Patent ID: 9668631
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A47L

Claim:
1. An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a) a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet at a front end thereof and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head between an upright storage position and an inclined use position; b) the upright section having a filtration member housing that is removably mounted to the surface cleaning apparatus, the filtration member housing comprising a cyclone chamber, a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber, an openable top, an openable bottom, a front face and a latch releasably securing the openable top in a closed position, the latch is provided on the front face, the cyclone chamber having a lower air inlet, a lower air outlet and an upper dirt outlet wherein when the openable top is open, an upper end of the cyclone chamber and the dirt collection chamber are opened and when the openable bottom is opened, a lower end of the dirt collection chamber is opened; and, c) an air flow passage extending between the dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet.