Patent ID: 11910984
Assignee: OMACHRON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. 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 and 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;
(d) a pistol grip handle; and,
(e) a lock securing the front door in the closed position, the lock comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is located at an elevation of an upper end of the pistol grip handle and forward of the pistol grip handle.