Patent ID: 7712183
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: A47L,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An electric vacuum cleaner, comprising: a suction device including a housing having a suction port opposed to a surface to be cleaned, a rotary brush disposed in the housing and having a periphery partially facing into the suction port, a motor incorporated in the housing and driving the rotary brush into rotation, and a cylindrical bend projecting from the housing and guiding air, dirt and dust sucked into the housing via the suction port; an electric cleaner body connected to the bend of the suction device and generating a suction force by unit of an electric blower fan, and being capable of winding a sheet around the periphery of the rotary brush and performing the wipe-off cleaning of the surface to be cleaned by using the sheet; and a sheet-removal control unit which operates the motor to drive the rotary brush in repeated positive and reverse rotations in order to remove the sheet wound around the periphery of the rotary brush.