Patent ID: 11950745
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a suction motor positioned in the air flow path; and,
(b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber positioned in the air flow path and a dirt collection chamber, the cyclone chamber has a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet, a cyclone chamber first end having a cyclone chamber first end wall, a cyclone chamber second end having a cyclone chamber second end wall and cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the cyclone chamber first end wall and the cyclone chamber second end wall, the dirt collection chamber having a dirt collection chamber first end having a dirt collection chamber first end wall and an axially spaced apart dirt collection chamber second end having dirt collection chamber second end wall, a portion of the dirt collection chamber is spaced from the cyclone chamber in a direction transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation whereby the portion faces towards the cyclone chamber and is separated from the cyclone chamber by a sidewall,
wherein a first end of the cyclone bin assembly comprises at least a portion of the cyclone chamber, at least a portion of the dirt collection chamber and at least a portion of the sidewall, the first end of the cyclone bin assembly is rotationally mounted between a closed position and an open position in which the second end of the cyclone chamber and the second end of the dirt collection chamber are opened.