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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton, CA;
Inventor:
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton, CA;
Assignee:
Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); B65F 1/10 (2006.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65F 1/14 (2013.01); A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/16 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); B65F 1/105 (2013.01); B65F 1/1607 (2013.01); A47L 2201/024 (2013.01); B65F 2210/129 (2013.01);
Abstract
A free standing apparatus for emptying a dirt collection chamber of a surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow passage from an inlet port to a clean air outlet wherein the dirt collection chamber of the surface cleaning apparatus is removably positionable in air flow communication with the inlet port. An air treatment member is positioned in the air flow passage downstream from the inlet port, the air treatment member comprising a cyclone and an additional cyclonic cleaning stage. A suction motor is positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the clean air outlet of the air flow passage.