1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cleaner apparatus, and more particularly, to a cleaner apparatus which has a short connection channel between a cleaner body and a suction nozzle.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, a vacuum cleaner uses a suction motor to generate a suction force to draw in air, including dust or dirt (hereinafter, referred to as ‘dirt’). The suction motor of the vacuum cleaner is generally distally located from a dust collecting apparatus which separates and collects dirt from the drawn-in air. Accordingly, the dirt drawn in by the suction force of the suction motor is filtered from the air when passing through the dust collecting apparatus, and the filtered air passes through the suction motor and is discharged out of the vacuum cleaner.
Most commonly, a vacuum cleaner has an elongated channel between a suction nozzle, adjacent to the surface to be cleaned (referred to herein as “cleaning surface”) and a suction motor located distal from the dust collecting apparatus. Therefore, the suction force of the suction motor does not act on the dirt on the cleaning surface directly.
Considering this drawback of a general vacuum cleaner, a power head type cleaner has been developed. However, such power head type cleaners have a suction nozzle fixed to a cleaner body, thereby requiring the cleaner to be rotated when cleaning hard-to-reach places, which is inconvenient for users. Also, rotating such a cleaner in a narrow space is difficult and thus, that space is often not satisfactorily cleaned.