Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus

A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end, a handle and first and second laterally opposed sides, each laterally opposed side extends in a forward/rearward direction, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:

• (a) an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner to a clean air outlet positioned rearward of the dirty air inlet;
• (b) a suction motor positioned in the air flow path upstream of the clean air outlet;
• and,
• (c) an air treatment member positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment member comprising an air treatment chamber and a dirt collection chamber exterior to the air treatment chamber, the air treatment chamber having a front end, a rearwardly disposed rear end, a sidewall extending between the front end of the air treatment chamber and the rear end of the air treatment chamber, an air treatment chamber air inlet and an air treatment chamber air outlet, the air outlet provided at the rear end of the air treatment chamber, the air treatment member comprises a stationary portion and an openable portion, the openable portion comprises a portion of the sidewall and the openable portion is moveably mounted by a mount between a closed position in which the air treatment chamber and the dirt collection chamber are closed and an open position in which the air treatment chamber and the dirt collection chamber are open,
• wherein the air flow path includes an inlet conduit extending rearwardly from the dirt air inlet to the air treatment chamber and the inlet conduit is provided at the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner, and
• wherein, when the inlet conduit extends generally horizontally, the dirt collection chamber underlies the air treatment chamber.