Patent ID: 9084523
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: a) a main body comprising a fluid flow motor; b) a first cyclonic cleaning stage having first and second spaced apart ends and comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber having first and second spaced apart ends, a dirty fluid inlet and a clean fluid outlet, wherein the cyclone chamber extends longitudinally along a first longitudinal axis, the fluid flow motor has a fluid flow motor axis extending transverse to the first longitudinal axis, and the dirty fluid inlet defines a passage extending along a passage axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis; c) a handle; and, d) a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet, the wand having a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head, wherein the passage axis is parallel to the fluid flow motor axis and the passage axis intersects the handle.