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Surface cleaning apparatus

  • US 10,441,124 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2016
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • 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, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends in a forward rearward direction, first and second laterally opposed sides that are spaced apart in a lateral direction, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet, wherein the lateral direction is perpendicular to the forward rearward direction;

    (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 having a cleaning unit, and a push handle, the cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor housing having a suction motor therein and the push handle comprising a longitudinally extending member having a longitudinally extending drive axis and a hand grip portion provided at an upper end of the longitudinally extending member wherein the drive axis extends through the air treatment member assembly and the suction motor housing, wherein the air treatment member assembly has first and second laterally spaced apart sides that are spaced apart in the lateral direction; and

    ,(c) a rotatable mount rotatably mounting the upright section with respect to the surface cleaning head about an upright section axis wherein the rotatable mount is generally centrally positioned in the forward rearward direction beneath a volume defined by the air treatment member assembly when the upright section is in the generally upright position, and the rotatable mount is positioned in the lateral direction between the first and second laterally spaced apart sides of the air treatment member assembly,wherein the air treatment member assembly further comprises a dirt collection region exterior to and laterally spaced with respect to the air treatment member and an up flow duct is positioned behind the dirt collection region.

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