Patent ID: 8875342
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
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 cyclone comprising a cyclone air outlet and positioned in the air flow passage downstream of the dirty air inlet; (c) a suction motor provided in the air flow passage downstream of the cyclone; (d) a pre-motor filter upstream of the suction motor and downstream of the cyclone, the pre-motor filter having an upstream side and a downstream side; and, (e) a bleed valve having an air inlet, an airflow passageway having a longitudinal axis and an air outlet, the air outlet positioned between the suction motor and the downstream side of the pre-motor filter and the longitudinal axis intersecting the downstream side of the pre-motor filter.