Patent ID: 11918168
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
i. a body housing a suction motor and fan assembly, the suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation; and,
ii. a cyclone unit comprising a front end, a rear end and a cyclone, the front end of the cyclone unit having a cyclone unit air inlet that is centrally positioned on a front end wall of the cyclone and the rear end of the cyclone having a cyclone air outlet, the cyclone having a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front end wall of the cyclone and the rear end of the cyclone;

(b) a surface cleaning head having a front end, a rear end, a dirt air inlet and a cleaning head air outlet; and,
(c) a rigid air flow conduit that, when attached to the hand vacuum cleaner, extends between the cleaning head air outlet and a hand vacuum cleaner air inlet, the rigid air flow conduit having a rigid wand outlet end having an air outlet and an outlet end electrical connector, the rigid air flow conduit having a longitudinally extending conduit axis which is parallel to the cyclone axis of rotation when the rigid air flow conduit is attached to the hand vacuum cleaner and when the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to a downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit, a handle of the hand vacuum cleaner is a driving handle for the surface cleaning apparatus,
wherein a front electrical connector is positioned adjacent the cyclone unit air inlet whereby, when the rigid air flow conduit is attached to the cyclone unit air inlet, the rigid air flow conduit is concurrently connected in air flow communication with the cyclone unit air inlet and the outlet end electrical connector is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.