Patent ID: 8296900
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path; and, (c) a cyclone having a cyclone air inlet comprising a passage provided on a wall of the cyclone and a cyclone air outlet, the cyclone being removable from the surface cleaning apparatus with the cyclone inlet the cyclone being positioned in the air flow path when mounted to the surface cleaning apparatus, the cyclone is mountable to the surface cleaning apparatus in a mounting direction; (d) an air inlet seal positioned in a first plane and sealing the cyclone air inlet to the airflow passage; (e) an air outlet seal positioned in a second, non-orthogonal plane and sealing the cyclone air outlet to the airflow passage; and, (f) the air inlet seal and the air outlet seal are concurrently sealed by movement of the cyclone in the mounting direction.