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Abstract

A surface cleaning apparatus including an air flow path from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet with a motor and fan assembly located in the air flow path; a cyclone located in the air flow path having a first end, an opposed second end, a cyclone axis of rotation that extends between the first and second ends, a sidewall located between the first and second ends, a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet, and a first dirt outlet, wherein a cyclone chamber is located internal of the sidewall between the first and second ends; and a dirt collection chamber external to the cyclone chamber and in communication with the cyclone chamber via the first dirt outlet. The cyclone chamber has a non-circular cross-sectional area in a plane that is transverse to the cyclone axis of rotation. The first dirt outlet includes an opening in the sidewall.

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