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US 7,329,294 B2Granted
Dirt container for a surface cleaning apparatus and method of use
AssigneePolar Light Limited
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A dirt container for a surface cleaning apparatus is constructed from an air impermeable material and exterior walls of sufficient rigidity to maintain the shape of the dirt container. The dirt container may be supplied in a disassembled condition and assembled by a consumer prior to use.
Claims57
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- and,
- (b) a disposable dirt container constructed from an air impermeable material, the dirt container being removably receivable in the housing and including at least one cyclone.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- and,
- (b) a disposable dirt container constructed from an air impermeable material, the dirt container being removably receivable in the housing and having an inlet and a closure member movable between an open position in which the inlet is open and a closed position in which the inlet is closed;
- and,
- (c) an actuator drivingly connectable to the closure member.
2 more elements
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing having a recess and an access panel which is moveably mounted between a closed position in which the recess is closed and an open position;
- and,
- (b) a disposable dirt container constructed from an air impermeable material, the dirt container being removably receivable in the recess and is removably mounted to the access panel.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing;
- (b) a disposable dirt container constructed from an air impermeable material, the dirt container being removably receivable in the housing;
- and,
- (c) the dirt container is configurable between an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration and, when the dirt container is in the disassembled configuration, the dirt container is at least partially nestable in another dirt container.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.