Patent ID: 8863352

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and including a suction motor; (b) a cyclone chamber provided in the air flow path and comprising a length in a longitudinal direction, a first end having a dirt outlet, a second end longitudinally spaced from the first end, a cyclone air inlet and a cyclone air outlet; and, (c) a dirt collection chamber exterior to the cyclone chamber and having a dirt collection chamber first end, an opposed dirt collection chamber second end and a longitudinally extending sidewall comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion at least partially laterally surrounding the cyclone chamber, facing the dirt outlet and defining a passage extending away from and past the dirt outlet towards the opposed dirt collection chamber second end, the second portion extending to the opposed dirt collection chamber second end and a discontinuity is provided between the first and second portions.