Surface cleaning apparatus

摘要

A hand vacuum cleaner is provided with a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner and the wand has a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic cleaning stage. Fluid exiting the wand travels directly into the dirty fluid inlet and, from the dirty fluid inlet, directly into the cyclone chamber.

主权项

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 located at a front end of the hand vacuum cleaner and a clean fluid outlet, the dirty fluid inlet defining a passage extending along a passage axis that intersects the clean fluid outlet; (c) a handle comprising a handle portion that extends upwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface wherein the handle portion is positioned rearward of the first cyclonic cleaning stage whereby a portion of the cyclone chamber is positioned between the dirty fluid inlet and the handle portion; and, (d) a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet, the wand having a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head,
whereby fluid exiting the wand travels directly into the dirty fluid inlet and from the dirty fluid inlet directly into the cyclone chamber,wherein the passage axis intersects the handle.