Patent ID: 7251855

Claim:
An electric vacuum cleaner with a vacuum cleaner main body that comprises: a water pan compartment comprising a water pan which stores therein water used to remove dust from dust-containing air, and a suction compartment comprised of: a main casing that is detachably provided on said water pan compartment, a separator that is rotationally provided in said main casing so as to separate air from said water, and a main fan that is rotationally provided in said main casing and sucks in dust-containing air and exhausts air, from which water has been separated by said separator, to outside of said vacuum cleaner main body; wherein said separator is formed in a shape of a basket with a bottom, in which a plurality of ribs are formed in a circumferential direction thereof with slit gaps between said ribs, and a reverse jet fin assembly that rotates together with said separator and causes air to jet downward toward an outer surface of said separator is provided on an opening of said separator; and said reverse jet fin assembly comprises a plurality of fins formed in a saw-tooth shape which are disposed in a circumferential direction of a flange portion of said reverse jet fin assembly.