Surface cleaning apparatus having an energy storage member and a charger for an energy storage member
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit and a portable surface cleaning unit. The floor cleaning unit includes a surface cleaning head having a charger and an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a rearwardly inclined floor cleaning position. The portable surface cleaning unit is connectable to the floor cleaning unit, and includes a portable surface cleaning unit air inlet connectable in air flow communication with the floor cleaning unit, a main body, an air treatment member, a suction motor, a handle and a capacitor, wherein the capacitor is rechargeable at a rate of at least 4 C.
Claims20
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a floor cleaning unit comprising:
- (i) a surface cleaning head having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a center positioned midway between the front and rear ends and a charger;
- (ii) an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a rearwardly inclined floor cleaning position;
- and,
- (iii) an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a floor cleaning unit air outlet;
- and,
- (b) a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the upper section, the portable surface cleaning unit comprising a main body, an air treatment member, a suction motor, a handle and at least one capacitor, wherein the at least one capacitor is the primary source of power onboard the portable surface cleaning unit,
- wherein, the portable surface cleaning unit is rechargeable when mounted to the floor cleaning unit and,
- wherein the at least one capacitor is rechargeable at a rate of at least 4 C.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a floor cleaning unit comprising:
- (i) a surface cleaning head having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a center positioned midway between the front and rear ends and a charger;
- (ii) an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a rearwardly inclined floor cleaning position;
- (iii) an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a floor cleaning unit air outlet;
- and,
- (iv) an energy storage member;
- and,
- (b) a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the upper section, the portable surface cleaning unit comprising a main body, an air treatment member, a suction motor, a handle and at least one capacitor, wherein the at least one capacitor is the primary source of power onboard the portable surface cleaning unit,
- wherein, the portable surface cleaning unit is rechargeable when mounted to the floor cleaning unit, and
- wherein the energy storage member has a center of gravity and the center of gravity is positioned forward of the center of the surface cleaning head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.