US 12,478,231 B2
Cleaner
Bohyun Nam, Seoul (KR); Namhee Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinju Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyeonjeong An, Seoul (KR); and Jungbae Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,520.
Application 18/650,520 is a continuation of application No. 18/110,498, filed on Feb. 16, 2023, granted, now 12,004,701.
Application 18/110,498 is a continuation of application No. 16/998,784, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 12,011,135.
Application 16/998,784 is a continuation of application No. 15/475,460, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,166,607, issued on Nov. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0039814 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2016; and application No. 10-2016-0059472 (KR), filed on May 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277194 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A47L 5/28 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 5/28 (2013.01) [A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 9/00 (2013.01); A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/149 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/1616 (2013.01); A47L 9/1625 (2013.01); A47L 9/1641 (2013.01); A47L 9/22 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handy cleaner comprising:
a suction tube that extends along a horizontal axis and is configured to suction air including dust, wherein the horizontal axis extends horizontally through a center of the suction tube;
a suction motor disposed above the horizontal axis and having an impeller to generate suction force to thereby suction air through the suction tube;
a discharge filter disposed above the horizontal axis and configured to filter air that has passed through the suction motor;
a battery disposed below the horizontal axis and configured to supply power to the suction motor; and
a handle that is disposed above the battery and extends forward toward the suction motor,
wherein the horizontal axis is arranged to pass through the handle,
wherein the discharge filter includes a circumferential surface extending in a circumferential direction and being radially spaced from a rotational axis of the impeller, and
wherein the circumferential surface of the discharge filter is configured to pass air discharged from the suction motor toward an outside of the handy cleaner.