Patent ID: 9155433
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A47L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A floor cleaning apparatus comprising: a body including a suction inlet and an exhaust outlet; a dirt collection vessel carried on the body; a suction generator carried on the body, said suction generator moving an airstream through said suction inlet, said dirt collection vessel and said exhaust outlet; a filter drawer carried on said body; a filter carried in said filter drawer, said filter being displaceable between a home position and an operating position in said filter drawer; an airstream port on said body; a filter stop on said body displacing said filter from said home position to said operating position in said filter drawer and thereby aligning said filter with said airstream port as said filter drawer is moved from a fully opened position toward a fully closed position; and a cam arrangement to positively displace said filter against said airstream port when said filter drawer is fully closed.