Patent ID: 7735185

Claim:
An upright type vacuum cleaner having a water cleaning function, the vacuum cleaner comprising: a head portion having an air intake hole through which dust on a surface to be cleaned is received; a body portion rotatably installed at an upper side of the head portion and including a fan motor generating an intake force for receiving dust on the surface to be cleaned and a water pump generating a spreading force for spreading water onto the surface to be cleaned; a water cleaning unit including a washing water container storing water to be supplied to the water pump, a nozzle portion spreading water, which is stored within the washing water container, onto the surface to be cleaned with a spreading force of the water pump, a polluted water intake portion receiving polluted water from the surface to be cleaned by an intake force of the fan motor, a polluted water container storing the received polluted water, and a polluted water intake hose connecting the polluted water intake portion with the polluted water container, a frame detachably installed at the body portion; and a flow-path changing hose selectively supplying an intake force of the fan motor to the head portion and the water cleaning unit; wherein a central passage through which the polluted water intake hose passes is formed at the center of the frame, and the polluted water container and the washing water container are respectively mounted to both sides of the central passage.