Patent ID: 7181803
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An upright vacuum cleaner comprising: a main body including a dust collecting chamber having a dust filter, said dust filter having an air inlet and an air outlet, and a motor driving chamber in fluid communication with the air outlet of said dust filter to draw air through said dust filter from said dust filter air inlet; a suction brush mounted on the main body of the vacuum cleaner to draw in air with entrained contaminants found on a surface to be cleaned, the suction brush being configured to contact the surface to be cleaned; a cyclone dust collecting apparatus detachably mounted in a path between the suction brush and the air inlet of the dust filter, said cyclone dust collecting apparatus separating and collecting the dust and filth from the air drawn in through the suction brush; a removable air suction pipe, connecting the cyclone dust collecting apparatus and the suction brush, said removable air suction pipe guiding air drawn in through the suction brush to the cyclone dust collecting apparatus, when said cyclone dust collecting apparatus is attached to the main body, said removable air suction pipe guiding air drawn into the suction brush into the dust filter when the cyclone dust collecting apparatus is detached from the main body and said removable air suction pipe is attached to the main body.