Patent ID: 7624475
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. An upright type vacuum cleaner capable of being converted to a canister type, comprising: a main body having a suction port and a discharge port, and including a suction device inside the suction port; a suction unit having a dust collecting port and a discharge opening, and on which the main body is detachably installed; a handle installed at an upper portion of the main body; an extension pipe detachably installed to the main body between the handle and the main body, and having a hollow inner space to define a flow passage into which foreign substances are induced; a securing mechanism installed between the extension pipe and the main body to restrict a circumference of the extension pipe; and a suction hose connected at one end with the suction port, and constructed so as to be capable of selective connection at the other end to each of the discharge opening and the handle.