Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A hand vacuum cleaner has an airflow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member and a fan and motor assembly in the air flow path. The hand vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body and a handle having a hand grip portion. The hand vacuum cleaner also includes a plurality of batteries. A portion of the motor and fan assembly and/or a portion of a filter component can be positioned beside and/or between at least some of the batteries. The batteries may be contained in a removable storage chamber. The storage chamber may be removably mounted to the hand vacuum cleaner beside and/or around at least a portion of a filter and/or fan and motor assembly. The batteries may be at a lower part of the hand vacuum cleaner, such as below a handle.
Claims22
A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) a main body;
- (b) an air flow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member provided in the air flow path;
- (c) a fan and motor assembly provided in the main body, the fan and motor assembly is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the air treatment member, the fan and motor assembly having a motor axis of rotation, the fan and motor assembly having a first lateral side that is laterally spaced in a first direction from the motor axis of rotation and a second lateral side that is laterally spaced in a second direction from the motor axis of rotation wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction;
- (d) a pistol grip handle having a hand grip portion, a lower end of the pistol grip handle is mounted to the main body at a location above the fan and motor assembly;
- and,
- (e) a first plurality of energy storage members is provided on the first lateral side of the fan and motor assembly and a second plurality of energy storage members is provided on the second lateral side of the fan and motor assembly, wherein each of the first and second plurality of energy storage members has a lower end and the lower end of the first and second plurality of energy storage members has an absence of energy storage members located therebetween.
A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) a main body;
- (b) an air flow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member provided in the air flow path, wherein the air treatment member has a central longitudinal axis extending in a forward/rearward direction that is horizontal when the upper end is above the lower end;
- (c) a fan and motor assembly provided in the main body, the fan and motor assembly is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the air treatment member, the fan and motor assembly having a motor axis of rotation, the fan and motor assembly having a first lateral side that is laterally spaced in a first direction from the motor axis of rotation and a second lateral side that is laterally spaced in a second direction from the motor axis of rotation wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction;
- (d) a pistol grip handle having a hand grip portion, a lower end of the pistol grip handle is mounted to the main body at a location above the fan and motor assembly;
- and,
- (e) a first plurality of energy storage members is provided on the first lateral side of the fan and motor assembly,
- wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, an upper end of the first plurality of energy storage members is positioned below the central longitudinal axis.
A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) a main body;
- (b) an air flow path from an air inlet to a clean air outlet with an air treatment member provided in the air flow path, wherein the air treatment member has a central longitudinal axis extending in a forward/rearward direction that is horizontal when the upper end is above the lower end;
- (c) a fan and motor assembly provided in the main body, the fan and motor assembly is positioned in the air flow path downstream of the air treatment member, the fan and motor assembly having a motor axis of rotation, the fan and motor assembly having a first lateral side that is laterally spaced in a first direction from the motor axis of rotation and a second lateral side that is laterally spaced in a second direction from the motor axis of rotation wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction;
- (d) a pistol grip handle having a hand grip portion, a lower end of the pistol grip handle is mounted to the main body at a location above the fan and motor assembly;
- and,
- (e) a first plurality of energy storage members is provided on the first lateral side of the fan and motor assembly,
- wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the motor axis of rotation is positioned below the central longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.