Vacuum cleaner

• Main Authors: Jorge de Melo Delgado Goncalves, Kent Been Lee, Harriet Rebecca White, Yiu Zhi Liong, Daniel John Jones, Samuel Steven Cole, David Christopher James Newton, Remco Douwinus Vuijk, Benedict Nicholas Samuels, Nicholas Michael Schneider, Stefan Koch
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.02.2024
• Subjects: COFFEE MILLS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

A vacuum cleaner comprising a handle (2018, fig.34), part of a battery assembly 2000, and a separation system 100 comprising a chamber (122, fig.13) housing a filter (202, fig.13), preferably U-shaped (i.e., C-shaped or curved) in cross-section, for filtering airflow entering through an airflow inlet (140, fig.6), which extends in a direction parallel to a first axis along which the airflow enters the chamber, wherein the handle extends along an axis parallel to the first axis. A second filter (208, fig.13), preferably of flat cross-sectional shape, may underlie the first filter such that airflow flows through it after flowing through the first filter in a direction orthogonal to the first axis. The airflow may then flow to an outlet channel (310, fig.17) underlying the filter, which extends parallel to the first axis, and into a motor assembly 1000 before exiting the device. The chamber may be defined by a bin body (108, fig.13) for collecting dirt, where a bin interlock member inhibits removal of the bin body from a core (300, fig.16) or the separation system when a cleanerhead 3000 is attached.