Surface cleaning apparatus with enlarged dirt collection chamber
AssigneeG.B.D. Corp.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The surface cleaning apparatus comprises a dirt inlet, a clean air outlet and a fluid flow path extending between the dirt inlet and the clean air outlet. The surface cleaning apparatus further comprises first and second side by side housings. The first housing comprises a cyclonic cleaning stage in the fluid flow path. The cyclonic cleaning stage comprises a cyclone having a dirt outlet. An associated dirt collection chamber is positioned below the dirt outlet. The dirt collection chamber extends under at least a portion of the first and second housings. The surface cleaning apparatus further comprises a fluid flow motor in the fluid flow path.
Claims21
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a dirt inlet, a clean air outlet and a fluid flow path extending between the dirt inlet and the clean air outlet;
- (b) first and second side by side housings, the first housing comprising a cyclonic cleaning stage in the fluid flow path comprising a cyclone having a dirt outlet, a divider plate positioned adjacent the dirt outlet of the cyclone and a cyclone axis;
- (c) an associated dirt collection chamber extending under at least a portion of the first and second housings and having a door that is openable, and the divider plate is mounted to the door;
- and,
- (d) a fluid flow motor in the fluid flow path and having a motor axis.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a dirt inlet, a clean air outlet, and a fluid flow path extending between the dirt inlet and the clean air outlet;
- (b) a fluid flow motor in the fluid flow path having a motor axis;
- (c) a cyclonic cleaning stage in the fluid flow path and having a cyclone axis, the cyclonic cleaning stage being laterally spaced from the fluid flow motor, the cyclonic cleaning stage comprising a cyclone having a dirt outlet;
- (d) an associated dirt collection chamber extending under at least a portion of the cyclonic cleaning stage and the fluid flow motor, the associated dirt collection chamber having an openable door;
- and,
- (e) another cyclonic cleaning stage positioned above the cyclonic cleaning stage and comprising a plurality of cyclones in parallel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.