Surface cleaning apparatus
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1. A hand vac comprising:
- (a) a body housing a suction motor and having an upper end, a lower end, a front end and a rear end;
(b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber that extends along a cyclone axis and has a sidewall, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber comprising two dirt outlets provided in a lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber wherein a front dirt outlet is positioned on a front side of the cyclone chamber and a rear dirt outlet is positioned on a rear side of the cyclone chamber wherein a plane bisecting the housing along a front to rear direction extends through each of the front dirt outlet and the rear dirt outlet and wherein the lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber at an elevation of the dirt outlets is continuous from the front dirt outlet to the rear dirt outlet;
(c) a handle positioned rearward of the cyclone bin assembly, the handle extending upwardly and forwardly from a lower end of the handle to an upper end of the handle when the hand vac is oriented with the upper end above the lower end and the cyclone axis is vertically oriented; and
,(d) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided on the front end of the body to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the cyclone chamber.
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Abstract
A hand carriable surface cleaning apparatus, such as a cyclonic hand vacuum cleaner, is provided wherein the cyclone chamber has two dirt outlets.
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1. A hand vac comprising:
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(a) a body housing a suction motor and having an upper end, a lower end, a front end and a rear end; (b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber that extends along a cyclone axis and has a sidewall, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber comprising two dirt outlets provided in a lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber wherein a front dirt outlet is positioned on a front side of the cyclone chamber and a rear dirt outlet is positioned on a rear side of the cyclone chamber wherein a plane bisecting the housing along a front to rear direction extends through each of the front dirt outlet and the rear dirt outlet and wherein the lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber at an elevation of the dirt outlets is continuous from the front dirt outlet to the rear dirt outlet; (c) a handle positioned rearward of the cyclone bin assembly, the handle extending upwardly and forwardly from a lower end of the handle to an upper end of the handle when the hand vac is oriented with the upper end above the lower end and the cyclone axis is vertically oriented; and
,(d) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided on the front end of the body to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the cyclone chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A hand vac comprising:
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(a) a body housing a suction motor and having an upper end, a lower end, a front end and a rear end; (b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber having a sidewall, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber comprising two dirt outlets provided in a lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber wherein a front dirt outlet is positioned on a front side of the cyclone chamber and a rear dirt outlet is positioned on a rear side of the cyclone chamber, wherein a plane bisecting the housing along a front to rear direction extends through each of the front dirt outlet and the rear dirt outlet and wherein the lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber at an elevation of the dirt outlets is continuous from the front dirt outlet to the rear dirt outlet; (c) a handle positioned rearward of the cyclone bin assembly, the handle extending upwardly and forwardly along a substantially linear handle axis from a lower end of the handle to an upper end of the handle when the hand vac is oriented with the upper end above the lower end; and
,(d) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the cyclone chamber. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A hand vac comprising:
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(a) a body housing a suction motor and having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, and a rear end; (b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber having an upper end wall, a sidewall extending downward from the upper end wall to a lower end wall, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, a front dirt outlet, a rear dirt outlet wherein each of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber and the lower end wall has a front portion, a rear portion and laterally opposed side portions extending between the front and rear portions of the lower end wall, wherein at least one laterally opposed side portion of the lower end wall abuts a corresponding laterally opposed side of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber and wherein a plane bisecting the housing along a front to rear direction extends through each of the front dirt outlet and the rear dirt outlet and wherein the lower portion of the sidewall of the cyclone chamber at an elevation of the dirt outlets is continuous from the front dirt outlet to the rear dirt outlet; and
,(c) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the cyclone chamber. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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