of the body 43 due to the centrifugal force of the vortex of the air, and the dust collected by the body 43. The dust is collected in the dust bag 71 housed in the dust cup 61 through the opening 48.

Further, the dust D is separated by the action of centrifugal force and flows out from the exhaust pipe 46 of the main body 43, after passing through the hose body 31, is sucked into the main body suction port 28 of the cleaner main body 21. Then, it is sent to the dust collecting pack housed in the dust collecting chamber 41 of the cleaner body 21.

At this time, the dust D floating in the intake air sent into the dust collecting pack is captured by the dust collecting pack when passing through the dust collecting pack and collected by the dust collecting pack. Be dusted.

Further, the intake air passing through the dust collecting pack is sucked into the electric blower 22 and then the electric blower 22.
As a result, it becomes exhaust air and is exhausted to the outside from an exhaust port (not shown) of the cleaner body 21.

When a large amount of dust D is collected in the dust collecting bag 71 housed in the dust collecting cup 61 of the dust collecting device 41, the handle portion 65 of the dust collecting device 41 is gripped, Hose body
While removing the dust collector 41 from the hand operation part 32 of 31,
The dust collector 41 is removed from the extension pipe 35.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3, the clamp 56 of the wind direction control section 42 of the dust collector 41 is rotated to move the clamp 56.
The engagement of the dust collecting cup 61 with the engaging convex portion 64 is released.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a dust collecting cup 61
Hold the handle part 65 of the dust collection cup 61
After removing the wind direction controller 42 from the dust collecting cup 61 with the dust collecting cup 61 facing upward, as shown in FIG. 5, the dust collecting bag 71 is taken out from the dust collecting cup 61 and the dust collecting bag 71 is removed.
Close the opening 72 of.

Then, by discarding the dust collecting bag 71, the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 is processed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the dust collecting bag 71 is housed in the dust collecting cup 61, and the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 is collected. By collecting the dust in the bag 71, the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 does not come into direct contact with the inner side surface of the dust collecting cup 61, so that the dust collecting cup 61 can be prevented from becoming dirty. Therefore, it is not necessary to wash the dust collecting cup 61 each time the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 is discarded.

Further, the dust collecting cup 61 is removed from the wind direction control section 42, the dust collecting bag 71 is taken out from the dust collecting cup 61, and the opening 72 of the dust collecting bag 71 is closed. By discarding 71 in a dust box or the like, the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 61 can be surely processed without spilling, so that the usability for the user can be improved.

Further, by reusing the dust bag 71, the dust bag 71 is a vinyl bag for packaging the items when the items are purchased at a store such as a convenience store or a supermarket. Can be done easily.

The transparent dust collecting cup 61 whose inside is visible makes it possible to confirm the state of the dust collecting bag 71 accommodated in the dust collecting cup 61 from the outside, and the dust collecting bag 71 is When it is transparent, the amount of dust D collected in the dust bag 71 can also be confirmed.

Further, in a state in which the vicinity of the opening 72 of the dust collecting bag 71 is sandwiched between the fitting edge portion 53 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control portion 42 and the fitting step portion 63 of the dust collecting cup 61. By engaging the clamp 56 of the wind direction control unit 42 with the engaging convex portion 64 of the dust collecting cup 61, the seal packing 55 fitted in the fitting groove portion 54 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42 is provided. The airtightness of the dust collecting bag 71 sandwiched between the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42 and the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61 is ensured. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the dust bag 71 from being deflated when the dust D is collected in the dust bag 71 in the dust cup 61 by the intake by the electric blower 22.

Further, the inner size of the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61 is set to an inner size which can be inserted by the user's hand, and the dust collecting cup 61 can be put into the user's hand. Since it has the internal shape, the dust collecting bag 71 housed in the dust collecting cup 61 can be easily spread by the user's hand inside the dust collecting cup 61. Therefore, when accommodating the dust collecting bag 71 in the dust collecting cup 61, it is possible to easily secure a dust collecting space by the dust collecting bag 71.

Further, a clamp 56 provided in the wind direction control section 42
By simply engaging and disengaging the clamp 56 with the engaging convex portion 64 of the dust collecting cup 61 by the rotating operation of the dust collecting cup 61, the discharge port of the dust collecting cup 61 with respect to the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42. 62 can be fitted and fixed airtightly, and this fitting and fixing can be released. Therefore, the configuration in which the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61 is detachably and airtightly fitted and fixed to the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42 is simplified, and thus the dust collecting device 41 is easy to use. And the manufacturability of the dust collector 41 can be improved.

Next, the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

The electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
Basically, it is the same as the vacuum cleaner shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, but by fitting the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42 to the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61 of the dust collecting device 41, The pair of support pieces 81a and 81b having a bag-opening frame structure as a bag spreading means for spreading the dust collecting bag 71 housed in the dust collecting cup 61 inside the dust collecting cup 61 are attached to the wind direction controller 42. It is provided in the section 51.

