Patent ID: 8387204

Claim:
A handheld cleaning appliance comprising a main body, a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet and a cyclonic separator for separating dirt and dust from an airflow located in an airflow path leading from the air inlet to the air outlet, the cyclonic separator being arranged in a generally upright orientation, wherein the main body includes a handle in between upper and lower portions of the main body, the upper portion housing a motor and fan unit by which dirty air can be drawn into the vacuum cleaner, the lower portion including a substantially planar base surface of the main body and housing a battery unit for powering the motor, in use, wherein the substantially planar base surface of the main body and a substantially planar base surface of the cyclonic separator together form a base surface of the appliance for supporting the appliance on a surface, wherein the base surface of the main body lies in the plane of the base surface of the cyclonic separator, and wherein the handle, the motor and fan unit and the battery unit are arranged above the base surface of the main body.