Patent ID: 8292979

Claim:
A surface cleaning apparatus comprising: (a) a dirt inlet; (b) a handle; (c) a cyclone bin having a longitudinal axis and a sidewall extending between an openable top and an openable bottom; (d) a cyclone chamber located in the cyclone bin and having an upper wall, a fluid inlet downstream from the dirt air inlet and a fluid outlet, wherein the fluid outlet is removably mounted in the upper wall by at least one of the following: i) the fluid outlet is rotatably mounted to the upper wall; ii) the fluid outlet is slidably receivable in the upper all in any rotational alignment with respect to the longitudinal axis; and, iii) the fluid outlet is removably mounted to the upper wall and the openable top has engagement members that engage the fluid outlet so as to secure the fluid outlet in position when the openable top is in the closed position; (e) a dirt collection chamber for the cyclone chamber, the dirt collection chamber located in the cyclone bin; and, (f) a fluid flow motor.