SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS
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Abstract
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, a push handle and an above floor cleaning assembly. The above floor cleaning assembly comprises a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode the above floor cleaning assembly is positioned between a front transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis of the surface cleaning head and is located at the front side of the cleaning unit and a rear transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis and is located at the rear side of the cleaning unit.
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40 Claims
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21. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, rear wheels, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet; (b) a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor therein, the cleaning unit having an upper end, a front side and a rear side and first and second opposed lateral sides; (c) a push handle comprising a longitudinally extending member having a longitudinally extending drive axis and a hand grip portion; and
,(d) an above floor cleaning assembly comprising a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode the above floor cleaning assembly is positioned between a front transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis and is located at the front side of the cleaning unit and a rear transverse plane that extends transverse to the central longitudinal axis and is located at the rear side of the cleaning unit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(e) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, rear wheels, a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, first and second laterally opposed sides, a dirty air inlet and a surface cleaning head air outlet; (f) a cleaning unit moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a generally upright position and a rearwardly inclined in use position, the cleaning unit comprising an air treatment member assembly comprising an air treatment member and a suction motor therein, the air treatment member having an upper end, a front side and a rear side and first and second opposed lateral sides; (g) a push handle comprising a longitudinally extending member having a longitudinally extending drive axis and a hand grip portion; and
,(h) an above floor cleaning assembly comprising a flexible conduit having an inlet end and an outlet end, wherein in a floor cleaning mode a front side of the entire above floor cleaning assembly is positioned forward of a rear side of the air treatment member. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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Specification