Patent ID: 8510906

Claim:
An upright type vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cleaner body formed with a mounting space; a vacuum motor mounted in the cleaner body to produce suction force; a brush assembly connected to the cleaner body; a dust collection device mounted in the mounting space and having a dust collection bin and a cyclone cylinder; and a lifting/lowering unit for lifting or lowering the dust collection bin in relation to the cleaner body so that the dust collection bin is anchored in the mounting space or removed from the mounting space, respectively, wherein the cyclone cylinder has a locking handle and the cleaner body has a handle connection part formed on a corresponding part of the cleaner body so that the locking handle can be removably connected to the handle connection part, wherein the lifting/lowering unit is installed at a lower end of the dust collection bin and is mounted in or dismounted from the mounting space along with the dust collecting bin.