Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited

Techtronic Industries Company Limited

Jennifer Kathryn Marsden

Gavin Burnham

Darren David Holmes

Kevin Michael Vail

John Bantum

Simon Matthew Pougher

Samuel William Bennett

Ryan P Springell

Piers C Storey

Mohammed Irfan

Lee Pearson

Keith G Faskin

Edward Thomas George Barrett

Samuel W Bennett

Colin Noble

Keith Faskin

Robert Alexander Hankin

Rowan Williams

A floor cleaning machine including a handle that pivots relative to a base about a pivot axis. A recovery tank is coupled to the handle in fluid communication with a suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through a suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine further includes an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a reclined position. The hose is in a retracted configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a substantially upright position. The hose at least partially wraps around the pivot axis with the pivot axis being between a portion of the hose wrapped around the pivot axis and the surface being cleaned in the expanded and the retracted configurations.

Floor cleaning machine

A floor cleaning machine including a base including a suction nozzle and a distribution nozzle, a handle pivotably coupled to the base about a pivot axis, a supply tank assembly coupled to the handle, and a suction motor assembly in fluid communication with the suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine further includes a recovery tank coupled to the handle in fluid communication with the suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through the suction nozzle and an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted to a substantially upright position and the hose is in a retracted configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a reclined position and the hose at least partially wraps around the pivot axis in the expanded and the retracted configurations.

A dust separator/collector assembly for a vacuum cleaner, comprising a housing, a first cyclone having an inlet and outlet for suction airflow, and an outlet for separated dust, a plurality of second cyclones, having respective inlets arranged to receive air from the outlet of the first cyclone, and further having respective air outlets and outlets for separated further dust, wherein the first cyclone is disposed in a lower region of the housing and the second cyclones are disposed in an upper region of the housing and wherein the first cyclone comprises a generally cylindrical cyclone body having a tangential inlet duct for suction airflow at a lower part of the cyclone body, and an upwardly extending outlet for suction airflow leading to the inlets of the second cyclone.

Dust separation in vacuum cleaners

A floor cleaning machine for cleaning a surface includes a body having a suction nozzle thereon, a handle pivotably coupled to the body and having a motor housing portion, and a suction motor assembly operable to draw fluid and dirt from the surface through the suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine also includes a recovery tank coupled to the handle in fluid communication with the suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through the suction nozzle and an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in one of a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted to a substantially upright position, and the other when pivoted to a reclined position. The hose at least partially wraps around the motor housing portion when in the expanded configuration.

A suction cleaner () comprising a body (); a compartment () for accommodating a dust collection bag (); and a source of suction () for causing suction airflow into a bag in the compartment, wherein the source of suction is disposed at least partially beneath the compartment and communicates therewith by a passage () which extends from an upper region of the compartment.

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jennifer Kathryn Marsden