A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a canister body having a recess with sidewalls that extend upwardly from a platform, the platform having a pre-motor filter housing with a pre-motor filter positioned therein, wherein at least 50% of a perimeter of the pre-motor filter is recessed inwardly from the sidewalls of the recess whereby, when a pre-motor filter is positioned in the pre-motor filter housing, a portion of the platform is visible between the perimeter of the pre-motor filter and the sidewalls of the recess. An air treatment assembly is removably mountable to the canister body and seats on the recess when the air treatment assembly is mounted to the canister body.

A hand vacuum cleaner has a dual first stage cyclones.

A cleaning device is provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner which includes a dust collecting bin and a docking station to which the vacuum cleaner is coupled, wherein the docking station includes a charger configured to be electrically connected to a charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner in response to the vacuum cleaner being coupled to the docking station, a door driver configured to open or close a dust collecting bin door disposed at a lower portion of the dust collecting bin, a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting bin into the docking station, a collector configured to collect foreign matter that moves together with the air due to driving the suction device, and a controller configured to control the door driver to open the dust collecting bin door in response to the charging terminal of the vacuum cleaner being electrically connected to the charger, configured to control the suction device to supply a suctioning air flow to the dust collecting bin and perform a discharge operation in response to the dust collecting bin door being opened, and configured to control the door driver to close the dust collecting bin door in response to an end of the discharge operation.

A vacuum cleaner includes a first tube and a second tube positioned within the first tube, where a first end of the first tube is connected to an outlet of the backbone and a first end of the second tube connected to an inlet of the backbone. A handle is on the first end of the first tube. When the backbone is in a retracted position the first end of the first tube surrounds the second end of the second tube, the second end of the second tube obstructs the outlet of the backbone, and the second end of the first tube surrounds the first end of the second tube. When the backbone is in an extended position the second end of the first tube aligns with the second end of the second tube, leaving the outlet of the backbone unobstructed to a dustcup. A floor nozzle is connected to the inlet of the backbone and includes a nozzle motor configured to operate a brush roll axle and a casing that provides an airpath to the inlet of the backbone.

The invention relates to a stick vacuum cleaner comprising a handheld vacuum cleaner adapted to be docked to a stick. When the handheld vacuum cleaner is docked to the stick an air path is formed connecting an air outlet of the handheld vacuum cleaner with an air outlet provided in the stick. In the air path or outside the air outlet provided in the stick, a filter is provided.

Systems and methods for providing a two-in-one vacuum cleaner are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a nozzle that is detachable from a rest of a vacuum cleaner. The nozzle is configured to perform as a vacuum nozzle of the vacuum cleaner when attached to the vacuum cleaner. The nozzle is also configured to perform as a robotic vacuum cleaner when detached from the vacuum cleaner.

A vacuum cleaner includes: a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor signals; a vacuum motor; and a controller comprising first and second modules, wherein: the first module is configured to process the generated sensor signals to generate a plurality of control signals; the second module is configured to process the plurality of control signals to generate an output signal indicating that the vacuum cleaner is currently being used; and the vacuum motor is configured to activate or deactivate in dependence on the output signal.

A vacuum cleaner includes: a vacuum motor; a first sensor configured to generate first sensor signals based on sensed motion and orientation of the vacuum cleaner; a cleaner head comprising an agitator; one or more diagnostic sensors configured to generate second sensor signals based on sensed parameters of the cleaner head; and a controller configured to: process the generated first and second sensor signals to determine whether the vacuum cleaner is actively being used by a user; and in response to determining that the vacuum cleaner is actively being used, activate the vacuum motor.

A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone provided in the air flow path and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone. The cyclone air inlet and the cyclone air outlet are located at the cyclone chamber rear end and the dirt outlet is located at the cyclone chamber front end. When the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the central longitudinally extending axis of the cyclone is oriented generally horizontally, the cyclone air inlet is located at a lower end of the cyclone and the dirt outlet is located at an upper end of the cyclone.

A dual cyclonic stage hand vacuum cleaner has a handle provided on a side of the hand vacuum cleaner.