Patent ID: 11918170
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A hand vacuum cleaner having a front end having a dirty air inlet, a rear end, a clean air outlet, an upper end and a bottom, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
(a) a body comprising an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end and a driving handle, the body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation wherein the driving handle has a hand grip portion having a first end and a second end, an end of the driving handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly from the sidewall of the body; and,
(b) a cyclone unit comprising a cyclone having a cyclone axis of rotation, a sidewall, a dirt collection region exterior to the cyclone, the cyclone unit having an openable door forming a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner, and an openable door lock comprising a door release actuator that is rotationally mounted,
wherein the openable door lock comprises an axially extending member having a front end and a rear end, the axially extending member having a locked position in which the door is in a closed portion and an unlocked position in which the openable door is openable, and, in use, the rear end of the axially extending member is moved which drives the front end of the axially extending member whereby the door is unlocked.