SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including a suction motor;
(b) a cyclone bin assembly positioned in the air flow passage and comprising a bin first end, an opposed bin second end axially spaced apart from the bin first end in an axial direction and a cyclone bin assembly sidewall located between the bin first and second ends, the cyclone bin assembly sidewall surrounding a contiguous interior volume and comprising;
i) a first sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and having a first width in a lateral direction generally orthogonal to the axial direction;
ii) a second sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and having a second width in the lateral direction wherein the second width is narrower than the first width;
iii) a third sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall portion, the third sidewall portion having a third width in the lateral direction that is greater than the second width;
iv) a first inclined transition portion connecting the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion and narrowing from the first width to the second width; and
,v) a second inclined transition portion connecting the second sidewall portion and the third sidewall portion and widening from the second width to the third width.
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A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone bin assembly having a sidewall surrounding a contiguous interior volume and comprising multiple segments if different profile and width.
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including a suction motor; (b) a cyclone bin assembly positioned in the air flow passage and comprising a bin first end, an opposed bin second end axially spaced apart from the bin first end in an axial direction and a cyclone bin assembly sidewall located between the bin first and second ends, the cyclone bin assembly sidewall surrounding a contiguous interior volume and comprising; i) a first sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and having a first width in a lateral direction generally orthogonal to the axial direction; ii) a second sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and having a second width in the lateral direction wherein the second width is narrower than the first width; iii) a third sidewall portion extending at least nearly parallel to the axial direction and disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall portion, the third sidewall portion having a third width in the lateral direction that is greater than the second width; iv) a first inclined transition portion connecting the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion and narrowing from the first width to the second width; and
,v) a second inclined transition portion connecting the second sidewall portion and the third sidewall portion and widening from the second width to the third width. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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