A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone unit and a pistol grip handle. The cyclone unit comprises a cyclone chamber with a cyclone axis of rotation extending between the front and rear ends of the cyclone chamber. When the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the cyclone axis of rotation extending horizontally, the inlet conduit is located at a lower side of the hand vacuum cleaner, the pistol grip handle is provided on a lower side of the main body and the pistol grip handle extends upwardly from a lower end of the pistol grip handle to an upper end of the pistol grip handle.

A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone having a primary air inlet and a secondary air inlet. A primary air flow path extends a the floor dirty air inlet of a surface cleaning head to the primary air inlet of the cyclone. An above floor cleaning assembly comprising an above floor cleaning wand and a flexible hose, the above floor cleaning assembly having an auxiliary dirty air inlet. A secondary air flow path extends from the auxiliary dirty air inlet to the secondary air inlet of the cyclone. When the surface cleaning apparatus is useable in a floor cleaning mode in which air enters the surface cleaning apparatus via the primary dirty air inlet of the surface cleaning head and an above floor cleaning mode in which air enters the surface cleaning apparatus via the auxiliary dirty air inlet.

A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone having a primary air inlet and a secondary air inlet. A primary air flow path extends a the floor dirty air inlet of a surface cleaning head to the primary air inlet of the cyclone. An above floor cleaning assembly comprising an above floor cleaning wand and a flexible hose, the above floor cleaning assembly having an auxiliary dirty air inlet. A secondary air flow path extends from the auxiliary dirty air inlet to the secondary air inlet of the cyclone. When the surface cleaning apparatus is useable in a floor cleaning mode in which air enters the surface cleaning apparatus via the primary dirty air inlet of the surface cleaning head and an above floor cleaning mode in which air enters the surface cleaning apparatus via the auxiliary dirty air inlet.

A surface cleaning apparatus includes a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet and an upper section mount and an upper portion moveably mounted to the upper section. The upper portion includes a wand. A portable surface cleaning unit is removably mounted to the upper portion. An air flow path extends from the dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and includes an upstream portion comprising the wand and a flexible air flow conduit downstream of the wand. Each of the wand and the portable cleaning unit can be separately removable from the upper section mount.

A surface cleaning apparatus having a suction hose and a hose storage chamber. The suction hose is adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration and the suction hose is biased to the extended configuration by a biasing member.

A surface cleaning apparatus having a suction hose and a hose storage chamber. The suction hose is adjustable between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration and the suction hose is biased to the extended configuration by a biasing member.

A floor cleaning machine including a handle that pivots relative to a base about a pivot axis. A recovery tank is coupled to the handle in fluid communication with a suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through a suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine further includes an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a reclined position. The hose is in a retracted configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a substantially upright position. The hose at least partially wraps around the pivot axis with the pivot axis being between a portion of the hose wrapped around the pivot axis and the surface being cleaned in the expanded and the retracted configurations.

A floor cleaning machine including a handle that pivots relative to a base about a pivot axis. A recovery tank is coupled to the handle in fluid communication with a suction motor assembly to receive and store fluid and dirt drawn through a suction nozzle. The floor cleaning machine further includes an expandable hose fluidly communicating the recovery tank and the suction nozzle. The hose is in an expanded configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a reclined position. The hose is in a retracted configuration when the handle is pivoted about the pivot axis to a substantially upright position. The hose at least partially wraps around the pivot axis with the pivot axis being between a portion of the hose wrapped around the pivot axis and the surface being cleaned in the expanded and the retracted configurations.

A surface cleaning apparatus includes a heated vapor generator for generating steam and a supply tank for containing a supply of fluid. A liquid conduit that is in fluid communication with the supply tank is in heat exchange relationship with a vapor conduit that is in fluid communication with the heated vapor generator.

A vacuum cleaner includes a floor nozzle, a handle, a hand nozzle that can be stored at least partially in the handle, and a backbone between the floor nozzle and the handle. The vacuum cleaner further includes a motor and dustcup on the backbone. Air flow conduits define a first air flow path between the dustcup and the floor nozzle and a second air flow path between the hand nozzle and the dustcup. A flow valve is operable between an open position and a closed position based on the position of the backbone relative to the floor nozzle. When the valve is in the open position, the first air flow path is open to the floor nozzle; when the valve is in the closed position, the first air flow path is closed to the floor nozzle, focusing suction to the hand nozzle.