VACUUM CLEANER WITH A DIVIDER
First Claim
1. A surface cleaning apparatus cleaner comprising:
- (a) a dirty air inlet;
(b) a handle;
(c) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal axis, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirty air inlet, a dirt outlet at a first end of the cyclone chamber and a fluid outlet spaced from the first end;
(d) a plate having a cyclone chamber surface;
(e) a passage extending between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber, the passage defined at least in part by first and second opposed walls extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis such that separated dirt travels at least outwardly as the dirt travels through the passage; and
,(f) an air flow motor.
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Abstract
An indoor vacuum cleaner comprises a dirty air inlet, a handle, a cyclone separator having an outer wall, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirty air inlet and a fluid outlet, a plate having a cyclone chamber surface and positioned to substantially divide the cyclone separator into a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber, each of the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber having an outer wall, the outer wall of each of the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber having an outer perimeter, the dirt collection chamber having a cyclone chamber end spaced from a dirt collection floor, a passage extending between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber, the passage configured such that separated dirt travels at least outwardly as the dirt travels through the passage and, an air flow motor.
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23 Claims
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus cleaner comprising:
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(a) a dirty air inlet; (b) a handle; (c) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal axis, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirty air inlet, a dirt outlet at a first end of the cyclone chamber and a fluid outlet spaced from the first end; (d) a plate having a cyclone chamber surface; (e) a passage extending between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber, the passage defined at least in part by first and second opposed walls extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis such that separated dirt travels at least outwardly as the dirt travels through the passage; and
,(f) an air flow motor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a dirty air inlet; (b) a handle; (c) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal axis, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirty air inlet, a fluid outlet and a dirt outlet at a dirt outlet end of the cyclone chamber; (d) a plate having a cyclone chamber surface; (e) a passage extending between the cyclone chamber surface and an end surface at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone chamber, wherein the dirt outlet comprises an opening in the end surface, the opening is in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber surface having an area that is larger then the area of the opening and, (f) an air flow motor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a dirty air inlet; (b) a handle; (c) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal axis, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirty air inlet, a dirt outlet at a first end of the cyclone chamber; (d) a plate having a cyclone chamber surface; (e) a passage extending between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber, the passage comprising a first portion that extends in a first direction and a second portion that extends in a second direction that is at an angle to the first direction; and
,(f) an air flow motor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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Specification