Surface cleaning apparatus
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a bottom, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- (a) a main body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the main body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation; and
,(b) an air treatment member, the air treatment member comprising an air treatment member axis and an air treatment member handle wherein the air treatment member handle comprises an air flow passage, wherein the air treatment member handle has an outward side spaced outwardly from the air treatment member, an inward side positioned between the air treatment member and the outward side of the air treatment member handle and a middle portion positioned between the outward side and the inward side, and the air treatment member handle narrows in a direction transverse to a direction of air flow through the handle from the middle portion towards the inward side.
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A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body and a removably mounted air treatment member. The air treatment member has an air flow passage which comprises a handle for the air treatment member.
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a bottom, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
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(a) a main body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the main body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation; and
,(b) an air treatment member, the air treatment member comprising an air treatment member axis and an air treatment member handle wherein the air treatment member handle comprises an air flow passage, wherein the air treatment member handle has an outward side spaced outwardly from the air treatment member, an inward side positioned between the air treatment member and the outward side of the air treatment member handle and a middle portion positioned between the outward side and the inward side, and the air treatment member handle narrows in a direction transverse to a direction of air flow through the handle from the middle portion towards the inward side. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end, a rear end, an upper end and a bottom, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
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(a) a main body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the main body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation; and
,(b) a cyclone unit, the cyclone unit comprising a cyclone having a cyclone axis of rotation, a cyclone unit handle, wherein the cyclone unit handle comprises an air flow passage wherein the cyclone unit handle comprises a portion spaced from the cyclone unit whereby a finger receiving area is provided between the cyclone unit handle and the cyclone unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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