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US 11,992,848 B2Granted
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber having a cyclone axis of rotation and an openable portion wherein the openable portion is rotatably mounted about an opening axis that is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation.
Claims20
A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
- (b) a cyclone chamber having a cyclone axis of rotation, a first end, an axially spaced apart second end, a cyclone chamber sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and an openable portion having first and second axially extending sides, the openable portion is moveable between a closed position and an open position wherein the cyclone axis of rotation intersects the first end and the second end and wherein the openable portion is rotatably mounted about an opening axis that is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation and that is located at the first axially extending side whereby, when the openable portion is in the open position, an axially extending opening is provided;
- and,
- (c) a motor and fan assembly provided in the air flow passage.
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A vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
- (b) an air treatment chamber having a first end, an axial spaced apart second end, an air treatment chamber sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, an air treatment chamber air inlet, an air treatment chamber air outlet provided at the second end of the air treatment chamber, an air treatment chamber axis intersecting the first end of the air treatment chamber and the second end of the air treatment chamber and defining an axial direction, and an openable portion having first and second axially extending sides, the openable portion is rotatably mounted between a closed position and an open position about an opening axis that is parallel to the air treatment chamber axis wherein, in the open position an axially extending opening is provided;
- and,
- (c) a motor and fan assembly provided in the air flow passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.