Patent ID: 7426770

Claim:
A rotating brush driving control apparatus for a vacuum cleaner that applies the tension force to a driving belt connecting a motor disposed in a cleaner body and a rotating brush disposed in a suction brush assembly so as to control driving of the rotating brush, the rotating brush driving control apparatus comprising: a supporting bracket disposed in the suction brush assembly; a moving member slidably and elastically disposed in the supporting bracket; a lever disposed above the driving belt, the lever having an end rotatably disposed at a side of the supporting bracket; a tension spring elastically connecting the moving member and the lever; and a locking member disposed below the moving member, the locking member locking or unlocking the moving member in turn when the moving member is downwardly pressed; wherein, when the locking member locks the moving member, the other end of the lever press the driving belt by the tension spring so that the driving belt transmits a driving power to the rotating brush, wherein, when the locking member unlocks the moving member, the tension spring releases the other end of the lever from the driving belt.