Patent ID: 11938491
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 9:
10. A hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
(a) an air flow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a suction motor provided in the air flow path;
(b) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment member comprising an air treatment chamber and a dirt collection chamber that is external to the air treatment chamber, the air treatment chamber having a front end, an axially spaced apart rear end, a longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends, an upper end, a lower end, an air treatment member air inlet and an air treatment member air outlet, wherein the rear end is rotationally moveable by a rotational mount between a closed position in which the air treatment chamber and the dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position in which a rear portion of the air treatment chamber and the dirt collection chamber are open; and,
(c) a lock that is moveable between a locked position in which the rear end is secured in the closed position and an unlocked position in which the rear end is moveable to the open position,
wherein, in operation, air travels through the rear end as air travels through the air treatment member air outlet to the suction motor and the suction motor faces the rear end, and
wherein the air treatment chamber air outlet is mounted to the rear portion of the air treatment chamber whereby, as the rear portion moves to the open position, the air treatment chamber air outlet is concurrently removed from the air treatment chamber as the rear end of both of the air treatment chamber and the dirt collection chamber are opened.