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US 2024/0197125 A1Published application
Surface cleaning apparatus
AssigneeOmachron Intellectual Property Inc.
InventorWayne Ernest Conrad
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Abstract
A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. Batteries are provided at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner and under the handle. An enclosed finger grip area is positioned forward of the hand grip portion of the handle and rearward of cyclone unit wherein a line extending in a common direction as the cyclone axis of rotation extends through the cyclone unit, the finger grip area and the hand grip portion.
Claims18
A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a clean air outlet, an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet located rearward of the dirty air inlet;
- (b) a cyclone unit comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone unit having an openable door provided at a front end of the cyclone unit and forming a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner, the cyclone chamber has a front end, a rear end and a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone chamber wherein the dirty air inlet is located at an upper end of the cyclone chamber;
- (c) a body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion having a handle axis that extends through the hand grip portion from an upper end of the hand grip portion to a lower end of the hand grip portion and, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above a lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the handle axis extends upwardly and forwardly;
- (d) at least one energy storage member positioned at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner wherein when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above a lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, a vertical plane extends through the handle and the at least one energy storage member and the at least one energy storage member is located at the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner;
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- (e) an enclosed finger grip area positioned forward of the hand grip portion of the handle and rearward of cyclone unit wherein a line extending in a common direction as the cyclone axis of rotation extends through the cyclone unit, the finger grip area and the hand grip portion.
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A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a clean air outlet, an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet located rearward of the dirty air inlet;
- (b) a cyclone unit comprising a cyclone chamber having a front end, a rear end and a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone chamber;
- (c) a body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion having a handle axis that extends through the hand grip portion from an upper end of the hand grip portion to a lower end of the hand grip portion and, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above a lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the handle axis extends upwardly and forwardly;
- (d) at least one energy storage member positioned at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and an upper end of the dirty air inlet located above a lower end of the at least one energy storage member, a vertical plane extends through the handle and the at least one energy storage member and the at least one energy storage member is located at the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner;
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- (e) an enclosed finger grip area positioned forward of the hand grip portion of the handle and rearward of cyclone unit wherein a line extending in a common direction as the cyclone axis of rotation extends through the cyclone unit, the finger grip area and the hand grip portion.
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A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a clean air outlet, an upper end and a bottom, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet located rearward of the dirty air inlet;
- (b) an air treatment unit comprising an air treatment chamber, the air treatment chamber has a front end, a rear end and an air treatment chamber axis that extends between the front and rear ends of the air treatment chamber;
- (c) a body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion having a handle axis that extends through the hand grip portion from an upper end of the hand grip portion to a lower end of the hand grip portion and, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above a lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the handle axis extends upwardly and forwardly;
- (d) at least one energy storage member positioned at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner wherein when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally and the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above a lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner, an upper end of the dirty air inlet is located above a lower end of the at least one energy storage member, a vertical plane extends through the handle and the at least one energy storage member and the at least one energy storage member is located at the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner;
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- (e) an enclosed finger grip area positioned forward of the hand grip portion of the handle and rearward of air treatment unit wherein a line extending in a common direction as the air treatment axis extends through the air treatment unit, the finger grip area and the hand grip portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.