PORTABLE SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS

摘要

A portable surface cleaning apparatus, such as a hand vacuum cleaner, having a cyclone and a cleaner body, wherein a pre-motor filter is positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor and, when the cyclone and the cleaner body are separated, the pre-motor filter remains in position and access to the pre-motor filter is provided.

主权项

1. A portable surface cleaning apparatus comprising:
(a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; (b) a cleaner body housing; (c) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage, the suction motor having a motor axis and positioned in the cleaner body housing; (d) a cyclone positioned in the air flow passage, the cyclone comprising an air inlet, an air outlet and a longitudinal axis, wherein the cyclone and cleaner body are separable; and, (e) a pre-motor filter positioned in the air flow passage upstream from the suction motor and having an upstream side and a downstream side wherein, when the cyclone and the cleaner body are separated, the pre-motor filter remains in position and access to the pre-motor filter is provided.