The pair of support pieces 81a, 81b
Is formed by bending an elongated rod body into a U-shape, and both ends of each of the support pieces 81a, 81b are attached to inner edges of the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 which face each other. Further, these support pieces 81a, 81b are accommodated inside the dust collecting cup 61 through the discharge port 62 when the opening 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 is fitted into the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61. The dust collecting bag 71 accommodated in the dust collecting cup 61 is opened and stretched so that the dust collecting bag 71 does not shrink, and a dust collecting space by the dust collecting bag 71 is secured.

Therefore, in the electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the dust D collected in the dust collecting cup 41 is collected in the dust collecting bag 71 housed in the dust collecting cup 41. So
The same effects as those of the electric vacuum cleaner shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 can be obtained.

Further, a dust bag is provided at the discharge port 62 of the dust collecting cup 61.
With the bottom part 73 of the 71 as the tip side, place this dust bag 71 in the dust collection cup.
It is housed inside 61 and the outlet 62 of this dust collecting cup 61.
The edge of the opening 72 of the dust bag 71 protruding from the discharge port 62
After being folded back toward the outer side of the, the discharge ports 62 are fitted into the openings 52 of the attachment receiving portion 51 of the wind direction control unit 42, so that the support pieces 81a and 81b of the attachment receiving portion 51 are collected. Dust cup 61
Since the dust collection bag 71 accommodated therein comes into contact with the opposite sides of the dust collection bag 71, the dust collection bag 71 can be expanded in the dust collection cup 61 by these support pieces 81a and 81b.

Therefore, it is not necessary to put a hand in the dust collecting cup 61 to open the dust collecting bag 71 in the dust collecting cup 61 to secure a dust collecting space by the dust collecting bag 71, and at the same time, to protect the user's space. Even if the dust collecting cup 61 has an internal shape that cannot be accessed, the dust collecting bag 71 accommodated in the dust collecting cup 61 can easily and surely secure a dust collecting space, so that the dust collecting cup 61 is accommodated in the dust collecting cup 61. The amount of dust collected by the dust bag 71 can be further secured.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the canister type vacuum cleaner using the dust collecting pack has been described. However, a cyclone type vacuum cleaner or a circulation type vacuum cleaner for circulating exhaust air from an electric blower. Further, any vacuum cleaner such as an upright type can also obtain the same effect.

[0064]

According to the vacuum cleaner of the first aspect of the present invention, the opening of the bag disposed in the dust collecting portion is sealed substantially airtight by the sealing portion between the dust collecting portion and the dust separating portion. Therefore, the dust separated by the dust separating portion can be collected in the bag body, and the dust is not directly contacted with the inside of the dust collecting portion, so that the inside of the dust collecting portion is not contaminated. Further, by discarding the bag removed from the dust collecting portion, the dust collected in the dust collecting portion can be treated, and thus the usability can be improved.

According to the electric vacuum cleaner of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the electric vacuum cleaner of the first aspect, the bag expanding means expands the bag body disposed in the dust collecting section in the dust collecting section. Since it is possible to easily secure the dust collecting space by the bag body disposed inside the dust collecting portion, it is possible to further secure the amount of dust collected by the bag body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vacuum cleaner according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded cross-sectional view showing a part of the dust collector of the same electric vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the above dust collector.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the dust collecting portion is removed from the dust separating portion of the dust collecting apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state where the bag body is taken out from the dust collecting unit.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a dust collector of the electric vacuum cleaner according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an assembled state of the above dust collector.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a dust collector of the same electric vacuum cleaner.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory perspective view showing a step of removing the dust collecting portion from the dust separating portion of the dust collecting apparatus.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory perspective view showing a process of treating dust collected in the dust collecting unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

21 Vacuum cleaner body 22 electric blower 41 Dust collector 42 Wind direction control unit as a dust separation unit 55 Seal packing as a sealing part 61 Dust collecting cup as a dust collecting part 71 Dust collection bag as a bag 72 Bag 71 opening 81a, 81b Support piece as a means to spread the bag D dust

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A cleaner body, an electric blower housed inside the cleaner body, a dust separating section for separating dust from air sucked in by the electric blower, and detachable from the dust separating section. A dust collecting part for collecting dust that is attached and separated in the dust separating part inside, and an opening of a bag body disposed in the dust collecting part are provided between the dust collecting part and the dust separating part. An electric vacuum cleaner comprising: a dust collector having a sealing portion that hermetically seals. 2. The electric vacuum cleaner according to claim 1, wherein the dust collecting device comprises a bag spreading means for spreading the bag body disposed in the dust collecting portion in the dust collecting portion.