Abstract: A refrigerator capable of saving time and labor for mounting a handle to a door is disclosed. The refrigerator has a main body including a storage compartment opened toward the front, a door mounted to the main body to open and close the storage compartment, a handle provided on the front of the door in the form of a long shaft extended lengthwise in a vertical direction of the door in order to open and close the door, and fastening units arranged between the handle and the door lengthwise in the vertical direction of the door to enable mounting of the handle to the door through a simple operation of pushing the handle toward the door and engaging the fastening units.

Abstract: A suction brush of a vacuum cleaner for both vacuum cleaning and steam cleaning is provided. The suction brush includes a brush main body connected to a cleaner main body; a steam generating unit for heating water being supplied from a water storage tank mounted on the brush main body and spraying steam generated by heating the water on the surface to be cleaned; a turbine fan, installed in the brush main body, for generating a rotating force by the drawn-in air that flows into the brush main body; a power transfer unit for being driven by the rotating force of the turbine fan; and at least one pair of duster rotating plates, arranged on a lower part of the suction brush, for being rotated by power being transferred through the power transfer unit.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone dust separating unit which includes a cyclone part to separate dust from a dust-laden air drawn from a surface being cleaned using a centrifugal force, a dust collecting part comprising a dust chamber to accommodate the dust separated at the cyclone part, and a compressing part to compress the dust accommodated in the dust chamber. The compressing part includes a driving part to rotatably drive a driving axis, and a compressing plate driven in a substantially perpendicular direction with respect to the driving axis according to the rotation of the driving axis, and to compress the dust accommodated in the dust chamber. As a result, a vacuum cleaner is provided, which requires a minimum space for the installation of a compressing part to compress dust inside the dust collecting part, and provides maximum compressing force of the compressing part.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner, in which a dust bag or a cyclone dust collecting apparatus can be selectively mounted, includes a body case having a dust collecting chamber and a connecting hole formed at a side surface of the dust collecting chamber so that outside air enters through the connecting hole, a pair of securing brackets formed on an inner surface of the dust collecting chamber of the body case at both sides of the connecting hole in parallel with each other so that the cyclone dust collecting apparatus or the dust bag is selectively secured to the pair of securing brackets, and a body cover disposed at the body case and being opened and closed in order to open and close the dust collecting chamber.

Abstract: A dust-collector locking/unlocking device to lock or unlock a dust-collector removably mounted in a cleaner body. The dust-collector locking/unlocking the device includes a first member and a second member connected with a lower portion of the first member and serving as a cover for the dust-collector. The first member includes a first hook that is rotatably connected with an upper wall of the cleaner body, a manipulation lever that protrudes from an outer circumference of the first member for rotation of the first member by a user, and first cam parts formed on a lower portion of the first member. The second member includes a second hook movably connected with guide cams formed on the first member, and second cam parts engaged with the first camp part. The second member is moved up and down by the rotational movement of the manipulation lever and thereby lock or unlock the dust-collector.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a suction nozzle for a vacuum cleaner, which includes a nozzle body having a contaminants suction port formed on a bottom surface thereof, and a fur-removing member having a fur-removing body rotatably disposed at a side of the contaminants suction port on the nozzle body, a fur-removing portion formed in a plurality of pins vertically to the fur-removing body, and a plurality of rotation cams, wherein when the nozzle body moves in a first direction, the plurality of rotation cams forces the fur-removing body to rotate so that a leading end of the fur-removing portion is spaced apart from a surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: The vacuum cleaner includes a cyclone unit installed on a mount part on the vacuum cleaner housing; the cyclone unit includes a cyclone chamber formed on the inside of the cyclone unit to separate dust from drawn-in air, and an entrance connected to the first channel of the vacuum cleaner housing, leading drawn-in air into the cyclone chamber; the vacuum cleaner housing includes a fixing unit, which fixes the cyclone unit detachably in position on the mount part by raising a section of the cyclone unit; and the entrance to the cyclone unit is connected separatably to the exit to the first channel in the direction in which the cyclone unit is raised by the fixing unit.

Abstract: A suction brush for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The suction brush includes an upper casing; a lower casing; an elevating plate installed between the upper casing and the lower casing; a cleaned surface sensing part for sensing; a lever rotatably provided around a rotating shaft that is parallel to the elevating plate; and a solenoid. The solenoid rotates the lever in one direction when the surface to be cleaned is the hard floor and rotates the lever in the other direction when the surface to be cleaned is the carpet. The lower casing contacts the surface to be cleaned as the elevating plate descends, while it comes apart from the surface to be cleaned as the elevating plate ascends.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided that includes a main cleaner body comprising a discharge grill to discharge air from which dust has been separated; a grill cover mounted on the discharge grill to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the discharge grill; a fragrant odor generating apparatus including a first shutter and second shutter that are mounted on the grill cover and that are opened by discharge pressure of air discharged through the discharge grill and closed by their own weight, and a fragrant agent disposed in an air path between the first shutter and second shutter; and a shutter locking unit to lock the first shutter in a closed position when the cleaner is not in use.

Abstract: A multi-cyclone dust separating apparatus has a main cyclone comprising one or more cyclones, a sub cyclone comprising one or more cyclones, and being arranged around a part of the main cyclone in parallel relation, and a dust collecting casing provided to enclose the main and the sub cyclones, and collects dust as the dust is separated from the air in the main and the sub cyclones. At least a part of the dust collecting casing enclosing the main cyclone is formed in a half-circular shape.

