Vacuum cleaner with removable dust collector, and methods of operating the same

• Main Authors: JEONG KYEONG SEON, HA GUN HO, LEE CHANG HOON, YUN CHANG HO, JEONG HOI KIL, KO MOO HYUN, PARK YUN HEE, YANG HAE SEOCK, KIM IL JOONG, CHOO JONG SU, SON YOUNG BOK, KIM JIN YOUNG, HWANG MAN TAE, HYUN KIE TAK, YOO MYUNG SIG, KIM JAE KYUM, PARK MIN, SEO JIN WOOK, LEE SUNG HWA, SHIN JIN HYOUK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.08.2012
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESSES; PRESSES IN GENERAL; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored inside a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would include one or more pressing plates that are used to compress the dust stored in dust collector. Various methods are used to control movements of the movable pressing plates to facilitate the compression operations. Also, various methods are used to determine when the dust collector is full and needs to be emptied.