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Upright vacuum cleaner with cyclonic air path

  • US 7,228,592 B2
  • Filed: 11/18/2005
  • Issued: 06/12/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a floor engaging base unit;

    a body unit pivotally mounted to the base unit;

    a suction generating device operatively associated with the vacuum cleaner to draw an airflow into the floor engaging base unit;

    a first dirt separation member comprising;

    a first inlet adapted to receive the airflow firm the floor engaging base unit,a first outlet,a first filter fluidly located between the first inlet and first outlet, the first filter having a filter surface extending in a first direction, the filter surface being adapted to pass the airflow radially therethrough, anda first collection chamber having a bottom disposed below the first filter and a side wall extending upwards from the bottom; and

    a second dirt separation member comprising;

    a cyclone body.a second inlet adapted to convey the airflow from the first outlet into the cyclone body,a second outlet adapted to convey the airflow from the second dirt separation member to the suction generating device, the second outlet comprising a cyclone outlet tube located within and at a first end of the cyclone body and extending in a second direction,a dirt outlet located at a second end of the cyclone body opposite the first end of the cyclone body, anda second collection chamber fluidly connected to the dirt outlet;

    wherein the first collection chamber and the second collection chamber are laterally disposed relative to one another.

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