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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton, CA;
Inventor:
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton, CA;
Assignee:
G.B.D. Corp., Nassau, BS;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/20 (2006.01); A47L 5/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 7/0028 (2013.01); A47L 7/0038 (2013.01); A47L 9/1658 (2013.01); A47L 9/165 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/122 (2013.01); A47L 9/1666 (2013.01); A47L 9/20 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a filtration apparatus comprising a cyclone and an openable dirt collection chamber in communication with the cyclone dirt outlet. The dirt collection chamber has an openable end portion that comprises a wall that is intersected by the longitudinally extending axis, and when the end portion is in an open position, the cyclone chamber has an absence of any member having a larger diameter than the vortex finder whereby the dirt collection chamber and the cyclone are concurrently emptyable when the dirt collection chamber is opened.