Patent ID: 8510905

Claim:
A vacuum box adapted to be in fluid communication with water and debris generated by a device that generates water and debris, comprising: a generally cubical structure including a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall, a left side wall and a right side wall that are engaged to one another to form a structure having a hollow interior; a vacuum inlet mounted to said cubical structure, said vacuum inlet having an open configuration and a closed configuration, and said vacuum inlet adapted to be in fluid communication with a source of negative pressure so that a vacuum is maintained within said hollow interior when said vacuum inlet is in said open configuration; a debris inlet forming a part of said cubical structure, said debris inlet having an open configuration and a closed configuration, and said debris inlet adapted to be in fluid communication with said device so that water and debris enter into said hollow interior when said vacuum inlet and said debris inlet are in their respective open configurations; a sloped false bottom wall disposed within said hollow interior; said sloped false bottom wall having a forward, elevated end attached to said front wall in vertically spaced, upward relation to said bottom wall and having a rearward, lower end attached to a rearward end of said bottom wall; an opening between a lower edge of said rearward wall and said rearward edge of said sloped false bottom wall; a door mounted in closing relation to said opening, said door having an open configuration and a closed configuration; said door being in said closed configuration when said device is in operation; and said door being in said open configuration so that debris can slide down said sloped false bottom wall and out of the hollow interior of said vacuum box when said door is in said open configuration.