US 11,700,984 B2
Configuration of a surface cleaning apparatus
Wayne Ernest Conrad, Hampton (CA)
Assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton (CA)
Filed by Omachron Intellectual Property Inc., Hampton (CA)
Filed on May 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,910.
Application 16/864,910 is a continuation of application No. 14/475,219, filed on Sep. 2, 2014, granted, now 10,765,277.
Application 14/475,219 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/036,818, filed on Sep. 25, 2013, granted, now 9,301,662, issued on Apr. 5, 2016.
Application 14/036,818 is a continuation of application No. 13/396,918, filed on Feb. 15, 2012, granted, now 8,567,006, issued on Oct. 29, 2013.
Application 14/475,219 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/721,128, filed on Mar. 10, 2010, granted, now 8,950,039, issued on Feb. 10, 2015.
Application 12/721,128 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/675,512, filed on Feb. 26, 2010, abandoned.
Application 12/675,512 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/675,540, filed on Feb. 26, 2010, granted, now 9,027,201, issued on May 12, 2015.
Application 12/675,540 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/675,636, previously published as PCT/CA2008/001519, filed on NaN, NaN.
Application 13/396,918 is a continuation of application No. 11/954,310, filed on Dec. 12, 2007, granted, now 8,166,607, issued on May 1, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/869,586, filed on Dec. 12, 2006.
Claims priority of application No. CA 2599303 (CA), filed on Aug. 29, 2007; and application No. CA 2658005 (CA), filed on Mar. 11, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0253435 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 5/36 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 5/225 (2013.01) [A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 5/36 (2013.01); A47L 9/1666 (2013.01); A47L 9/327 (2013.01); A47L 5/28 (2013.01); A47L 9/1625 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
a surface cleaning head having the dirty air inlet, the surface cleaning head having a pivoting connector;
a support pivotally mounted to the surface cleaning head by the pivoting connector;
a surface cleaning unit vertically removably mounted to an upper end of the support, the surface cleaning unit comprising:
(i) a cyclone unit positioned in the air flow passage, the cyclone unit comprising a cyclone chamber having a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone chamber;
(ii) a pre-motor filter positioned in the air flow passage downstream from the cyclone air outlet;
(iii) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage downstream from the pre-motor filter; and,
(iv) a flexible hose
wherein, when the surface cleaning unit is mounted to the support and the support extends vertically, the cyclone unit is mounted to an upper end of a suction motor housing and the surface cleaning unit is in a storage orientation and
wherein the cyclone unit is removably mounted to an upper end of the suction motor housing, and
wherein, when the surface cleaning unit is in the storage orientation, the cyclone unit has an openable upper end and, when the upper end of the cyclone unit is opened, the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are concurrently opened, and
wherein, when the surface cleaning unit is in the storage orientation mounted, the cyclone air inlet and the cyclone air outlet are provided at a lower end of the cyclone chamber and a dirt outlet is provided at an upper end of the cyclone chamber.