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US 11,707,173 B2Granted
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A hand vacuum cleaner with a finger grip area that is provided between a forward side of the handle and a rear side of the main body, and wherein the suction motor is positioned between the cyclone and the finger grip area and an axis that extends between the front of the cyclone and the handle extends through the suction motor.
Claims18
A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end and a rear end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow path extending from an inlet conduit, which is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner, to a clean air outlet, the inlet conduit having an inlet conduit axis;
- (b) a cyclone positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone having a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet and a cyclone axis of rotation;
- (c) a main body housing a suction motor, which is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the cyclone, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation;
- (d) a handle provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner;
- and,
- (e) an energy storage member wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the inlet conduit at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner and the inlet conduit axis extends horizontally, the energy storage member is located at a lower end of the handle;
- and,
- (f) a power switch wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the inlet conduit at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner and the inlet conduit axis extends horizontally, the power switch is provided on an upwardly facing surface of the handle,
- wherein a finger grip area is provided between a forward side of the handle and a rear side of the main body, and
- wherein the suction motor is positioned between the cyclone and the finger grip area and an axis that extends between the front of the cyclone and the handle extends through the suction motor, and
- wherein the suction motor is positioned forward of the handle, and
- wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the inlet conduit at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner and the inlet conduit axis extends horizontally, all of the handle defines a longitudinal body that extends generally vertically and
- wherein the cyclone axis of rotation is generally parallel to the motor axis of rotation.
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A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end and a rear end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (g) an air flow path extending from an inlet conduit, which is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner, to a clean air outlet, the inlet conduit having an inlet conduit axis;
- (h) an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment chamber having an air treatment chamber air inlet and an air treatment chamber air outlet, wherein air flows in a flow direction through the air treatment chamber air outlet;
- (i) a main body housing a suction motor, which is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the air treatment chamber, the suction motor having a motor axis of rotation, wherein the flow direction is generally parallel to the motor axis of rotation;
- (j) a handle provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the handle having a hand grip portion;
- and,
- (k) an energy storage member wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the inlet conduit at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner and the inlet conduit axis extends horizontally, the energy storage member is located at a lower end of the handle;
- and,
- (l) a power switch wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the inlet conduit at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner and the inlet conduit axis extends horizontally, the power switch is provided on the handle above the hand grip portion,
- wherein a finger grip area is provided between a forward side of the handle and a rearward side of the suction motor, and
- wherein the energy storage member extends from the lower end of the handle to a lower portion of the main body and the energy storage member extends under the finger grip area;
- and
- wherein the suction motor is positioned rearward of a rear end of the air treatment chamber and forward of the hand grip portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.