Patent Application 20120159734 - ELECTRIC CLEANER > Summary

Patent Application No. US 20120159734

Published on Jun 28, 2012

Application No. 13/410398

Field on Mar 2, 2012

FUJIWARA, Tosiaki - Shiga, JP

Panasonic Corp (JP) - Osaka, JP

A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body capable of standing and inclining, an electric blower accommodated in the cleaner body, a floor nozzle capable of cleaning a surface while the cleaner body inclines, a mode detector detecting whether the cleaner body stands or inclines, and a controller controlling a power supplied to the electric blower. The controller is operable to supply a first power the electric blower if the mode detector detects that the cleaner body inclines, and to supply a second power lower than the first power to the electric blower if the mode detector detects that the cleaner body stands. This vacuum cleaner prevents the electric blower from overheating.