Abstract: A canister surface cleaning apparatus comprising an air treatment assembly. The air treatment assembly comprises an air treatment member and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the air treatment member. The air treatment assembly has first and second opposed ends and a sidewall that extends between the first and second ends. The sidewall has an openable door whereby the dirt collection chamber is opened when the door is opened, and the air treatment member is removably mounted in the first end of the air treatment assembly.

Abstract: A hair dryer has a body having a hair dryer electrical contact. An accessory tool, which has an accessory tool having an accessory electrical contact, is removably mountable to the body. An electrically operable heating element provided in the accessory tool, whereby, when the accessory tool is mounted to the body and the hair dryer is actuated, the electrically operable heating element is energized using power provided by the hair dryer electrical contact.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic stage which comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion. The openable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotatable mount between a closed position in which a cyclone chamber is closed and an open position in which the cyclone chamber is open. The stationary portion comprises an upper portion of the first cyclonic stage and the openable portion comprises a lower portion of the first cyclonic stage. The rotatable mount is located at a rearward end of the openable portion.

Abstract: A filter mask for biological material has a mask body and a removable filter assembly.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage. The front end of the first cyclonic stage has a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A latch secures the front door in the closed position. The front door has a first portion which is rotatably mounted to a front end of a cyclone unit sidewall and a second portion angularly spaced around the front door from the first portion, the second portion having the latch.

Abstract: A puller apparatus has a path through which an extrusion travels downstream from an outlet of an extruder and upper and lower extrusion puller members that define a portion of the path. At least one of the extrusion puller members is a drive member to provide forward motion to an extrusion. A mounting arm is moveably mounted to the puller apparatus at a mounting location. The mounting arm has a first portion on one side of the mounting location and a second portion on an opposed side of the mounting location. The upper extrusion puller member is mounted to the first portion of the mounting arm. The mounting arm is movable from a lowered position in which the upper extrusion puller member is positioned to engage an extrusion in the path and a raised position in which the upper extrusion puller member is spaced upwardly from the lowered position.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus includes a cyclone bin assembly that includes a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber. A first end of the cyclone bin assembly includes at least a portion of the cyclone chamber and at least a portion of the dirt collection chamber and at least a portion of a sidewall separating the dirt collection chamber and the cyclone chamber. The first end of the cyclone bin assembly is rotationally mounted between a closed position and an open position in which an end of the cyclone chamber and an end of the dirt collection chamber are opened.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber having a longitudinal cyclone axis of rotation wherein the dirt outlet is defined by a gap between the sidewall of the cyclone and a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body housing a suction motor, an air treatment member having a front end and a rear end with a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends and a bleed valve having a bleed air flow path that extends from a bleed air inlet to a bleed air outlet. The hand vacuum cleaner has right and left laterally opposed sides that are spaced apart in a direction transverse to the central longitudinal axis, and the bleed air inlet and the bleed air outlet are transversely spaced apart.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a cyclone, a conical pre-motor filter that is positioned rearward of the cyclone and a suction motor. The pre-motor filter has a front end that faces towards the cyclone air outlet. The conical pre-motor filter has an open interior volume, an outer surface, which is an upstream surface of the pre-motor filter, and an inner surface, which is a downstream surface of the pre-motor filter.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone assembly positioned in the air flow path, the cyclone assembly comprising a cyclone chamber, the cyclone chamber having a front end, a rear end, a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends, a cyclone air inlet and a cyclone air outlet provided at the rear end of the cyclone chamber, wherein the rear end is rotationally moveable by a rotational mount between a closed position in which the cyclone is closed and an open position wherein a rear portion of the cyclone is open.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an upper end, a lower end, an air flow passage, a main body with a handle, an air treatment member, an on board energy storage member, and a suction motor. The on board energy storage member is positioned in the air flow passage downstream of the air treatment member. The suction motor is provided in the air flow passage downstream of the energy storage member.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit and a pistol grip handle. The cyclone unit comprises a cyclone chamber with a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone chamber. When the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally, the inlet conduit is located at a lower side of the hand vacuum cleaner, the pistol grip handle is provided on a lower side of the main body and the pistol grip handle extends upwardly from a lower end of the pistol grip handle to an upper end of the pistol grip handle.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage. The front end of the first cyclonic stage has a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A latch secures the front door in the closed position. The openable front door has a door first end which is rotatably mounted to a front end of the cyclone unit. The latch and the handle are provided on one side of the hand vacuum cleaner when the openable front door is in a closed position and, when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented such that the cyclone axis is horizontal and the upper side is above the lower side, the door first end is vertically spaced from the one side.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage. The front end of the first cyclonic stage has a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A latch secures the front door in the closed position. The front door has a first portion which is rotatably mounted to a front end of a cyclone unit sidewall and a second portion angularly spaced around the front door from the first portion, the second portion having the latch.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclonic unit comprising a first cyclonic stage and a second cyclonic stage, the first cyclonic stage comprising a cyclone. An openable door opens the cyclone when the door is in an open position. The front door has a diameter and the rear end of the first cyclonic stage has a diameter that is generally equal to the diameter of the front door.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a body, which houses a suction motor, and a cyclone unit provided on a front end of the body. The cyclone unit has a cyclone with a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first stage cyclone. Air enters the cyclone unit through a cyclone unit air inlet that is centrally positioned on a front end wall of the cyclone. A front electrical connector is positioned adjacent the cyclone unit air inlet. When the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the rigid air flow conduit, the rigid air flow conduit is concurrently connected in air flow communication with the cyclone unit air inlet and the outlet end electrical connector is electrically connected to the front electrical connector.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner comprises a body which houses a suction motor. An end of a handle is provided on a sidewall of the body and extends outwardly therefrom. An air treatment member comprises a chamber, which has an openable door and which forms a front face of the hand vacuum cleaner. An openable door lock comprises an axially extending member having a front end and a rear end and, when the door is in a closed portion, the front end secures the openable door in the closed position and the door release actuator is rotationally mounted and, in use, the door release actuator is rotated to drive the axially extending member whereby the door is unlocked.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone chamber. The cyclone chamber air inlet has a downstream end that is located in the cyclone chamber. The downstream end comprises an inlet air flow path comprising an inlet sidewall, an inlet end wall and an outlet port provided in the inlet sidewall, wherein at least a portion of each of the inlet sidewall and the inlet end wall have inner surfaces that are curved.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit having a cyclone with a horizontal cyclone axis of rotation. The front end of the cyclone unit comprises a front door that is moveable between a closed position and an open position. A lock secures the front door in the closed position, the lock comprising an actuator, wherein the actuator is spaced towards the rear end of the cyclone.