Abstract: A handheld vacuum cleaner includes a dirt separator. The dirt separator includes a chamber having an inlet through which dirt-laden fluid enters and an outlet through which cleansed fluid exits the chamber. A disc located at the outlet rotates about a rotational axis and comprises holes through which the cleansed fluid passes.

Abstract: A real-time request matching system for and method of matching free-format requests of users, as requestors, to providers in servicing the requests, each of the requesters having at least one communicator for making requests and addressing replies thereto and each of the providers having at least one communicator for addressing requests and respective replies thereto, the method comprising the steps of: receiving requests from requestors; for each request, providing for the request to be relayed to selected providers as addressed thereby; receiving replies from selected providers, the replies received being made by the respective providers based on the respective requests; and one or both of supplying, for each request, information regarding the respective requestor to any providers having provided a positive reply to the respective request, with a positive reply indicating that a provider is able to meet a request, and information regarding replies from selected providers to the respective request to the res

Abstract: The present invention relates to a real-time, ride-share request matching system for and method of matching persons registered as lift requirers and requiring a lift to persons registered as lift providers and available to consider providing lifts such as to enable sharing of vehicle journeys, each of the lift requirers having a mobile communicator for making lift requests and each of the lift providers having a mobile communicator for addressing lift requests, the method comprising the steps of: receiving lift requests, each including a voice message, from lift requirers; relaying lift requests to respective lift providers as determined by the locations of the respective lift requirers; and receiving replies from lift providers to respective lift requests in accepting the same.