Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

Abstract: A power source apparatus has a power factor improving circuit which uses switching elements (4) as buildup transistors. According to the power source apparatus of the present invention, a current carrying ratio of the switching elements is decided to be a value which is obtained by subtracting a number of proportional value of the power source current waveform from the maximum current carrying ratio. Since the device of the present invention does not necessitate a detecting circuit of the power source voltage waveform for outputting an instruction waveform, the circuit thereof is simple and is not affected by the voltage change of the power source and noise generated at the power source.

Abstract: A cylindrical field system of a low speed high torque motor is divided in an axial direction into first and second field system portions, these two field system portions are connected by a connecting member and a field magnet is disposed between the field system portions so that particularly machine work can be made before fitting of the field magnet. Accordingly, chips can be removed easily by use of a simple device.A cylindrical field system is divided in an axial direction into first and second field system portions, these field system portions are connected by a connecting member and cylindrical magnets fixed to a flexible belt-like fixture are wound on the field system portions between them so as to produce a rotor. Accordingly, the assembling property of the motor can be improved remarkably.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaner surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for operating a vacuum cleaner in which by detecting a rotational speed of a variable speed fan motor adapted to give a suction force to the cleaner and its change range, the choking state of the filter and the state of the cleaned surface are discriminated, and a speed command of the fan motor is corrected on the basis of the result of the discrimination, and the comfortable cleaning can be performed by the optimum suction force.

Abstract: AC power supply is converted to DC by a rectifier circuit. The DC is stepped up by a step-up chopper circuit. The output of the step-up chopper circuit is smoothed by a smoothing circuit. The output of the smoothing circuit is input to an inverter via a current detecting circuit and a voltage detecting circuit. A synchronous motor is connected to the inverter. When the speed of the synchronous motor is judged to be in a high speed region based on the output signal of the voltage detecting circuit, the first speed control apparatus operates the interrupting control of the switching element of the step-up chopper circuit in such a manner that a deviation speed between an instruction speed signal to the motor and the detected speed of the motor reaches to zero.