Filtration bag replacement system for a floor care appliance

An improved floor care appliance, comprising:

• a suction nozzle,
• a motor-fan assembly for generating a dirt-laden airstream originating at the suction nozzle,
• a filtration compartment wherein said particle collecting and filtration system is located;
• a suction duct fluidly connecting the suction nozzle to the particle collecting and filtration system;
• a container;
• a filtration media formed into a tube and compressed into the container, wherein said tube has a first end and a second end wherein the first end is attached to the container and said second end is initially sealed so that a volume is formed within a portion of said tube for filtering and collecting particles from said dirt laden airstream.

A method of replacing a filtration media in a floor care appliance, comprised of the steps of:

• providing a container in a filtration compartment of a floor care appliance with a filtration media in the form of a tube packed in the container;
• pulling on a first end of the tube to pull the tube into the filtration compartment;
• sealing the first end of the tube to form a first volume;
• directing a dirt laden airstream into said first volume;
• filtering and collecting particles from the dirt laden airstream in said first volume;
• pulling on said first end of said tube when said volume is full of particles so that a portion of said tube wherein said volume is located exits said filtration compartment and another portion of said tube is pulled from within said container and into said filtration compartment;
• sealing said tube above said portion of said tube containing said first volume to seal the particles in said first volume and to seal the end of the tube above said first volume to form a second volume for filtering and collecting particles blown therein;
• and
• cutting said portion of said tube containing said first volume from said tube and discarding.