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Surface cleaning apparatus

  • US 10,292,550 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

  • (a) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, rear wheels having a diameter, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet; and

    ,(b) an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the upright section comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising a cyclone, a suction motor and an air flow duct defining a tangential inlet to the cyclone, wherein the upright section has a motor receiving portion housing the suction motor and a lateral portion laterally spaced from the motor receiving portion and the air flow duct is positioned laterally from the motor receiving portion,wherein the air flow duct at a location of the tangential inlet has a cross-section in a direction transverse to a direction of flow through the air flow duct, the cross-section has a length in a lateral direction that is transverse to the central longitudinal axis that is greater than a depth of the cross section of the air flow duct in a direction of the central longitudinal axis, andwherein the air flow duct has a flow direction that is generally lateral.

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