Hand vacuum cleaner
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having an outer surface, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clear air outlet;
b) a hand vacuum cleaner body comprising a handle, a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, a post-motor filter, a front end, and a rear end spaced apart from the front end in a rearward direction, the suction motor having a suction motor axis of rotation;
c) a cyclone unit positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor;
d) the post-motor filter provided in a post-motor filter housing, the post-motor filter provided rearward of the suction motor, the post-motor filter housing comprising a sidewall, the post-motor filter housing defining a post-motor filter chamber which contains the post-motor filter, wherein the suction motor axis of rotation extends through the post-motor filter chamber and wherein the post-motor filter housing is removably mounted at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner body ande) the handle having a hand grip portion, the handle being provided on the hand vacuum cleaner forward of the outer surface portion, and wherein a rearward portion of the hand grip portion is positioned forward of a rearward end of the post-motor filter,wherein the post-motor filter housing forms a rearmost removable portion of the hand vacuum cleaner body through which the suction motor axis of rotation extends, andwherein the outer surface portion forms a rear portion of the outer surface of the hand vacuum cleaner, andwherein a finger receiving area is a closed volume having a perimeter wherein the perimeter comprises the hand grip portion and another portion of the hand vacuum cleaner body.
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Abstract
A hand vacuum cleaner has a cleaner body and a post-motor filter is positioned in the air flow passage downstream from and aligned with the suction motor and, the post-motor filter and the cleaner body are separable.
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having an outer surface, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clear air outlet; b) a hand vacuum cleaner body comprising a handle, a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, a post-motor filter, a front end, and a rear end spaced apart from the front end in a rearward direction, the suction motor having a suction motor axis of rotation; c) a cyclone unit positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor; d) the post-motor filter provided in a post-motor filter housing, the post-motor filter provided rearward of the suction motor, the post-motor filter housing comprising a sidewall, the post-motor filter housing defining a post-motor filter chamber which contains the post-motor filter, wherein the suction motor axis of rotation extends through the post-motor filter chamber and wherein the post-motor filter housing is removably mounted at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner body and e) the handle having a hand grip portion, the handle being provided on the hand vacuum cleaner forward of the outer surface portion, and wherein a rearward portion of the hand grip portion is positioned forward of a rearward end of the post-motor filter, wherein the post-motor filter housing forms a rearmost removable portion of the hand vacuum cleaner body through which the suction motor axis of rotation extends, and wherein the outer surface portion forms a rear portion of the outer surface of the hand vacuum cleaner, and wherein a finger receiving area is a closed volume having a perimeter wherein the perimeter comprises the hand grip portion and another portion of the hand vacuum cleaner body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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