A floor nozzle for a vacuum cleaner includes a housing including a sole plate which faces a floor surface when in a working position, the sole plate having provided therein a suction opening, the suction opening being surrounded by a rear portion of the sole plate, a front portion of the sole plate, and lateral portions of the sole plate. The rear portion and the lateral portions of the sole plate are deformable.

A vacuum cleaner has a nozzle with an electric motor and a cleaning device driven thereby. A separate suction unit has an electric fan for drawing in air and a collector for separating dust from the drawn-in air. A suction conduit extends between the nozzle and the suction unit so the electric fan draws air and dust in through the nozzle, pulls it through the conduit, and separates the dust from the air in the collector. The conduit further has a rigid pipe having an outer end connected to the nozzle and an opposite inner end and a flexible hose connected between the inner end and the suction unit and opening into the collector. A power unit for the nozzle motor has a housing mounted on the pipe, a lithium-ion battery contained in the housing, and a control contained in the housing and operating the electric motor of the nozzle from the battery.

A vacuum may include a cleaner body including a suction motor for generating suction force, a suction part communicating with the cleaner body and suctioning air and dust, and a battery assembly for supplying a power to the suction motor. The battery assembly may include a battery unit, a battery terminal, a switch for connecting or disconnecting the battery unit and the battery terminal, and a battery case for accommodating the battery unit. The cleaner body may include a body supporting the battery assembly and a switching operation part for operating the switch when the battery assembly is mounted on the cleaner body.

A small particle removal module that comprises a length of tube having at least one helix shaped portion between opposite ends of the length of tube. The small particle removal module is designed to be attached to the inlet of a vacuum machine and used to vacuum-clean areas. Small particles that are drawn into the small particle removal module by the airflow created by the vacuum machine impact the inner surface of the length of tube. An adhesive coating provided on the inner surface of the length of tube particularly at the at least one helix shaped portion aids in capturing the small particles upstream of the vacuum machine.

A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet, a main body housing a suction motor, and an air treatment member that is moveably mounted to the main body between an operating position and an emptying position. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a post-motor filter housing, wherein a post-motor-filter is removably receivable in the post-motor filter housing, and wherein moving the air treatment member to the emptying position enables access to the post-motor-filter.

A vacuum cleaner configured to be mounted in a vehicle. The vacuum cleaner including a vacuum module configured to draw a vacuum, and a collector module configured to collect debris and coupled to the vacuum module. The collector module has a canister sub-assembly. A locking assembly for the canister sub-assembly includes at least one latch stay, a latch adapted to contact the latch stay, and a latch lock having a latch lock blade. The latch lock is moveable between a fully closed position, in which the latch lock blade contacts a panel member to maintain engagement between the latch and the at least one latch stay, and a fully open position. In the fully open position, the latch is disengaged from the at least one latch stay, enabling the canister sub-assembly to be removed from the collector module.

A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing that supports a suction source, a dirt separation device that has an elongate axis, and a user graspable handle having an elongate axis. A passage member transports dirt-laden air to the dirt separation device. The passage member has an elongate axis. The elongate axis of the passage member and the elongate axis of the user graspable handle lie in a plane. The elongate axis of the dirt collection chamber intersects the plane. During operation, while the housing is supported on a floor surface, the elongate axis of the dirt separation device is parallel with the floor surface.

A backpack dust collector includes a housing and a filter. The housing includes a suction port, a dust collecting chamber connected to the suction port and accommodating a dust collecting bag, a motor chamber connected to the dust collecting chamber and accommodating a fan and a motor, and an exhaust port through which air from the motor chamber is discharged. The filter is disposed on a side of the dust collecting chamber so as to face the dust collecting chamber.

A vacuum cleaner apparatus having a first vacuum cleaner unit and a second vacuum cleaner unit. The apparatus comprising a first motor/fan unit arranged in the first vacuum cleaner unit and a second motor/fan unit and a second dust separation unit arranged in the second vacuum cleaner unit. The apparatus further comprises a connection interface configured to removably connect a suction inlet of the second vacuum cleaner unit to an airflow path of the first vacuum cleaner unit. The apparatus further comprises a control arrangement capable of operating the apparatus in a cooperative cleaning mode in which the first and second motor/fan units are operated simultaneously. A method of operating a vacuum cleaner apparatus is also provided.

A debris receptacle for a router table includes an enclosure configured to be attached to the router table. The enclosure defines an interior sized and shaped to receive a router. The enclosure defines a debris inlet aperture in fluid communication with a router bit aperture of the work platform so that the interior receives the debris from router bit aperture via the debris inlet aperture. The enclosure also defines a debris outlet aperture in fluid communication with a dust collector to remove debris from the interior. The enclosure further defines an air inlet aperture in fluid communication with air in an environment outside the enclosure. The debris receptacle also includes an air intake conduit for fluidly coupling the air inlet aperture to an air inlet of the router, thereby enabling the router to draw air into the router from the environment outside the enclosure to cool the router.