Abstract: A dirt collecting bag is disclosed having a face plate or collar with a slotted configuration along one of its edges to aid in mechanical transfer of it from a storage magazine to a bag mounting and transfer apparatus in a vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A suction cleaner having a motor fan unit and a casing having a dirt bag receiving compartment closed by a bag carrier in the form of a door and having a bag mount therein in the form of an air conduit extending from the motor fan unit. A dirt collecting bag can be disposed on each of the bag carrier and the bag mount. The bag carrier and the bag mount are relatively movable towards one another to automatically cause a latching assembly to secure a bag on the bag mount, with an opening of the bag in sealing engagement with the air conduit. The bag mount is movable between a bag unloading position away from said casing, and an operative position in which the bag is carried by the bag mount away from the bag carrier.