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SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS

  • US 20190328188A1
  • Filed: 06/13/2019
  • Published: 10/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a cyclone and a suction motor positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone comprising:

  • (a) a cyclone chamber having a longitudinally extending cyclone axis of rotation, a first end, an opposed end spaced apart in a longitudinal axial direction from the first end, a cyclone chamber sidewall, a cyclone air inlet located at the first end, a cyclone air outlet located at the opposed end, a dirt outlet and a screen member; and

    ,(b) a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and in communication with the cyclone chamber via the dirt outlet,wherein the dirt collection chamber has first and second axially opposed ends, the second end of the dirt collection chamber is located closer to the opposed end of the cyclone chamber than the first end of the dirt collection chamber is to the opposed end of the cyclone chamber and the first end of the dirt collection chamber has a first end wall that is spaced axially inwardly from the opposed end of the cyclone chamber, and the dirt outlet is provided in the first end wall.

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