Surface cleaning apparatus with liner bag
AssigneeG.B.D. Corp.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. In some embodiments, the surface cleaning apparatus comprises a member having a dirty fluid inlet. A fluid flow path extends from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and includes a suction motor. At least one cyclone is positioned in the fluid flow path and has at least one material outlet and a divider plate associated with the material outlet. A material collection chamber is in flow communication with the at least one cyclone. The apparatus further comprises a liner bag retaining member.
Claims21
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet;
- (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor downstream from the at least one cyclone;
- (c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having a longitudinally extending axis;
- (d) a material collection chamber comprising a wall with an opening, the opening comprising a cyclone material outlet;
- (e) a divider plate positioned in the material collection chamber, the divider plate spaced from and facing the material outlet, a direction of the longitudinally extending axis;
- and,
- (f) a liner bag securable in the material collection chamber.
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet;
- (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor downstream from the at least one cyclone;
- (c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having a cyclone chamber, at least one material outlet at an outlet end of the cyclone chamber, a longitudinally extending axis and, an air outlet;
- (d) a material collection chamber axially spaced from the at least one cyclone, the material collection chamber having a cross sectional area in a direction transverse to the longitudinally extending axis that is larger than a cross sectional area of the outlet end of the cyclone chamber;
- (e) a divider plate positioned in the material collection chamber, the divider plate spaced from the air outlet and axially spaced from and facing the material outlet and having a portion that extends across a central portion of the cyclone;
- and,
- (f) a liner bag removably positionable in the material collection chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.