US Patent Issued to Omachron Intellectual Property on May 13 for "Cyclonic air treatment member and surface cleaning apparatus including the same" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,538, issued on May 13, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).

"Cyclonic air treatment member and surface cleaning apparatus including the same" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone, a conical pre-motor filter that is positioned rearward of the cyclone and a suction motor. The pre-motor filter has a front end that faces that faces towards the cyclone air outlet. The conical pre-motor filter has an open interior volume, an outer surface, which is an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter, and an inner surface, whic...