Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.

A wet/dry surface cleaner has a surface cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a reclined surface cleaning position. A solid and liquid separation stage has a solid and liquid collection chamber. A liquid porous divider is provided in the solid and liquid collection chamber. The solid and liquid collection chamber has a lower region comprising a liquid collection region that is located below the liquid porous divider and solid material collects on the liquid porous divider. A baffle is provided in the liquid collection region below the liquid porous divider.

A wet/dry surface cleaner has a surface cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a reclined surface cleaning position. A solid and liquid separation stage is removably positionable on the upright section. The solid and liquid separation stage has a solid and liquid collection chamber that has a liquid porous divider provided therein. A liquid collection region is located below the divider and solid material collects on the liquid porous divider. An inlet conduit extends upwardly through a lower wall of the solid and liquid collection chamber and an internal wall partially surrounds an outlet end of the inlet conduit.

A robotic surface cleaner includes a cleaning member and at least one suction member. The robotic surface cleaner can move autonomously between different regions of the underlying surface to be cleaned. The suction member can be adjusted between an anchor condition in which the suction member is secured to the surface and a release condition in which the suction member is disengaged from the underlying surface. In the anchor condition, the suction member can maintain contact between the cleaning member and the underlying surface being cleaned to ensure the cleaning member remains in contact with the underlying surface while performing a cleaning action. The suction member may also allow the cleaning member to clean the underlying surface more vigorously, for instance to clean soiled or stained surface regions.

An evacuation station for a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a stationary base portion and an removable portion comprising an air treatment assembly that is moveably mounted to the stationary base portion. A pre-motor filter is exposed when the removably portion is removed from the stationary portion.

A docking station for a vacuum cleaner has a first separation stage comprising an air treatment chamber having an air treatment chamber air inlet. A second separation stage is provided downstream from the first separation stage and laterally positioned beside the first separation stage wherein, when the docking station is positioned on a floor in an in use position, a horizontal plane extends through the first and second separation stages and the second separation stage has an upper end. In operation, air travels laterally from the upper end of the first separation stage to the upper end of the second separation stage. A bottom openable door of the air treatment chamber is unopenable when the first separation stage is positioned in the air flow path.

A docking station has an openable dirt collection region which, during an evacuation operation of the docking station, receives dirt that is transferred from a surface cleaning apparatus; and a lock having a locked position in which the dirt collection region is secured in a closed position, and an unlocked position in which the dirt collection region is openable. During the evacuation operation, the lock is inhibited from moving to the unlocked position.

A docking station for a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a docking station air inlet that is connectable in fluid flow communication with the dirt collection region of the surface cleaning apparatus. An air flow path extends from the docking station air inlet to a docking station air outlet. A first cyclonic stage comprises a cyclone chamber and a docking station dirt collection region. The cyclone chamber has a cyclone chamber air inlet, a cyclone chamber air outlet and a cyclone axis of rotation, wherein, when the docking station is placed on a horizontal surface and is in operation, the cyclone axis of rotation extends generally vertically. The first cyclonic stage comprises a first stage air treatment chamber of the docking station.

A surface cleaner and floor standing unit. The surface cleaner comprising an air treatment chamber and a dirt collection region, the air treatment chamber comprising a closure flap associated with an air treatment chamber air inlet. The dirt collection region collects dirt during a cleaning mode of operation of the surface cleaner. The floor standing unit comprises a dirt collection region which, in a surface cleaner emptying mode of operation when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked with the floor standing unit, receives dirt that has been collected by the surface cleaner. The surface cleaner having an openable door which, in the surface cleaner emptying mode of operation, is open whereby the dirt collected in the dirt collection region of the surface cleaner is transferrable to the dirt collection region of the floor standing unit, wherein an electromechanical actuator is drivingly connected to the closure flap.

A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning head, a support structure moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position and a portable cleaning unit removably mountable to the support structure. The support structure has a lower portion and an upper portion, the upper portion is rotationally mounted to the lower portion between a first configuration and a second configuration wherein, when the support structure is in the storage position and the support structure is in the first configuration, the upper portion extends upwardly from and lower portion and, when the support structure is in the storage position and the support structure is moved to the second configuration, the upper portion is rotated forwardly.

An upright support configured to dock a hand vacuum cleaner comprising a first battery and a dust collection chamber. The upright support comprises a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is higher than the second end when the upright support is perpendicular to a flat surface, a dust collector positioned between the first end and the second end; and a power source positioned between the first end and the second end. A docked configuration corresponds to the hand vacuum cleaner being docked with the upright support and in the docked configuration, the dust collector receives detritus from the dust collection chamber of the hand vacuum cleaner and the power source charges the battery of the hand vacuum cleaner.