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US 10,499,781 B2Granted
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus having a suction hose and a hose storage chamber. The suction hose is adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration and the suction hose is biased to the extended configuration by a biasing member.
Claims12
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a fluid flow path extending from a dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction hose, an air treatment member and a suction motor;
- and,
- (b) a hose storage chamber,
- wherein the suction hose has an expandable sidewall that is adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration,
- wherein, in the retracted configuration, a length of the suction hose is shorter than when the suction hose is in the extended configuration,
- wherein, when the suction hose is in the hose storage chamber, the suction hose is in the retracted configuration,
- wherein the suction hose comprises a bias that biases the hose to the extended configuration,
- wherein the storage chamber comprises a securement member comprising an engagement end and the securement member is pivotally mounted whereby the securement member pivots between an engaged position in which the engagement end engages the expandable sidewall of the suction hose whereby outward axial movement of the hose is inhibited and a disengaged position whereby outward axial movement of the hose is enabled,
- wherein the engagement end is engageable with the expandable sidewall of the suction hose at a plurality of locations along a length of the suction hose, and
- wherein inward motion of the suction hose causes the engagement end to move away from the engaged position whereby inward movement of the suction hose into the hose storage chamber is enabled, and outward motion of the suction hose causes the engagement end to move towards the engaged position.
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A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a fluid flow path extending from a dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction hose, an air treatment member and a suction motor;
- and,
- (b) a hose storage chamber,
- wherein the suction hose has an expandable sidewall that is adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration,
- wherein, in the retracted configuration, a length of the suction hose is shorter than when the suction hose is in the extended configuration,
- wherein, when the suction hose is in the hose storage chamber, the suction hose is in the retracted configuration,
- wherein the suction hose comprises a bias that biases the hose to the extended configuration,
- wherein the storage chamber comprises a securement member that is moveable between an engaged position in which the securement member engages the expandable sidewall of the suction hose whereby outward axial movement of the hose is inhibited and a disengaged position whereby outward axial movement of the hose is enabled,
- wherein the securement member is engageable with the expandable sidewall of the suction hose at a plurality of locations along a length of the suction hose, and
- wherein the securement member comprises a one-way latch which engages the expandable sidewall of the suction hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.