Surface cleaning apparatus, cyclonic air treatment member and surface cleaning apparatus including the same

A vacuum cleaner or extractor comprising:

• (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
• (b) an air treatment member having an air treatment chamber positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment chamber comprising an air treatment chamber air inlet, an air treatment chamber air outlet, an openable first end, a longitudinally spaced apart second end and a longitudinally extending sidewall, wherein the air treatment chamber air outlet comprises a longitudinally extending porous member having a porous sidewall;
• (c) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path upstream of the clean air outlet;
• (d) a moveable member positioned in the air treatment chamber, the moveable member comprising at least one of the porous member and a cleaning member positioned in the air treatment chamber between the sidewall of the air treatment chamber and the porous sidewall, wherein the moveable member is moveable from an operating position in which the moveable member is positioned towards the second end and a cleaned position in which the moveable member is translated longitudinally away from the second end;
• and,
• (e) a handle drivingly connected to the moveable member whereby operation of the handle translates the moveable member longitudinally through at least a portion of the chamber,
• wherein the first end is moved from a closed position to an open position when the moveable member is longitudinally translated through at least the portion of the chamber.