Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Tetsuharu Nomachi

Hidenori Kitamura

Saburo Kajikawa

Hirokazu Nagaoka

Masakazu Onda

Masashi Okushima

Koji Yamamura

Seiji Ishikawa

Yasunori Tsuzaki

A vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an electric blower for generating a suction air flow, a dirt collecting case for centrifugally separating and collecting dirt, and a compression assembly for compressing dirt collected in the dirt collecting case to reduce a volume thereof. The dirt collecting case has a separation chamber for centrifugally separating dirt from the dirt containing air and a dirt collecting chamber in communication with the separation chamber for accumulating the dirt separated by the separation chamber. The compression assembly has a first air intake member provided in the separation chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a second air intake member provided in the dirt collecting chamber and communicating with the electric blower, a shielding plate for selectively opening the first and the second air intake member and an actuator for driving the shielding plate.

Vacuum cleaner capable of compressing dirt

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Yokaichi, Japan

Tetsuharu Nomachi