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US 2024/0180379 A1Published application
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus has a filter assembly comprising a plurality of removable assembly portions. Each of the assembly portions comprises a portion of a pre- and/or post-motor filter media.
Claims20
A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet;
- (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation;
- (c) a cyclone positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone having a front end and a rear end with a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends;
- (d) a handle;
- and,
- (e) a filter assembly positionable in the air flow path, the filter assembly comprising a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion, the first assembly portion comprising a first pre-motor filter and a first post motor filter, and the second assembly portion comprising a second pre-motor filter and a second post motor filter, wherein each of the first and second assembly portions is a discrete portion and is removable.
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A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet;
- (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation;
- (c) an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment chamber having a front end and a rear end with a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends;
- (d) a handle;
- and,
- (e) a filter assembly positionable in the air flow path, the filter assembly comprising a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion, the first assembly portion comprising a first pre-motor filter and a first post motor filter, and the second assembly portion comprising a second pre-motor filter and a second post motor filter, wherein each of the first and second assembly portions is removable, and wherein the first assembly portion has first and second angularly spaced apart sides that extend generally axially, the second assembly portion has first and second angularly spaced apart sides that extend generally axially and the first side of the first assembly portion abuts the second side of the second assembly portion when the filter assembly is positioned in the air flow path.
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A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet;
- (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation;
- (c) an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment chamber having a front end and a rear end with a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends;
- (d) a handle;
- and,
- (e) a filter assembly positionable in the air flow path, the filter assembly comprising a first assembly portion and a second assembly portion, the first assembly portion comprising a first pre-motor filter and a first post motor filter, and the second assembly portion comprising a second pre-motor filter and a second post motor filter, wherein each of the first and second assembly portions is separately removable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.