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Hand vacuum cleaner

  • US 10,105,023 B2
  • Filed: 02/03/2016
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper side and a lower side, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:

  • a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clear air outlet;

    b) a main body comprising a front end, a rear end, a handle and a motor housing containing a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, the suction motor having a suction motor axis extending in a longitudinal direction; and

    ,c) an air treatment unit positioned in the air flow passage upstream from and forward of the suction motor and comprising a longitudinally extending sidewall extending from an air treatment unit first end to a free edge at an air treatment unit second end wherein the air treatment unit second end is forward of the air treatment unit first end, the free edge of the sidewall defining an opening that is closeable by an openable door, the openable door having a cross-sectional area in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the sidewall which is proximate a cross-sectional area of the air treatment unit at the air treatment unit second end, and the free edge comprises a portion that extends in a direction that is inclined relative to the longitudinal direction of the sidewall,wherein the openable door has a door first end which is rotatably mounted to the air treatment unit second end and an opposed securable end that is securable to the air treatment unit by a lock,wherein, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented such that the suction motor axis is horizontal and the upper side is above the lower side, the door first end is located at a lower end of the free edge of the air treatment unit, andwherein the opposed securable end is rotatable to an open position in which the opposed securable end is positioned forward of the free edge.

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