Patent ID: 8549701

Claim:
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a cleaner body; a mode detector for detecting whether the cleaner body is inclined or standing; an electric blower accommodated in the cleaner body; a floor nozzle provided on a bottom of the cleaner body; a hose detachably attached to the floor nozzle, the hose allowing the cleaner body to communicate with the floor nozzle; a hose detector detecting whether or not the hose is attached to the floor nozzle; and a controller operable to supply a first power to the electric blower if the hose detector detects that the hose is attached to the floor nozzle and the mode detector detects that the cleaner body is inclined, and supply a second power to the electric blower lower than the first power if the mode detector detects that the cleaner body is standing and the hose detector detects that the hose is attached to the floor nozzle; supply a third power higher than the second power and lower than the first power if the hose detector detects that the hose is detached from the floor nozzle and the mode detector detects that the cleaner body is standing.