Suction cleaners
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1. A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner, comprising a first cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at multiple interfaces extending axially along a longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body, wherein at least part of the interfaces between the first cyclone body components lies in a plane which also contains longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body.
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A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner comprises a cyclone body of which at least part is afforded by components which fit together at interfaces extending axially of the cyclone body. The components may also afford air inlet and dust outlet passages, and at least partially define a dust-collecting chamber.
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- 1. A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner, comprising a first cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at multiple interfaces extending axially along a longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body, wherein at least part of the interfaces between the first cyclone body components lies in a plane which also contains longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body.
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12. A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner, comprising a first cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at multiple interfaces extending axially along the first cyclone body;
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a second cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at interfaces that lie in a plane which contains an axis of the second cyclone body, wherein the first cyclone body is connected to the second cyclone body, wherein the first and second cyclone bodies are arranged in an end-to-end relationship with one another; wherein the first cyclone body components define a tangential air inlet passage and a tangential dust-outlet passage, wherein the inlet passage is at or adjacent a first end of the first cyclone body and the dust outlet passage is at or adjacent a second end of the first cyclone body, and wherein an outlet passage for air leaving the separator is provided by an outlet member extending axially of the separator from the first end of the first cyclone body having the inlet passage; wherein the second cyclone body includes an air inlet passage at or adjacent a first end of the second cyclone body and a dust outlet passage at or adjacent a second end of the second cyclone body, and an outlet passage for air leaving the separator is provided by an outlet member extending axially of the separator from the first end of the second cyclone body. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner, comprising a first cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at multiple interfaces extending axially along the first cyclone body, wherein the first cyclone body components define a tangential air inlet passage and a tangential dust outlet passage, wherein the inlet passage is at or adjacent a first end of the first cyclone body and the dust outlet passage is at or adjacent a second end of the first cyclone body, and wherein an outlet passage for air leaving the separator is provided by an outlet member extending axially of the separator from the first end of the first cyclone body having the inlet passage;
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a second cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at interfaces that lie in a plane which contains an axis of the second cyclone body, wherein the first cyclone body is connected to the second cyclone body; and an inlet member providing a branched passage leading to the air inlet passage of the first cyclone body and the air inlet passage of the second cyclone body.
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21. A cyclonic separator for a suction cleaner, comprising a first cyclone body formed from at least two components that fit together at multiple interfaces extending along the longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body, wherein the first cyclone body comprises:
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a tangential air inlet passage and a tangential dust outlet passage, wherein the inlet passage is at or adjacent a first end of the first cyclone body and the dust outlet passage is at or adjacent a second end of the first cyclone body; and an outlet passage for air leaving the first cyclone body is provided by an outlet member extending along the longitudinal axis of the first cyclone body, the outlet member having a first and a second end, wherein the first end extends from the first end of the first cyclone body having the inlet passage and the second end is positioned within the first cyclone body at a distance closer to the second end than the first end; and a removable plug attached to the second end of the first cyclone body for debris removal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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