VACUUM CLEANER WITH REMOVABLE DUST COLLECTOR, AND METHODS OFOPERATING THE SAME

摘要

A vacuum cleaner includes a dust collector that compresses dust stored insid e a dust container to minimize the volume of the dust. The dust collector would inclu de 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.