Patent ID: 8176596

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising (a) a member having a dirty fluid inlet; (b) a fluid flow path extending from the dirty fluid inlet to a clean air outlet of the surface cleaning apparatus and including a suction motor; (c) at least one cyclone positioned in the fluid flow path and having at least one material outlet; and, (d) a reconfigurable divider plate associated with the material outlet, the divider plate being reconfiqurable by at least one of the following: i. the divider plate is replaceable with an alternate divider plate; ii. the divider plate has a configuration that is variable; iii. the divider plate has a portion that is removable; iv. the divider plate has a portion that is movable to an alternate in use position; and, v. the divider plate is moveable with respect to a separated material outlet of the cyclone to an alternate in use position.