Patent ID: 8898857

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising a cyclone separator, the cyclone separator comprising: (a) a cyclone casing defining a cyclone chamber and having a first end having a first end wall, a second end having an opposed second end wall that is axially spaced apart from the first end wall, a sidewall, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a separated material outlet, said separated material outlet being positioned in the second end and being in communication with a separated material collection chamber, wherein the fluid inlet comprises an inlet conduit that defines a passage; (b) the sidewall having an inlet section and a second section, the fluid inlet provided on the inlet section; (c) the separated material collection chamber having a sidewall that surrounds at least a portion of the cyclone chamber and is spaced therefrom; and, (d) the separated material collection chamber having a first end and a second end, the second end having an opposed surface facing the second end of the cyclone chamber and is spaced therefrom and facing the first end of the separated material collection chamber and is spaced therefrom; and (e) an openable cover at least partially bounding the inlet conduit and at least one of the cyclone chamber and the separated material collection chamber, wherein the cover is configured such that opening the cover simultaneously opens the inlet conduit and at least one of the entire first end of the cyclone chamber and the entire first end of the separated material collection chamber.