Patent ID: 9078549
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A47L

Abstract:
1. A hand vacuum cleaner comprising: a) a main body comprising a fluid flow motor; b) a first cyclonic cleaning stage comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber having first and second spaced apart ends, the first end being positioned above the second end when the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface, a dirty fluid inlet and a clean fluid outlet, the dirty fluid inlet defining a passage extending along a passage axis; c) a second cyclonic cleaning stage provided in a fluid flow path downstream from the first cyclonic cleaning stage and having first and second spaced apart ends; d) a handle comprising an upper end that is located exterior to the second cyclonic stage and at a height intermediate the first and second spaced apart ends of the second cyclonic cleaning stage and a handle portion that extends upwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface, wherein the passage axis intersects the handle portion; and, e) a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet, the wand having a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head.