A surface cleaning apparatus including an air treatment unit, a refuse unit, and a flexible hose. The air treatment unit includes an air flow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and an air treatment member comprising an air treatment chamber and a dirt collection region having an emptying door which is operable between a closed position and an open position. The flexible hose is removably connectable to the dirty air inlet. The air treatment unit is operable in a first operating mode in which the air treatment member is in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet and the emptying door is closed. The air treatment unit is operable in a second operating mode in which air flow through the air treatment member is terminated and the emptying door is open whereby dirt is transferable to a refuse container of the refuse unit.

A leaf blower vacuum cart for mounting, transporting and utilizing an electric leaf vacuum blower and a standard 121635 paper yard waste bag or similar. The invention is a two tiered cart with casters, a bottom shelf and a top shelf. The top shelf has an opening to accommodate a hopper which goes into a standard 121635 paper yard waste bag or similar. The cart can be used with leaf blower vacuums of various makes. A hose is attached to the leaf blower vacuum allowing for extended reach of leaves. A second hose is connected to the exhaust of the leaf blower vacuum and to the hopper. The invention maximizes filling of standard 121635 paper yard waste bags or similar. Full bags are moved on the cart to the desired location.

A particle receiving device for attachment to a particle outlet of a vacuum cleaner and/or of a cyclone separator and for receiving separated particles, including: a particle receiving volume for receiving the particles, an access element with an access element opening through which the particles can be transported into the particle receiving volume, and a closure element. The access element is selectively displaceable relative to the closure element into a closure position in which the closure element closes access opening, or into an open position in which the closure element releases the access element opening.

A waste suctioning and surface disinfecting device for cleaning up after pets includes a vacuum module and a disinfectant module, which are attached to and positioned in a housing. A suction hose and a fluid hose are attached to the vacuum module and the disinfectant module, respectively, and extend from the housing. First and second switches are attached to the suction hose and the fluid hose, respectively, and are operationally engaged to the vacuum module and to the disinfectant module, respectively. The disinfectant module can selectively dispense a disinfectant solution. The suction hose can be grasped in a hand of a user and the first switch selectively switched to actuate the vacuum module to suction up waste on a surface. Similarly, the fluid hose is used to disinfect the surface.

A debris collector assembly including a bottom side placed on a surface and a debris inlet adjacent the bottom side and configured to receive surface debris drawn from the surface. A debris container is in a body housing and the debris container includes an open top end. A suction source is operable to generate a suction airflow along an airflow path extending from the debris inlet to an exhaust outlet. The suction airflow is operable to draw the surface debris through the debris inlet with the suction airflow. The assembly also includes a lid, the lid movable between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the open top end of the debris container is accessible by a user to deposit items into the debris container, and in the closed position, access to the open top end of the debris container is inhibited.

A pet waste vacuuming collection and disposal apparatus for collecting and disposing of animal feces includes a handle attached to a mulching mechanism that is capable of shredding animal feces into a plurality of crumb particles. The mulching mechanism includes a housing with an exhaust hole providing access to an interior space of the housing. A motor, vacuum blower, and mulching blade are mounted within the housing. A disposable bag may be removably attached to the exhaust hole. A tube extends from the housing opposite the handle. When the motor is activated, the vacuum blower suctions animal feces up through the tube, into the mulching blade, and out of the exhaust hole, where the shredded feces particles are collected in the disposable bag.

A dust collecting pile includes: a pile base provided with a dust inlet in a top surface of the pile base; a pile body disposed on the pile base, and including a fan cavity and a dust bin; a fan disposed in the fan cavity and configured to form a negative pressure in the dust bin; and a bag support disposed in the dust bin, where a dust outlet port is provided in a sidewall of the bag support, and the dust outlet port is in connection with the dust inlet through a dust channel, where the bag support further includes a sliding baffle slidably provided on the sidewall and configured to be switchable between a first position and a second position, and the sliding baffle is configured to cover the dust outlet port in response to being in the first position and expose the dust outlet port in response to being in the second position.

Systems and methods for maintaining landscape features. Exemplary landscape maintenance systems include an air flow generation mechanism such as a vacuum and/or blower, a wand assembly having a forearm cuff assembly and a joystick handle assembly, and a nozzle assembly having an agitator assembly. The agitator assembly may include one or more spines or leaflets. The air flow generation mechanism may include a port in fluid communication with the wand assembly. The air flow generation mechanism may also include a port in fluid communication with an exhaust conduit, the exhaust conduit may be attached with a receptacle bag, and the receptacle bag may have a bag frame disposed therein.

The invention discloses a system for vacuuming waste having a motor module and a waste module. The motor module has an open receiving area, motor, battery, vacuum tube receiving area and handle. Multiple bag hooks are spaced along the open receiving area. Disposable bags, having a drawstring within a channel, are placed within the waste module. The drawstring has a length greater than the bag perimeter to form multiple bag loops that extend through gaps in the channel. An insert maintains the bags in an open position. The bag loops are placed on the bag hooks so that when the motor module is opened, the drawstring pulls the bag closed.

A particulate matter separation system includes a particulate matter collection container defining a lower chamber; a particulate matter separator inside of a housing defining an upper chamber; and a bag assembly attachable to the collection container and the housing, the bag assembly comprising a body having a pressure equalization system structured as a labyrinth of channels internal to the body, the labyrinth communicating with one or more openings in the lower chamber and one or more openings in the upper chamber.