Patent ID: 11930987
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 8:
9. A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end and a lower end, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:
(a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
(b) a main body having a handle, the handle having a pistol grip hand grip portion, the pistol grip hand grip portion having a pistol grip axis, an upper end and a lower end;
(c) an air treatment member provided in the air flow passage;
(d) an on board energy storage member positioned in the air flow passage downstream of the air treatment member, the on board energy storage member is positioned in a housing, which is at the upper end of the hand grip portion wherein the pistol grip axis extends through the housing; and,
(e) a suction motor provided in the air flow passage downstream of the energy storage member
wherein the hand grip portion has a pistol grip air flow passage provided therein and, during operation of the hand vacuum cleaner, air passes downwardly through the pistol grip air flow passage of the hand grip portion to the suction motor.