Abstract: A handle for a door of a refrigerator having a hollow rod shape, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the door and disposed on the front surface of the door so as to be improved in productivity and aesthetic quality, and a method for manufacturing the same. A handle for a door of a refrigerator, which has a main body having a storage chamber provided with an opened front surface, doors provided on the front surface of the main body for opening and closing the storage chamber, and handles respectively provided on the doors, extending in the longitudinal direction of the doors and having a hollow rod shape, includes a first resin layer making the shape of the handle and made of a first resin comprising glass fibers for reinforcing the rigidity of the handle; and a second resin layer formed on the outer surface of the first resin layer and made of a second resin.

Abstract: A cyclone dust collector includes a cyclone body including a first cyclone chamber to centrifugally separate dust from drawn-in air for a first time, a plurality of second cyclone chambers to centrifugally separate dust from the drawn-in air for a second time, and a plurality of discharge ports to cause the drawn-in air to be discharged from the plurality of second cyclone chambers; an upper cover to cover an upper portion of the cyclone body, the upper cover having an inner wall facing the plurality of discharge ports; and a noise reduction part disposed between the plurality of discharge ports and the inner wall of the upper cover, to reduce noise generated inside the upper cover by the air discharged through the plurality of discharge ports. Therefore, it is possible to reduce noise generated inside the upper cover of the cyclone dust collector.

Abstract: A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus is provided. The dust-collecting apparatus is detachably mounted in a main cleaner body of a vacuum cleaner and disposed on a suction flow path extending from a suction port body to a suction source. The dust-collecting apparatus includes a body having an opened lower portion; at least one cyclone unit disposed to one side in the body to separate dust from air flowing into the body and discharge air from which the dust has been separated; and a bottom cover to open or close the lower portion of the body. The body has an inflow pipe penetrating the body from a rear portion of the body and connected to the cyclone unit and the inflow pipe has an inclined top surface.

Abstract: A multi-cyclone dust-collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner mounted in a main cleaner body to separate dust from air flowing from a suction port body and collect the dust separated from the air, the apparatus including a dust-separating unit including a primary cyclone unit to separate large dust particles contained in the air flowing from the suction port body, and a secondary cyclone unit that is disposed inside the primary cyclone unit and that tapers downwards; and a dust-collecting unit detachably mounted in a lower portion of the dust-separating unit, the dust-collecting unit including a first dust-collecting chamber to collect the large dust particles discharged from the primary cyclone unit, and a second dust-collecting chamber disposed inside the first dust-collecting chamber to collect fine dust particles discharged from the secondary cyclone unit. The first dust-collecting chamber may be greater in volume than the second dust-collecting chamber.

Abstract: A telescopic pipe for an electronic apparatus is provided. The telescopic pipe for the electronic apparatus includes an outer pipe, an inner pipe with fixing grooves, inserted into the outer pipe; a holder pipe fixed to one side of the outer pipe, a handle pipe formed to surround the holder pipe, and a sealing member formed on an outer surface of the inner pipe to seal the space between the outer and inner pipes. In the telescopic pipe, the sealing member has at least one sealing portion of which a shape is changed by a negative pressure produced in the interior of the inner pipe so that its sealing force is enhanced.

Abstract: A turbine brush unit and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The turbine brush unit may include a turbine brush case, a brush member mounted in the turbine brush case, and a turbine fan unit having a plurality of wings and rotating the brush member. Each of the plurality of the wings may have a curvature point, a primary collision surface with which a primary inlet wind drawn through the inlet portion of the turbine fan unit collides and a secondary collision surface with which a secondary inlet wind collides. The primary and secondary inlet winds apply a force in the rotation direction of the turbine fan unit.

Abstract: A hermetic type compressor which enables an electric component bracket for connection an electric component cover to be detachably connected to the outer surface of a hermetic container through bracket fixing members is provided. The hermetic type compressor includes connection terminals passing through the hermetic container, an electric component cover, and an electric component bracket installed on the outer surface of the hermetic container around the connection terminals so as to be fastened to the electric component cover. Bracket fixing members provided with first fastening units are provided on the outer surface of the hermetic container around the connection terminals so as to detachably connect the electric component bracket to the outer surface of the hermetic container, and second fastening units to which the first fastening units are detachably connected are provided on the electric component bracket.

Abstract: A fan motor unit and a vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The fan motor unit includes a motor assembly comprising an impeller and a motor, a first upper case configured to surround the motor assembly, the first upper case comprising an inlet tube in communication with an entry of the impeller, configured to a first lower case configured to surround a lower portion of the motor assembly, a damper and a pressure switch, each in communication with the inlet tube and, a warning member connected to the pressure switch, wherein when the pressure of the interior pressure of the motor assembly is below a predetermined value, external air is flowed through the damper and a warning is generated by the warning member and the pressure switch.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a safety apparatus of an auxiliary brush assembly is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body having an extension pipe mounting portion, a main brush assembly connected to the main body, an extension pipe attached and detached to the main body, and an auxiliary brush assembly connected to an end of the extension pipe. The auxiliary brush assembly may have a brush and a driving means for rotating the brush, wherein the rotation of the brush may be automatically stopped when the extension pipe is mounted in the extension pipe mounting portion.

