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US 2019/0290083 A1Published application
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber has a sidewall extending from a first end to an axially opposed second end. A dirt outlet communicating with the dirt collection chamber is provided in the sidewall at a location intermediate the first and second ends of the cyclone chamber.
Claims19
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a cyclone and a suction motor positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone comprising:
- (a) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinally extending cyclone axis of rotation, a first end, an opposed end spaced apart in a longitudinal axial direction from the first end, a cyclone chamber sidewall, a cyclone air inlet located at the first end, a cyclone air outlet located at the opposed end, a dirt outlet and a screen member;
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- (b) a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and in communication with the cyclone chamber via the dirt outlet,
- wherein the cyclone chamber sidewall has a first end and a second end spaced apart in a longitudinal axial direction from the first end of the sidewall, wherein the dirt outlet is provided between the first and second ends of the sidewall.
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