Dust and allergen control for surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A cyclone bin assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has a flexible closure member that is moveable to a deployed position wherein a first portion of the closure member is provided on the cyclone bin assembly and a second portion of the closure member closes the upper end of a refuse container, whereby when the closure member is in the deployed position, a closed volume is provided which includes an interior volume of the refuse container and an openable door of a dirt collection region of the cyclone bin assembly is located in the closed volume.
Claims20
A cyclone bin assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus, the cyclone bin assembly comprising:
- a) a dirt collection region for a cyclone, the dirt collection region having an openable door;
- and,
- b) a flexible closure member moveable to a deployed position wherein a first portion of the closure member is provided on the cyclone bin assembly and a second portion of the closure member closes the upper end of a refuse container, whereby when the closure member is in the deployed position, a closed volume is provided which includes an interior volume of the refuse container and the openable door is located in the closed volume.
A dirt collection apparatus comprising:
- a) a dirt collection region having an openable door;
- and,
- b) a flexible closure member moveable to a deployed position wherein a first portion of the closure member is provided on the dirt collection apparatus and a second portion of the closure member closes the upper end of a refuse container, whereby when the closure member is in the deployed position, a closed volume is provided which includes an interior volume of the refuse container and the openable door is located in the closed volume.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.