Portable surface cleaning apparatus
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet and a rearwardly positioned clean air outlet, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
- a) an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to the clean air outlet;
b) a main body comprising a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, a front end, a rear end of the main body spaced apart from the front end of the main body in a first direction and a handle having a hand grip portion;
c) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor, the air treatment member provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and positioned forwardly of the suction motor, the air treatment member comprising an outer wall and housing an air treatment chamber and dirt chamber, the dirt chamber having an openable door having a latch; and
,d) an openable lock securing the door in a closed position, the openable lock comprising a lock release member provided on the outer wall and extending forwardly along the first direction, the openable lock having a forward portion having a member engageable with the latch,wherein the lock release member is positioned forward of the hand grip portion, andwherein the air treatment member has a plurality of arm members, each arm member having a recess therein, and the openable door is pivotably mounted to the arm members and the openable door is removably seated in the recesses of the arm members whereby the openable door is removably mounted to the air treatment member andwherein the arm members are provided at a hinge side of the outer wall of the air treatment member and a portion of each arm member having the recess extends forward of the hinge side of the outer wall.
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Abstract
A hand vacuum cleaner having an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage upstream from a suction motor and comprising a dirt chamber having an openable door, wherein an openable lock securing the door in a closed position is provided. A hand vacuum cleaner having a cyclonic stage and a suction motor, wherein the cyclone unit is mounted to a motor housing wherein a projection of the motor axis extends through the cyclonic stage is also provided.
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1. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet and a rearwardly positioned clean air outlet, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a) an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to the clean air outlet; b) a main body comprising a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, a front end, a rear end of the main body spaced apart from the front end of the main body in a first direction and a handle having a hand grip portion; c) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor, the air treatment member provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and positioned forwardly of the suction motor, the air treatment member comprising an outer wall and housing an air treatment chamber and dirt chamber, the dirt chamber having an openable door having a latch; and
,d) an openable lock securing the door in a closed position, the openable lock comprising a lock release member provided on the outer wall and extending forwardly along the first direction, the openable lock having a forward portion having a member engageable with the latch, wherein the lock release member is positioned forward of the hand grip portion, and wherein the air treatment member has a plurality of arm members, each arm member having a recess therein, and the openable door is pivotably mounted to the arm members and the openable door is removably seated in the recesses of the arm members whereby the openable door is removably mounted to the air treatment member and wherein the arm members are provided at a hinge side of the outer wall of the air treatment member and a portion of each arm member having the recess extends forward of the hinge side of the outer wall. - 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 having a dirty air inlet and a rearwardly positioned clean air outlet, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
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a) an air flow passage extending from the dirty air inlet to the clean air outlet; b) a main body comprising a suction motor housing containing a suction motor in the air flow passage and having a suction motor axis extending in a forward/rearward direction, a front end, a rear end spaced apart from the front end in the forward/rearward direction and a handle; and
,c) a cyclone unit positioned in the air flow passage forward of and upstream from the suction motor and comprising a first cyclonic stage comprising a cyclone chamber having an air inlet, an air outlet at a cyclone chamber first end and a dirt outlet, the dirt outlet is in communication with a dirt chamber external to the cyclone chamber, the dirt chamber having an openable dirt chamber door provided at a front end of the cyclone chamber wherein a projection of the motor axis extends through the first cyclonic stage and the openable dirt chamber door wherein the cyclone unit has a plurality of arm members, each arm member having a recess therein, and the openable door is pivotably mounted to the arm members and the openable door is removably seated in the recesses of the arm members whereby the openable door is removably mounted to the cyclone unit and wherein the cyclone chamber has a sidewall, the arm members are provided at a hinge side of the sidewall and a portion of each arm member having the recess extends forward of the hinge side of the sidewall. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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