Patent ID: 8032982
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. An upright vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cleaner body which comprises a suction motor, a dust collecting unit, and a body frame in which the suction motor and the dust-collecting unit are disposed; a suction inlet body that is hinged to a lower end of the body frame; a hose having a first side in fluid communication with the body frame and a second side in fluid communication with an extension pipe through a manipulation handle; and a suction path switching unit that is disposed on the back of the body frame and has an operating duct elastically arranged on a suction path to be able to slide up and down, wherein, as the extension pipe is inserted into or withdrawn from a socket disposed longitudinally on the back of the body frame, the operating duct selectively diverts the suction path to a first suction path flowing from the suction inlet body to the dust collecting unit or a second suction path flowing from the extension pipe to the dust collecting unit.