COMPACT SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS

• US 20120222251A1
• Filed: 03/04/2011
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
• Original Assignee: GBD Corporation (G.B.D.)
• Inventors: Conrad, Wayne Ernest
• Granted Patent: US 9,211,044 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/347
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 5/24 Hand-supported suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0018 integrated in or removably mounted upon the suction cleaner for storing parts of said suction cleaner
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0027 specially adapted for holding the suction cleaning tools
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0036 specially adapted for holding the suction hose
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/12 Dry filters
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/149 Emptying means; Reusable bags
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1608 Cyclonic chamber constructions
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1666 with filtering means
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1683 Dust collecting chambers; Dust collecting receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/1691 Mounting or coupling means for cyclonic chamber or dust receptacles
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/242 Hose or pipe couplings
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2842 Suction motors or blowers
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2857 User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2894 Details related to signal transmission in suction cleaners
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/322 for hand-supported suction cleaners

Abstract

A surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. The surface cleaning apparatus may also comprise a main body comprising a suction motor provided in the air flow path. A cyclone bin assembly may be provided in the air flow path and may be removably mounted to the main body. The cyclone bin assembly may comprise a cyclone chamber. A hose connector may be provided on the main body. The hose connector may comprise a portion of the air flow path from the dirty air inlet to the cyclone bin assembly. The hose connector may be nested in the cyclone bin assembly when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the main body.

Claims

1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;

b) a main body comprising a suction motor provided in the air flow path;

c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path and removably mounted to the main body, the cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber; and

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d) a hose connector provided on the main body, the hose connector comprising a portion of the air flow path from the dirty air inlet to the cyclone bin assembly.

2. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the hose connector is in line with a tangential inlet of the cyclone chamber.

3. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the hose connector is nested in the cyclone bin assembly when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the main body.

4. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 3 wherein the cyclone bin assembly further comprises a dirt collection chamber and the hose connector is nested in the dirt collection chamber.

5. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the main body comprises a platform on which the cyclone bin assembly is removably mounted and the hose connector is provided on the platform.

6. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 4 wherein the hose connector is fixedly provided on the platform.

7. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cyclone bin assembly has a recess for removably receiving the hose connector.

8. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 7 wherein the recess is provided in a lower surface of the cyclone bin assembly.

9. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 7 wherein the hose connector is slidably receivable in the recess.

10. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 7 wherein the cyclone bin assembly is mountable on the main body upon movement in a particular direction and the hose connector has a flange at an air outlet end of the hose connector and the flange is sealingly mateable with a wall extending in the particular direction.

11. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a flexible suction hose extending between a cleaning head or cleaning tool and the hose connector.

12. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 1 wherein the surface cleaning apparatus is a portable surface cleaning apparatus.

13. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 12 wherein the cyclone bin assembly further comprises a handle for the surface cleaning apparatus.

14. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;

b) a main body comprising a suction motor provided in the air flow path;

c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path and removably mounted to the main body, the cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber; and

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d) a hose connector comprising a portion of the air flow path from the dirty air inlet to the cyclone bin assembly, wherein the hose connector is nested in the cyclone bin assembly when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the main body.

15. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 14 wherein the hose connector is in line with a tangential inlet of the cyclone chamber.

16. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 14 wherein the main body comprises a platform on which the cyclone bin assembly is removably mounted.

17. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 14 wherein the cyclone bin assembly has a recess provided in a lower surface of the cyclone bin assembly in which the hose connector is mounted.

18. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 14 wherein the surface cleaning apparatus is a portable surface cleaning apparatus.

19. The surface cleaning apparatus of claim 18 wherein the cyclone bin assembly further comprises a handle for the surface cleaning apparatus.