All in the head surface cleaning apparatus
First Claim
1. An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a surface cleaning head comprising;
(i) a front end, a rear end, a lower end having a dirty air inlet and first and second laterally opposed sidewalls;
(ii) a brush motor drivingly connected to a moveable brushing member, the brush motor having a brush motor axis;
(iii) a cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and positioned forward or rearward of the cyclone chamber, the cyclone having a longitudinal cyclone axis; and
,(iv) a suction motor positioned at the rear end of the surface cleaning head, the suction motor having a first end, a second end and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends; and
(b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper portion comprising a drive handle;
wherein there is an absence of an operating component of the surface cleaning apparatus between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber.
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Abstract
An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet and first and second laterally opposed sidewalls. The surface cleaning head may include a brush motor drivingly connected to a moveable brushing member, the brush motor having a brush motor axis. The surface cleaning head may include a cyclone assembly having a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and positioned forward or rearward of the cyclone chamber. The cyclone may have a longitudinal cyclone axis. The surface cleaning head may include a suction motor having a first end, a second end and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends. An upper portion may be mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, and may include drive handle.
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23 Claims
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1. An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a surface cleaning head comprising; (i) a front end, a rear end, a lower end having a dirty air inlet and first and second laterally opposed sidewalls; (ii) a brush motor drivingly connected to a moveable brushing member, the brush motor having a brush motor axis; (iii) a cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and positioned forward or rearward of the cyclone chamber, the cyclone having a longitudinal cyclone axis; and
,(iv) a suction motor positioned at the rear end of the surface cleaning head, the suction motor having a first end, a second end and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends; and (b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper portion comprising a drive handle; wherein there is an absence of an operating component of the surface cleaning apparatus between the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a surface cleaning head comprising; (i) a front end, a rear end, a lower end having a dirty air inlet and first and second laterally opposed sidewalls; (ii) a brush motor drivingly connected to a moveable brushing member, the brush motor having a brush motor axis; (iii) a cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone chamber having a closed lower end, a dirt outlet and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and positioned forward or rearward of the cyclone chamber, the cyclone having a longitudinal cyclone axis, wherein the dirt outlet faces upwardly; and
,(iv) a suction motor having a first end, a second end and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends; and (b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper portion comprising a drive handle.
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23. An all in the head surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a surface cleaning head comprising; (i) a front end, a rear end, a lower end having a dirty air inlet and first and second laterally opposed sidewalls; (ii) a brush motor drivingly connected to a moveable brushing member housed in a brush chamber, the brush motor having a brush motor axis; (iii) a cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and positioned forward or rearward of the cyclone chamber, the cyclone having a longitudinal cyclone axis; and
,(iv) a suction motor having a first end, a second end and a suction motor axis extending between the first and second ends; and (b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position, the upper portion comprising a drive handle; wherein the dirt collection chamber extends from the cyclone chamber to the brush chamber along all of the length of the cyclone chamber in the direction of the cyclone axis.
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Specification