US Patent 7662201 Dust collecting apparatus with a plurality of inlets

The present disclosure relates to a dust collecting apparatus. The dust collecting apparatus includes a cyclone body forming a cyclone chamber; a plurality of inlets formed at the cyclone body, and causing air to enter through; and a discharging port formed at the cyclone body, and discharging the air from the cyclone chamber, wherein each inlet of the plurality of inlets is formed at a different height at a side of the cyclone body so that the air is divided to enter the cyclone chamber at a different height.