Surface cleaning apparatus and docking station usable therewith

A hand vacuum cleaner having an upper end, a lower end, a front end, a rear end, a handle and a forward/rearward axis, the hand vacuum cleaner comprising:

• 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;
• an air treatment member positioned in the air flow path, the air treatment member comprising an air treatment chamber, the air treatment chamber having a front end, an axially spaced apart 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 inlet and an air outlet, the air treatment member comprises a stationary portion and a moveable portion, the moveable portion is rotatably mounted by a rotational mount between a closed position in which the air treatment chamber is closed and an open position in which the air treatment chamber is open;
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• a pre-motor filter positioned downstream of the air treatment chamber, the pre-motor filter has a first side and an axially opposed second side;
• and, a suction motor positioned in the air flow path upstream of the clean air outlet, wherein the moveable portion comprises the pre-motor filter whereby, when the moveable portion is in the closed position, the first side of the pre-motor filter faces generally forwardly and when the moveable portion is in the open position, the first side of the pre-motor filter faces generally rearwardly.