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

Claim 0:
1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a hand vacuum cleaner having a hand vacuum cleaner air inlet, the 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 provided on a front end of the body, the cyclone unit comprising a front end, a rear end and a cyclone chamber, 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 unit and the rear end of the cyclone chamber having cyclone chamber air outlet whereby air exits the cyclone chamber in a rearward direction;

(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 airflow 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 rearward direction 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, when the rigid air flow conduit is attached to the hand vacuum cleaner, the cyclone unit air inlet is generally parallel to the longitudinally extending conduit axis and comprises a passage that extends through a central portion of the cyclone chamber, and
wherein the cyclone unit air inlet comprises an opening in an axial extending sidewall of the passage, and
wherein a front electrical connector is positioned adjacent the hand vacuum cleaner air inlet whereby, when the rigid air flow conduit is attached to the hand vacuum cleaner air inlet, the rigid air flow conduit is concurrently connected in air flow communication with the hand vacuum cleaner air inlet and the outlet end electrical connector is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.