Surface cleaning apparatus

摘要

A surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed having an upper portion mounted to a surface cleaning head, a portable surface cleaning unit mounted to the upper portion, an above floor cleaning wand removably receivable in the upper portion, and a wand lock having a locked position in which the wand is secured to the upper portion and an unlocked position in which the wand is removable from the upper portion. The upper portion may stabilize the wand when the wand is drivingly connected to the cleaning head. An electrified flexible air flow conduit may electrically connect the surface cleaning head to the cleaning unit.

主权项

1. A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet; (b) an upper portion moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between a storage position and a floor cleaning position; (c) a portable surface cleaning unit comprising a suction motor and an air treatment member removably mounted to the upper portion; (d) an above floor cleaning wand removably receivable in the upper portion, the wand comprising a lower end and an upper end spaced from the lower end along a wand axis, the lower end is received in the upper portion and comprises a wand air inlet and the upper end comprises a wand air outlet, a handle is provided proximate the upper end of the wand, whereby, when the wand is received in the upper portion, the wand is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head and the upper portion is configured to stabilize the wand when the wand is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head; (e) a wand lock having a locked position in which the wand is secured to the upper portion and an unlocked position in which the wand is removable from the upper portion; and, (f) a flexible air flow conduit forming at least part of an air flow path from the above floor cleaning wand to the surface cleaning unit
wherein the portable surface cleaning unit also engages upper mounting members that are provided on the wand when the portable cleaning unit is mounted to the upper portion and the portable cleaning unit is axially translatable relative to the wand so as to engage the upper mounting members as the portable cleaning unit is mounted to the upper portion.