Hard bag door with air directing arrangement

A hard bag portion of a vacuum cleaner apparatus including:

• a front wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface being positioned adjacent to a vacuum cleaner filter bag;
• an opening formed in the front wall which provides fluid communication between the interior and exterior surfaces;
• a removable final filter positioned on the exterior surface of the front wall over the opening for filtering exhaust air from the filter bag to permit access to the final filter without removal of the hard bag portion from the vacuum cleaner apparatus;
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• a plurality of vane ribs extending along the interior surface of the front wall for guiding the exhaust air towards the opening and final filter.

A hard bag portion of a vacuum cleaner apparatus including:

• a front wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface being positioned adjacent a vacuum cleaner filter bag;
• an opening formed in the front wall which provides fluid communication between the interior and exterior surfaces;
• a removable final filter positioned on the exterior surface of the front wall over the opening for filtering exhaust air from the filter bag;
• a plurality of vaned ribs extending along the interior surface of the front wall for guiding the exhaust air towards the opening and final filter;
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• a filter door which releasable attaches to the exterior surface of the front wall for retaining the filter over the opening.

A hard bag portion of a vacuum cleaner apparatus including:

• a front wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said interior surface being positioned adjacent a vacuum cleaner filter bag;
• an opening formed in the front wall which provides fluid communication between the interior and exterior surfaces;
• a removable final filter positioned on the exterior surface of the front wall over the opening for filtering exhaust air from the filter bag;
• a plurality of vaned ribs extending along the interior surface of the front wall for guiding the exhaust air towards the opening and final filter;
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• in which the vaned ribs are J-shaped.