Patent attributes
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a rigid air flow conduit and a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has a body, which houses a suction motor. A first cyclonic stage is provided at the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the first cyclonic stage has a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the front and rear ends of the first cyclonic stage. A second cyclonic stage has a plurality of second stage cyclones, A rear end of the second stage cyclones is positioned rearward of the rear end of the first cyclonic stage. The suction motor is positioned rearward of the first cyclonic stage. When the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to the outlet end of the upright section, a handle of the hand vacuum cleaner is drivingly connected to the surface cleaning head.
