Patent ID: 8869345

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet; b) a main body comprising a front end, a rear end, first and second opposed sidewalls, a cavity having an open upper end positioned between the first and second opposed side walls, and a suction motor provided in the air flow path; c) a cyclone bin assembly provided in the air flow path, the cyclone bin assembly having opposed end walls, comprising a cyclone chamber, and a dirt collection chamber in communication with the cyclone chamber and being removably mounted in the cavity; d) first and second side wheels rotatable about an axis of rotation wherein, when the cyclone bin assembly is mounted in the cavity the cyclone chamber and the suction motor are disposed within a cylindrical volume defined axially between the first and second side wheels; and, e) a pre-motor filter which has a cross sectional area that is larger than a transverse cross sectional area of the cyclone chamber, wherein the pre-motor filter is provided between the first sidewall and the associated first side wheel.