Patent ID: 9693666
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. A portable surface cleaning apparatus having a top and a bottom and comprising: (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (b) a main body comprising a suction motor provided in the air flow path, the suction motor having a suction motor axis, an inlet end and an outlet end; (c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path, the cyclone bin assembly comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber, the cyclone chamber having a longitudinal cyclone axis, a cyclone air inlet and a cyclone air outlet provided at a lower end of the cyclone chamber and a dirt outlet provided at an upper end of the cyclone chamber; (d) a filter chamber having a pre-motor filter provided therein, wherein a plane extends through the pre-motor filter, wherein a projection of each of the motor axis and the longitudinal cyclone axis extend through the pre-motor filter and the plane and wherein, when opened, a single lower openable door exposes a portion of the pre-motor filter through which the motor axis and the longitudinal cyclone axis extend; and, (e) a handle.