Patent ID: 7594295

Claim:
An auxiliary vacuum device for a central vacuum cleaning system for premises defining areas of occupancy, said system including an electrically powered vacuum generating unit, a system network of piping extending throughout the premises and terminating in at least one inlet formed in one of the walls defining at least some of the areas of occupancy, the device comprising a housing for registration with an inlet extending through a mounting plate of the system network, the housing being adapted for installation at the inlet mounting plate externally of a wall and being provided with an inlet port for communication with said inlet, a connection exterior to the housing, a pipe extending within the housing from the inlet port to said connection, a flexible concertina hose attached to the connection proximal to the housing, a cleaning tool mounting probe provided on the hose distal from the connection, a docking station in the housing for the cleaning tool mounting probe, and switch mechanism located within the housing and adapted for activating and de-activating the electrically powered vacuum generating unit of the central vacuum cleaning system.