Patent ID: 11969133
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, a rear end, an upper side and a lower side, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
(a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end to a clear air outlet provided at the rear end;
(b) a vacuum cleaner body comprising a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, a front end, a rear end and a handle;
(c) a cyclone unit positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor, the cyclone unit comprising a cyclone having a front end, a rear end, a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone, the cyclone unit further comprising an axially extending cyclone unit wall which extends to a front end of the cyclone unit, the front end of the cyclone unit comprising a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position; and,
(d) a latch securing the front door in the closed position,
wherein the front door has a first portion which is rotatably mounted to a front end of the cyclone unit wall and a second portion angularly spaced around the front door from the first portion, the second portion having the latch,
wherein the cyclone unit wall terminates at an open end, the open end is closed by the front door, wherein all of the open end is opened when the front door is in the open position.