Surface cleaning apparatus with liner bag
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
- (a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet;
(b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor downstream from the at least one cyclone;
(c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having a longitudinally extending axis;
(d) a material collection chamber comprising a wall with an opening, the opening comprising a cyclone material outlet;
(e) a divider plate positioned in the material collection chamber, the divider plate spaced from and facing the material outlet, a direction of the longitudinally extending axis; and
,(f) a liner bag securable in the material collection chamber.
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Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. In some embodiments, the surface cleaning apparatus comprises a member having a dirty fluid inlet. A fluid flow path extends from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and includes a suction motor. At least one cyclone is positioned in the fluid flow path and has at least one material outlet and a divider plate associated with the material outlet. A material collection chamber is in flow communication with the at least one cyclone. The apparatus further comprises a liner bag retaining member.
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1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet; (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor downstream from the at least one cyclone; (c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having a longitudinally extending axis; (d) a material collection chamber comprising a wall with an opening, the opening comprising a cyclone material outlet; (e) a divider plate positioned in the material collection chamber, the divider plate spaced from and facing the material outlet, a direction of the longitudinally extending axis; and
,(f) a liner bag securable in the material collection chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
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(a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet; (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor downstream from the at least one cyclone; (c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having a cyclone chamber, at least one material outlet at an outlet end of the cyclone chamber, a longitudinally extending axis and, an air outlet; (d) a material collection chamber axially spaced from the at least one cyclone, the material collection chamber having a cross sectional area in a direction transverse to the longitudinally extending axis that is larger than a cross sectional area of the outlet end of the cyclone chamber; (e) a divider plate positioned in the material collection chamber, the divider plate spaced from the air outlet and axially spaced from and facing the material outlet and having a portion that extends across a central portion of the cyclone; and
,(f) a liner bag removably positionable in the material collection chamber. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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