Patent ID: 9661964
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A handvac comprising: (a) a handvac body housing a suction motor and comprising a dirty air inlet; (b) a cyclone bin assembly removably mounted to the handvac body, the cyclone bin assembly comprising, when placed on a horizontal surface, an upper end, a lower end, a cyclone chamber, a cyclone bin assembly air inlet provided at the upper end of the cyclone bin assembly and a cyclone bin assembly air outlet, the cyclone bin assembly air inlet being in air flow communication with the dirty air inlet when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the handvac body, wherein the cyclone bin assembly is removable from the handvac body as a sealed unit other than the cyclone bin assembly air inlet and the cyclone bin assembly air outlet, wherein the cyclone bin assembly is removable in a downward direction, and wherein at least a portion of the cyclone bin assembly forms at least a portion of an exterior surface of the handvac when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted to the handvac body; and, (c) an air flow path extending from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including the suction motor and the cyclone chamber.