Patent ID: 9101252
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (b) a main body comprising a front end, a rear end, first and second opposed sidewalls, a cavity defined between the first and second sidewalls, the cavity having an open upper end, an open front end and an open rear end positioned between the first and second opposed sidewalls and a suction motor provided in the air flow path; and, (c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path and being removably mounted in the cavity, the cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber having opposed end walls, an air outlet provided in one of the end walls a sidewall extending between the opposed end walls and a cyclone axis about which air circulates within the cyclone chamber, wherein when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted in the cavity the cyclone axis intersects the first and second sidewalls of the main body, the air outlet directing air exiting towards one of the first and second sidewalls, a forward facing portion of the bin sidewall is visible from the front end of the main body and a rearward facing portion of the bin side wall is visible from the rear end of the main body; and wherein each of the first and second opposed sidewalls comprises a wheel having a diameter larger than the diameter of the cyclone chamber.