Evacuation station for a mobile floor cleaning
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
An evacuation station for a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a stationary base portion and a removable portion, which comprises an air treatment chamber. The removable portion is moveable from an in-use position in which the removable portion is mounted to the stationary base portion to a removed position in which the removable portion is removed from the stationary base portion. In a plane transverse to a direction of flow of air through the evacuation station air inlet during a cleaning operation, the removable portion is L-shaped.
Claims19
An evacuation station for a surface cleaner, the evacuation station comprising:
- a) a stationary base portion having a front end, a rear end and laterally opposed sides;
- and,
- b) a removable portion comprising an air treatment chamber, the air treatment chamber comprises an air treatment chamber air inlet and an air treatment chamber air outlet, the removable portion is moveable from an in-use position in which the removable portion is mounted to the stationary base portion to a removed position in which the removable portion is removed from the stationary base portion, wherein, when the removable portion is in the in-use position, an air flow path extends from an evacuation station air inlet to an evacuation station air outlet and the air treatment chamber air outlet is upstream of the evacuation station air outlet,
- wherein, in a plane transverse to a direction of flow of air through the evacuation station air inlet during a cleaning operation, the removable portion is L-shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.