Patent ID: 8033849

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 into which the electrical receptacle can be received at an anticipated position, 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 to be received 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 after the electrical receptacle has been received in the electrical box at the anticipated position and when the vacuum connection opening receives the vacuum connection of the hose cuff; 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 anticipated position of the electrical receptacle to be inserted in the electrical box; wherein the orienting portion is removable after the main body has been oriented with respect to the anticipated position of the electrical receptacle to be inserted in the electrical box.