Surfce cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaner has an air treatment chamber with an openable lid. The openable lid houses a debris separator that is positioned downstream from the air treatment chamber. The openable lid has a handle provided having a hand grip portion that extends longitudinally between first and second opposed ends of the handle. The suction motor is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the debris separator. The motor axis of rotation is transverse to the longitudinal axis and is longitudinally spaced from the air treatment chamber axis. The motor axis of rotation may extend through the first end of the handle, and the air treatment chamber axis may extend through the second end of the handle.
Claims19
A surface cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a longitudinal axis extending from the front end to the rear end, the surface cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end to a clean air outlet;
- (b) an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path downstream of the dirty air inlet, the air treatment chamber having an air treatment chamber air inlet, an air treatment chamber air outlet provided at the upper end of the air treatment chamber and an air treatment chamber axis that extends through the air treatment chamber air outlet from a lower end of the air treatment chamber to the upper end of the air treatment chamber;
- (c) the upper end of the surface cleaner comprising an openable lid, the openable lid houses a debris separator that is positioned in the air flow path downstream from the air treatment chamber;
- (d) a handle provided on the openable lid, the handle having a hand grip portion that extends longitudinally between first and second opposed ends of the handle;
- (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path downstream of the debris separator that is housed in the lid, the suction motor having an air inlet end and a motor axis of rotation,
- wherein the motor axis of rotation is transverse to the longitudinal axis and is longitudinally spaced from the air treatment chamber axis.
A surface cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a longitudinal axis extending from the front end to the rear end, the surface cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end to a clean air outlet;
- (b) a handle provided on the upper end of the surface cleaner, the handle having a hand grip portion that extends longitudinally between first and second opposed ends of the handle;
- (c) an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment chamber having an air treatment chamber air inlet, an air treatment chamber air outlet provided at the upper end of the air treatment chamber and an air treatment chamber axis that extends through the air treatment chamber air outlet from a lower end of the air treatment chamber to the upper end of the air treatment chamber;
- (d) a pre-motor filter provided in the air flow path, the pre-motor filter is provided at the upper end of the surface cleaner;
- and,
- (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path downstream from the air treatment chamber, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation and an air inlet end that faces towards the upper end of the surface cleaner,
- wherein the motor axis of rotation is transverse to the longitudinal axis and extends through the first end of the handle, and the air treatment chamber axis extends through the second end of the handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.