Patents by Inventor Wayne Ernest Conrad

Wayne Ernest Conrad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240032743
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a main body, which houses a suction motor and fan assembly, and a cyclone unit provided on a front end of the main body. The cyclone unit has a first stage cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first stage cyclone. Air enters the cyclone unit through a front wall of the first stage cyclone. The hand vacuum cleaner is removably mounted to a downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit and when the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit, the handle is a driving handle for the surface cleaning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032753
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner with a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032744
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a body, which houses a suction motor, and a cyclone unit provided on a front end of the body. The cyclone unit has a cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first stage cyclone. Air enters the cyclone unit through a cyclone unit air inlet that is centrally positioned on a front end wall of the cyclone. A front electrical connector is positioned adjacent the cyclone unit air inlet. When the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the rigid air flow conduit, the rigid air flow conduit is concurrently connected in air flow communication with the cyclone unit air inlet and the outlet end electrical connector is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032752
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone, which has a front end and a rear end with a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends. A pistol grip handle has a pistol grip axis that extends through the pistol grip handle from a lower end of the pistol grip handle to an upper end of the pistol grip handle. The pistol grip axis intersects the suction motor. A post motor filter, which is positionable in the air flow path, comprises a plurality of removeable filters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032751
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body housing a suction motor. A cyclone has a front end and a rear end with a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends. A pistol grip handle extends downwardly from a lower side of the main body. A post motor filter is positionable in a post motor filter chamber wherein the post motor filter is removable radially and wherein the cyclone axis of rotation extends through the suction motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032754
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit, a front electrical connector and electrical conductors that extend from the front electrical connector to a source of power. The electrical conducts extend along a portion of a wall of the cyclone unit. When a cleaning tool is connected to the hand vacuum cleaner, the cleaning tool is connected in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet and the cleaning tool is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240032747
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. An end of a handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly therefrom. An air treatment member comprises a chamber, which has an openable door and which forms a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240023769
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit having a cyclone with a horizontal cyclone axis of rotation. The front end of the cyclone unit comprises a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A lock secures the front door in the closed position, the lock comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is spaced towards the rear end of the cyclone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240023767
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage. The first cyclonic stage has a first stage cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the cyclone. The cyclone axis of rotation extends through a central portion of the second cyclonic stage. The nozzle has a nozzle axis that extends through a central portion of the first stage cyclone between the front and rear ends of the cyclone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11879889
    Abstract: A test method for testing for presence of a biological agent, a test apparatus and a system to control entry to an event uses particle count and spectrographic data. The present embodiments of the invention provide testing apparatuses, systems and methods. These embodiments may provide for an apparatus, system and method for non-invasive respiratory testing with multiple spectrometers. Also, the embodiments may provide for a system and method for determining test sufficiency for a non-invasive respiratory testing apparatus. Also, the embodiments may provide for a system and method for permitting access to a venue for a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240016351
    Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a front end, a rear end, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends. The hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. A first stage air treatment chamber and a suction motor are provided in the air flow passage. The longitudinal axis extends between a front end and a rear end of the first stage air treatment chamber. The hand vacuum cleaner has a stationary component and a rotatable component rotatably mounted to the stationary component about a rotational axis. The rotatable component, which includes at least a portion of the first stage air treatment chamber and suction motor, is moveable between an in-use position in which the first stage air treatment chamber is closed and an emptying position in which the first stage air treatment chamber is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240016275
    Abstract: A hair curler having an inlet end having an air inlet, a longitudinally spaced apart second end, a longitudinal axis and a plurality of axially spaced apart curler outlets. A land portion is located between adjacent curler outlets and an air flow passage from the air inlet to the curler outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240011629
    Abstract: A street light fixture comprises a pole having a base end and an upper end. A head is attached to the upper end of the pole, the head having a light emitting portion. A substrate, which has a light emitting member provided thereon, is removably receivable in the base end of the pole. A light guide extends between the substrate and the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240009611
    Abstract: A multiuse home station includes a vacuum cleaner docking station, a vacuum cleaner charging station, and a room air cleaner unit, wherein the room air unit uses a portion of the vacuum cleaner docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240009685
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber having a cyclone axis of rotation and an openable portion wherein the openable portion is rotatably mounted about an opening axis that is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20240008701
    Abstract: A door opening mechanism is operable by an actuator (1140) to open a dirt chamber door (1070) to a dirt collection chamber (1066). The door (1070) is movable about a pivot (1072) between a closed position and an open position. In some examples, the actuator (1140) may be located on the same side of the dirt collection chamber (1066) as the pivot (1072). In some examples, the actuator (1140) may be positioned vertically higher than the pivot (1072) when the dirt collection chamber (1066) is in the emptied position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Wayne Ernest Conrad, Wenxiu Gao, Sam Liu, Pengfei Liu, Li Jun Ping, Jiawei Xu, Kai Xu, Wenbin Yao
  • Patent number: 11857052
    Abstract: A hair dryer has a primary air flow path and a secondary air flow path. The primary air flow path is operable to dry hair using suction in a first mode of operation. The secondary air flow path is operable to blow dry hair in a second mode of operation. In the primary mode of operation, the motor and fan assembly of the secondary air flow path is operated in reverse to direct air towards hair that is being dried by suction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11857137
    Abstract: A canister surface cleaning apparatus comprising a canister body having a recess. The recess comprises a wall and sidewalls that extend away from the wall to define a volume. An air treatment assembly is removably mountable to the canister body. When the air treatment assembly is mounted to the canister body and the canister body is positioned with on the floor, the wall extends generally vertically and one of the sides of the air treatment assembly faces the wall and is positioned in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11857142
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit and a portable surface cleaning unit. The floor cleaning unit includes a surface cleaning head, an upper section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and a rearwardly inclined floor cleaning position, a charger having an energy storage member, and an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a floor cleaning unit air outlet. The portable surface cleaning unit is connectable to the floor cleaning unit, and includes a portable surface cleaning unit air inlet connectable in air flow communication with the floor cleaning unit air outlet, a main body, an air treatment member, a suction motor, a handle and a capacitor. When fully charged, the energy storage member stores sufficient stored power to recharge the capacitor at least twice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11857140
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone. The cyclone air inlet is provided at a first juncture of the cyclone sidewall and an end wall of the cyclone chamber. The cyclone also has a vortex finder that is provided on the end wall. The vortex finder has a vortex sidewall that meets the first end wall at a second juncture. The vortex sidewall is spaced radially inwardly from the cyclone sidewall by a radial distance that is greater than the width of the air inlet. One of the first and second junctures is rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad