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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Mason Isaac Greene, Auburn, AL (US);
Inventor:
Mason Isaac Greene, Auburn, AL (US);
Assignee:
Euro-Pro Operating LLC, Newton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber has an air inlet and an opposed end. The dirt outlet from the cyclone chamber comprises a gap at the terminal end of a cyclone chamber wall proximate the opposed end. A shroud extends inwardly into the cyclone chamber from the opposed end and is preferably tapered in the upstream direction.