Patent ID: 9433332
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A47L

Claim Text:
1. A hand carriable surface cleaning apparatus having a front end, a rear end and comprising: (a) a dirty fluid inlet; (b) a cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber downstream of the dirty fluid inlet, the cyclone chamber comprising a lower end, an upper end, a cyclone axis, an air inlet and an air outlet comprising a vortex finder at the upper end; (c) a pre-motor filter comprising at least one porous physical filter media having an upstream side through which air enters the pre-motor filter and a downstream side through which air exits the pre-motor filter wherein at least a portion of the upstream side is positioned above the upper end of the cyclone chamber, (d) a conduit that extends along the cyclone axis and comprises an extension of the vortex finder, the conduit extending through the at least one porous physical filter media and in communication with the upstream side of the pre-motor filter; (e) a suction motor positioned downstream of the pre-motor filter and rearward of the cyclone chamber wherein; (f) an air flow path extending from the pre-motor filter to the suction motor; and, (g) a clean air outlet downstream of the suction motor.