CYCLONIC SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH A FILTRATION CHAMBER EXTERNAL TO THE CYCLONE
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a dirty air inlet;
(b) a filtration apparatus comprising a cyclone downstream from the dirty air inlet, the cyclone having a cyclone air outlet;
(c) a cyclone dirt collection chamber;
(d) a suction motor;
(e) a clean air outlet downstream from the suction motor; and
,(f) an openable filtration chamber comprising a screen, the filtration chamber is mounted to the surface cleaning apparatus and positioned downstream from the cyclone air outlet and upstream from the suction motor.
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a filtration apparatus comprising a cyclone downstream from the dirty air inlet and an openable filtration chamber comprising a screen downstream from the cyclone and upstream from the suction motor. The filtration chamber is accordingly a separate volume to that of the cyclone chamber and accordingly may be accessed to clean the screen independently of opening the cyclone chamber.
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a dirty air inlet; (b) a filtration apparatus comprising a cyclone downstream from the dirty air inlet, the cyclone having a cyclone air outlet; (c) a cyclone dirt collection chamber; (d) a suction motor; (e) a clean air outlet downstream from the suction motor; and
,(f) an openable filtration chamber comprising a screen, the filtration chamber is mounted to the surface cleaning apparatus and positioned downstream from the cyclone air outlet and upstream from the suction motor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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