A surface cleaning apparatus has a main body having a main body actuator operable between an open position and a closed position. An assembly removably mounted to the main body has an air treatment member having an openable door and an assembly door lock, the assembly door lock comprising an actuation portion operable between an open position and a closed position and lock portion operable between an engaged position in which the door is secured in a closed position and a disengaged position in which the door is openable. When the assembly is mounted to the main body, the main body actuator is operatively connected to the actuation portion of the assembly door lock whereby when the main body actuator is moved from the closed position to the open position, the actuation portion is moved.

A hand vacuum cleaner with a vertically extending flat filter is provided. A hand vacuum cleaner with a suction motor forward of the pre-motor filer is also provided.

A handle removably connectable to an appliance includes a battery pack. A vacuum cleaner which uses the handle and an air cooled battery charger is also provided

An adapter device for suctioning air out of plastic bags of a type typically used for containing fallen leaves and other yard waste for disposal comprises a screen that surrounds a space that is connectable in fluid flow relation with the suction end of the vacuum hose, a shield positioned around the screen that is capable of preventing a plastic bag from being sucked by vacuum to the screen. The mouth of the shield is sized for blocking leaves or other yard waste matted in the bag from being sucked to the screen while allowing air in the bag to flow to the screen.

An appliance apparatus includes a mounting base and a limiting component. The mounting base includes a first mounting slot for detachably mounting a first external device and a second mounting slot for detachably mounting a second external device. The limiting component applies an inward force from an inner side of the first mounting slot to clamp the first external device mounted in the first mounting slot to prevent easy detachment. The first external device charges the second external device when the first external device and the second external device are respectively mounted on the first mounting slot and the second mounting slot.

A handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of small insects that includes a vacuum body defining a suction chamber, a motor operably configured to generate a vacuum downstream in the suction chamber, a funnel member defining a suction channel located downstream of the suction chamber and a suction channel area therein, a valve disposed within the suction channel that is configured to open and close to inhibit or prevent insects from leaving the funnel member, and a filter assembly disposed upstream of the suction channel, downstream of the motor, having a porous membrane member, having a filter cap selectively removably coupled to the porous membrane member and having a plurality of selectively removable strips disposed thereon and each having an adhesive surface oriented in a direction facing the distal tip of the funnel member.

A system comprises an intake, a turbine enclosed within an explosion-proof enclosure, an explosion-proof motor enclosed within the explosion-proof enclosure, the explosion-proof motor configured to drive the turbine to create a suction force through the intake to force debris through the intake, a housing configured to contain the intake and the explosion-proof enclosure including the turbine and the explosion-proof motor, a plurality of sensors disposed on the housing and configured to obtain directional data, obtain location data, and debris data, one or more wheels, and a controller configured to control the wheels to move the housing based on at least one of the directional data, the location data, and the debris data.

The present invention provides a vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface, wherein the vacuum cleaner comprises: a suction mouth for bearing against the surface; a chamber for receiving particulate material entering the vacuum cleaner through the suction mouth; a suction device for providing an air flow into the suction mouth; and a conduit connecting the suction mouth to the chamber, wherein the conduit comprises an adsorbent in the form of a honeycomb having a plurality of channels that are separated from each other by channel walls, and wherein the honeycomb adsorbent comprises activated carbon. There is also provided the use of an adsorbent in the form of a honeycomb in a conduit of the vacuum cleaner.

Autonomous carriers or totes that include vacuum units are provided. As the totes move or are moved through a warehouse carrying products, they collect debris. The debris can be analyzed at the tote, and actions can be performed based upon the analysis.

A detection system for detecting a virus or the like. The detection system includes an autonomous collection device that is capable of moving on a floor surface and for collecting an object on the floor surface, and a station device for detecting an analyte from the object collected from the floor surface by the autonomous collection device. The autonomous collection device includes a moving part for moving on the floor surface, a primary electric blower for sucking the object on the floor surface, and a dust container for storing the sucked object. The station device includes a transfer pipe fluidically connected to the dust container of the autonomous collection device when the autonomous collection device is positioned in a home position, and a virus detection part for detecting the analyte from the object transferred from the dust container through the transfer pipe.