Cyclonic surface cleaning apparatus with externally positioned dirt chamber

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a surface cleaning nozzle having a dirty air inlet that is downwardly oriented; (b) a filtration apparatus comprising a cyclone downstream from the dirty air inlet, the cyclone having a cyclone chamber, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet, and a lower openable portion, wherein the lower openable portion of the cyclone comprises a cyclone dirt collection surface and the cyclone air outlet; (c) a downwardly openable dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber in communication with the dirt outlet, the dirt collection chamber having a lower openable end portion that comprises a dirt collection surface, and the lower end portion of the dirt collection chamber is openable concurrently with the lower openable portion of the cyclone; (d) a suction motor; and, (e) a clean air outlet downstream from the suction motor.