Abstract: A multi-cyclone dust separator is provided, including a first cyclone unit that centrifugally separates dust from dust-laden air drawn into the first cyclone unit through a first air inlet, and a second cyclone unit that is formed inside the first cyclone unit, wherein the second cyclone unit includes a second cyclone body that has a second air inlet through which the air, from which the dust is separated by the first cyclone unit, enters the second cyclone body, and a guide unit that enables the air entering the second cyclone unit to be rotated.

Abstract: A hose and accessory holder for an upright vacuum cleaner comprises a tool fixing portion having accessory tools insertable thereinto, a hose fixing portion for attachably/detachably fixing a hose thereto, and a holder fastening portion for attachably/detachably fastening the holder to a vacuum cleaner body. The tool fixing portion further comprises fitting members respectively formed in the insertion directions of the accessory tools on inner circumferential surfaces of the tool fixing portion, and protruding inwardly from the tool fixing portion.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a vacuum cleaner body with a cord outlet is provided. A power cord may be extracted from or retracted into the vacuum cleaner body through the cord outlet, and a plug is provided at an end of the power cord. A stopper is formed at a position spaced from the end of the power cord at a predetermined distance, and a socket portion is provided at the vacuum cleaner body so that the plug may be inserted into the socket portion when cleaning is finished.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly of a vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a casing, a suction port, a drum brush, a fan, and a blocking plate. The drum brush is rotatably disposed in the casing so drum bristles hit a surface being cleaned. The fan is disposed in the casing to be rotated by air drawn in through the suction port so that the fan rotates the drum brush. The blocking plate is adjacent to the front of the fan to screen most of the fan except for a lower portion of the fan. The fan includes a circular fan body, a shaft member, and a plurality of blades. The inside edge of each of the blades is at a distance from the shaft member so that the drawn-in air passes through a space defined between the inside edge of each of the blades and the shaft member.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a detachable cord reel unit is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a main body, a brush assembly connected to the main body and, a cord reel unit attachable to and detachable from a discharging portion of the main body, the cord reel unit comprising a power cord and a cooling fan formed therein, wherein the cooling fan stops driving automatically when the cord reel unit is mounted in the main body, and the cooling fan starts driving automatically to cool the power cord when the cord reel unit is detached from the main body.

Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collecting apparatus includes a centrifugal separating portion, a dust receptacle to collect dust which is separated by the centrifugal separating portion and a filter portion having a filter unit separating dust from an air current discharged from the centrifugal separating portion. The filtering portion further includes a dust removing unit to detach the filter dust caught in the filter unit, and a dust discharge member to move the filter dust to an upstream of the centrifugal separating portion.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum cleaner body, a cyclone unit which is mounted at the vacuum cleaner body, and separates dust from drawn air, a dust separating unit which is engaged with a lower end of the cyclone unit, said dust separating unit being configured to collect separated dust, said dust separating unit being detachable from the cyclone, and said dust separating unit comprising a compressing plate compressing the collected dust; and a driving unit which is disposed at a lower end of the dust separating unit, said driving unit being configured to ascend and descend the dust separating unit to be detachably connected to the cyclone unit and drives the compressing plate.

Abstract: A cleaner having a handle assembly rotatable in all directions is disclosed, the handle assembly including a housing; a handle which is capable of being gripped by a user; a connection unit which connects the handle with the housing to rotate in all directions; and an elastic unit which elastically biases the handle to a neutral position. As the handle is capable of rotating in all directions, a user can clean a surface without feeling strain in his or her joints.

Abstract: A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner which is compact in configuration and is capable of preventing dirt from piling up on an entrance channel is provided. The dust separating apparatus includes a dust collecting receptacle adapted to collect dirt, and a cyclone unit eccentrically disposed in the dust collecting receptacle and adapted to whirl air drawn in through an inflow channel thereof, and the inflow channel may have an inclined upper surface which slopes downward toward a bottom of the dust collecting receptacle by a predetermined angle.

Abstract: An upright-type vacuum cleaner is provided. The upright-type vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body comprising a motor chamber in which a suction motor is mounted, a brush assembly connected to the cleaner body, a discharge filter unit mounted on a first surface of the cleaner body, to filter out impurities from an air stream discharged from the suction motor, and a cord reel assembly mounted on a second surface of the cleaner body and having a power cord. The discharge filter unit includes a filter member mountable and demountable to and from the cleaner body by a user outside the vacuum cleaner, and at least a part of an air stream filtered by the filter member shifts a direction to pass through the cord reel assembly.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a dual locking structure is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a brush assembly, a main body connected to the brush assembly, a dust bin arranged on the main body, a fastening unit to move the dust bin to a fastened or unfastened state, and a filter casing. The dust bin includes one or more first locking holes and the main body includes one or dust bin locking members to be engaged with the first locking holes so that the dust bin, in an unfastened state, is removably retained in the main body. The filter casing includes one or more filter casing locking portions and the main body includes one or more filter casing locking members to be engaged with the filter casing locking portions so that the filter casing in the unfastened state is removably retained in the main body.