Handy-type vacuum cleaner

A handy-type vacuum cleaner, comprising:

• a vacuum cleaner main body;
• a gripping part for use for gripping the vacuum cleaner main body;
• and
• a blower attachment to be attached to/detached from the vacuum cleaner main body, wherein
• the vacuum cleaner main body includes
• an electric blower;
• a dust-collecting part which can be attached to/detached from the vacuum cleaner main body and stores dust and dirt sucked by driving of the electric blower;
• a connecting port which the blower attachment is inserted into/extracted from;
• a suction air path which communicates between the connecting port and a suction port of the dust-collecting part;
• a communicating air path which communicates between a communicating port, which connects to an exhaust port of the dust-collecting part, and a suction side of the electric blower;
• an exhaust air path which communicates with an exhaust side of the electric blower and also communicates with the blower attachment when the blower attachment is inserted into the connecting port;
• and
• a main body exhaust port which communicates with the exhaust air path,
• while in a state where the blower attachment is inserted to the connecting port and the dust-collecting part is detached from the vacuum cleaner main body exposing the communicating port, outside air having been sucked into the vacuum cleaner main body at the communicating port and then passing via the communicating air path into the electric blower is discharged from the exhaust air path through the blower attachment, and
• while in a state where the blower attachment is not inserted to the connecting port and the dust-collecting part is attached to the vacuum cleaner main body, the suction air path is connected to the communicating air path via the dust-collecting part and air having been sucked from the connecting port flowing through the suction air path, the dust-collecting part, and the communicating air path into the electric blower is discharged from the main body exhaust port.