Liquid pick-up appliances for use in surface cleaning or drying

摘要

An appliance for picking up liquid by means of suction includes a collection container (10) with an air/liquid separator (30) arranged at a corner between two adjacent walls (13,14) of the container and extending obliquely relative to both side walls. The oblique arrangement of the separator (30) enables the appliance to be used in a vertical or horizontal orientation. The separator (30) comprises an inlet tube (31) which terminates in an outwardly widening outlet end portion (33) which discharges directly into the collection container (10). The inlet tube (31) and end portion (33) extend into the container (10) through an air outlet chamber (20) which is connected at an outlet opening (17) of the container (10). A filter element (40) is provided at the mouth (24) of the outlet chamber (20) and around the outlet end portion (33) of the inlet tube (31). <IMAGE>