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US 2017/0303756 A1Published application
Cyclone assembly for surface cleaning apparatus and a surface cleaning apparatus having same
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorsWayne Ernest Conrad, Dave Petersen
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Abstract
A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus has two cyclonic stages wherein the second cyclonic cleaning stage comprises a second stage dirt collection region and at least a portion of the second stage dirt collection region is positioned longitudinally above and overlying a first stage cyclone chamber.
Claims20
A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first cyclonic cleaning stage comprising at least one first stage inverted cyclone having a first stage cyclone chamber and an upper end;
- (b) a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage and comprising a plurality of inverted second stage cyclones in parallel, each of the plurality of second stage cyclones has a second stage cyclone chamber,
- wherein the second cyclonic cleaning stage comprises a second stage dirt collection region and at least a portion of the second stage dirt collection region is positioned longitudinally above the first stage cyclone chamber and overlying the first stage cyclone chamber.
A cyclone assembly for a surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first cyclonic cleaning stage comprising at least one first stage inverted cyclone having a first stage cyclone chamber and a first stage cyclone air outlet;
- (b) a second cyclonic cleaning stage downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage and comprising a plurality of inverted second stage cyclones in parallel, each of the plurality of second stage cyclones has a second stage cyclone chamber, each of the second stage cyclones having a second stage cyclone air outlet;
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- (c) a pre-motor filter chamber positioned below the second cyclonic cleaning stage and each of the second stage cyclone air outlets has an outlet end in a wall of the pre-motor filter chamber.
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