Patent ID: 7828568

Claim:
A system for connecting a current carrying flexible hose to an electrical receptacle and an inlet valve for use in association with a central vacuum cleaning system, the system comprising: an electrical box for receiving the electrical receptacle, said electrical box securable to a structural element; a main body having a vacuum connection opening for the inlet valve, said main body being physically separated from the electrical box; a mounting plate for mounting the main body having the vacuum connection opening for the inlet valve at a first known orientation with respect to the electrical receptacle inserted in the electrical box; a hose cuff connected at one end to the current carrying flexible hose, said hose cuff having electrical terminals for mating with the electrical receptacle and a vacuum connection for mating with the vacuum connection opening, said electrical terminals being oriented with respect to the vacuum connection in a second known orientation corresponding to the first known orientation such that the electrical terminals mate with the electrical receptacle received by the electrical box when the vacuum connection opening receives the vacuum connection of the hose cuff; wherein the mounting plate comprises an orienting portion for orienting the main body having the vacuum connection opening for the inlet valve at the first known orientation with respect to the electrical box; and wherein the orienting portion aligns the main body with respect to the electrical box prior to the electrical receptacle being inserted in the electrical box, such that the main body having a vacuum connection opening is mounted at the first known orientation with respect to an anticipated orientation of the electrical receptacle which is to be inserted into the electrical box.