Suction cleaners with a bag transfer arrangement

Claim 1

A suction cleaner including a suction means, a dirt collecting bag disposed in a dirt collecting bag receiving cavity, a bag carrier and a bag mount movable relatively towards one another, a securing means for automatically securing said dirt collecting bag on the bag mount upon relative movement between said bag carrier and said bag mount, said dirt collecting bag, when secured, having an opening in sealing engagement with an air conduit, said air conduit forming said bag mount, said bag carrier and said bag mount being relatively separable after securement to permit said dirt collecting bag to expand between said bag carrier and said bag mount, said bag carrier acting as a magazine to receive a plurality of fresh dirt collecting bags, at least one fresh bag being disposed in said magazine, a casing forming said cavity, said air conduit being in communication with said suction means and said casing such that said bag mount is disposed in said cavity, said bag carrier being disposed on said casing so as to be in communication with said cavity, said bag carrier being movable between an open position with respect to said casing to permit withdrawal of said dirt collecting bag when full and a bag transfer position with said fresh dirt collecting bag being disposedclosely adjacent said bag mount, said bag mount being movable between a bag unloading position and an operative position in which the fresh bag is in sealing engagement with said conduit and is carried by the bag mount away from the bag carrier.