Abstract: A filter assembly and a cyclone dust collecting apparatus using the same are provided. The filter assembly is employed by a cyclone dust collecting apparatus which centrifugally separates contaminant from drawn-in air to remove the contaminant and filters and discharges the air and has a filter part, and an air path. The air path is formed in the filter part to guide the air into the filter part and enables the air to flow in a three-dimensional direction, in other words, in a perpendicular direction to a central axis of the filter part, simultaneously flow in a parallel direction with the central axis of the filter part.

Abstract: A dust receptacle comprising an ultraviolet transmission window and a vacuum cleaner having the same. The dust receptacle includes a receptacle body detachably mounted to a cleaner body, an ultraviolet (UV) transmission window penetratingly formed on the receptacle body, and a Teflon® cover sealing the UV transmission window. The vacuum cleaner having the dust receptacle includes a cleaner body, a dust receptacle detachably mounted to the cleaner body, a UV sterilizer lamp mounted within the cleaner body to scan the dust receptacle with a UV ray, a grill protecting the UV sterilizer lamp. In the vacuum cleaner, the dust receptacle has the same structure as described above.

Abstract: A dust compressing apparatus of a vacuum cleaner capable of automatically compressing dust or dirt collected in a dust separating unit is disclosed. The dust compressing apparatus includes a compressing plate to compress the dust or dirt collected in the dust separating unit, a moving unit connected to the compressing plate on one side of the dust separating unit to move the compressing plate, an elastic unit to elastically urge the compressing plate to a compressing position where the compressing plate compresses the dust or dirt, and a driving motor to drive the moving unit thus to move the compressing plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an injection apparatus and control method thereof. The apparatus comprises a nozzle to guide a raw material to flow into an injection mold, a microwave transmission part positioned at a portion of the nozzle, and a microwave generation part positioned near the nozzle to generate and irradiate microwaves to the microwave transmission part. With this structure, vulcanization of the raw material injected into the injection mold occurs uniformly and rapidly within the injection mold, thereby improving a quality of an injection molded product while increasing a speed of injection operation.

Abstract: A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a dust collection casing with an air inlet at a lower portion, a mesh filter formed on a bottom surface of the dust collection casing to firstly filter the contaminant from the drawn-in air, a plurality of cyclones formed in parallel in the dust collection casing to secondly filter the contaminant in the air drawn in via the air inlet, and a dust collection part formed at one side of the plurality of cyclones to collect the contaminant separated from the air. The air flowed in the air inlet formed at the lower portion of the dust collection casing is sequentially discharged via the mesh filter formed on the bottom surface of the dust collection casing and the plurality of cyclones.

Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body; a suction port assembly hinged to the cleaner body with a drum brush mounted on a front lower surface thereof; and a height adjusting apparatus set to an active mode or an inactive mode. In the active mode, the height adjusting apparatus raises the rear portion of the suction port assembly from an initial height, with the drum brush spaced from a surface, to bring the drum brush into contact with the surface when the cleaner body tilts from an upright position towards the rear of the suction port assembly. In the inactive mode, the rear portion of the suction port assembly remains at the initial height when the cleaner body tilts from the upright position towards the rear of the suction port assembly.

Abstract: A wire harness fixing device designed to enable convenient installation thereof within an inner liner of a refrigerator while effectively preventing leakage of a foam insulation material filled between the inner liner and an outer liner of the refrigerator. The wire harness fixing device includes a housing including an insert part provided at one end of the housing and inserted through a fixing hole formed in the inner liner, and an interior part positioned at the other end within the inner liner. A latch is provided on the insert part that engages an outer surface of the inner liner at the fixing hole when the insert part is inserted into the fixing hole, and a cover of a flexible material integrally formed to the housing at the interior part side to cover the fixing hole, the cover being subjected to elastic deformation to closely contact an inner surface of the inner liner at the fixing hole side when the latch is latched to and supported by the inner liner.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is disclosed which comprises a motor chamber for mounting a motor assembly that, generates a suction force at a dust suction port, and a discharge port for guiding an air discharged from the motor chamber to the outside of a cleaner body, wherein the motor chamber comprises an air discharge opening which is in fluid communication with the discharge port; and a path extension member disposed between the motor assembly and the air discharge opening, of which edges are spaced apart from an inner wall of the motor chamber by a predetermined distance, respectively, to thereby form a detour path, and the air discharged from the motor assembly is guided in a circuitous manner by the path extension member so as to be passed through the detour path before reaching the air discharge opening. That assembly effectively reduces noise generated during operation of the motor assembly that is detectable outside of the cleaner body.

Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner including a cyclone body provided with a cyclone chamber and a contaminant collecting chamber formed therein, a cyclone case provided in the cyclone body having the cyclone chamber and the contaminant collecting chamber separated from each other; an air inflow tube penetrating an outer wall of the cyclone body such that a suction passage at an outside of the cyclone body is fluidly communicated with a lower end of the cyclone chamber; and an air outlet tube penetrating sequentially a bottom of the cyclone case and a bottom the cyclone body to guide the air discharged from the cyclone chamber to a discharge passage placed at an outside of the cyclone body, wherein the contaminant collecting chamber is connected to the cyclone chamber through a contaminant discharge port formed at a side surface of upper end of the cyclone chamber.

Abstract: A cyclone dust separating apparatus for separating dust from external air drawn in thereto and discharging the separated dust, comprises at least one first cyclone body having a tubular shape and forming a first cyclone chamber where the external air is rotated; and at least one second cyclone body forming a second cyclone chamber where the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is rotated again to separate dust, wherein the external air is drawn in through a lower end of the first cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the first cyclone chamber, and the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber is drawn in through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber and discharged through an upper end of the second cyclone chamber.