Cyclone construction for a surface cleaning apparatus

A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

• (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
• (b) a cyclone positioned in the air flow passage and having a cyclone air inlet at an inlet end of the cyclone, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet spaced from the cyclone air inlet at a dirt outlet end of the cyclone and a cyclone chamber wall;
• (c) a dirt collection chamber in communication with the dirt outlet and having an openable wall moveable between an open position and a closed position;
• (d) a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone and moveable between an open position in which the plate is in a first orientation with respect to the openable wall and a closed position in which the plate is in a second orientation, different from the first orientation, with respect to the openable wall, the plate is attached to the openable wall whereby, as the openable wall moves from its closed position to the its open position, the openable wall pulls the plate from its closed position to its open position and the orientation of the plate with respect to the openable wall is adjusted;
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• (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage.

A surface cleaning apparatus comprising:

• (a) an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet;
• (b) a cyclone positioned in the air flow passage and having a cyclone air inlet at an inlet end of the cyclone, a cyclone air outlet, a dirt outlet spaced from the cyclone air inlet at a dirt outlet end of the cyclone and a cyclone chamber wall;
• (c) a dirt collection chamber in communication with the dirt outlet and having an openable wall moveable between an open position and a closed position;
• (d) a plate positioned at the dirt outlet end of the cyclone and moveable between an open position in which the plate is in a first orientation with respect to the openable wall and a closed position in which the plate is in a second orientation, different from the first orientation, with respect to the openable wall, the plate is attached to the openable wall whereby, as the openable wall moves from its closed position to the its open position, the openable wall pulls the plate from its closed position to its open position and the orientation of the plate with respect to the openable wall is adjusted;
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• (e) a suction motor positioned in the air flow passage.