Patent ID: 11857140
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a cyclone, the cyclone comprising a cyclone chamber having an air inlet, a vortex finder, a first end wall that provides a first end surface of the cyclone chamber, a second end wall that provides a second end surface of the cyclone chamber, a cyclone sidewall and a cyclone axis of rotation;
(b) the air inlet comprises an opening provided in the cyclone sidewall and the opening has a width in a plane transverse to a direction of airflow through the opening, the air inlet is provided at a first juncture of the cyclone sidewall and the first end wall; and,
(c) the vortex finder is provided on the first end wall and has a vortex sidewall that meets the first end wall at a second juncture, the vortex sidewall is spaced radially inwardly from the cyclone sidewall by a radial distance, the radial distance is greater than the width of the opening by a radial offset distance whereby air entering the cyclone chamber through the cyclone air inlet is spaced from the vortex finder,
wherein the first juncture and an adjacent portion of the opening in the sidewall are rounded and at least a portion of the first juncture has a radius that is approximately equal to a radius of the opening in the sidewall.