Automobile vacuum cleaner

A central vacuum cleaning assembly adapted for use in a vehicle comprising a waste collection chamber and an air withdrawal chamber;

• said air withdrawal chamber including an electric motor driving a vacuum generating fan impeller;
• said waste collection chamber being outside of and contiguous to said air withdrawal chamber and including an intake opening and an outlet opening, said outlet opening communicating directly with said air withdrawal chamber;
• said intake opening adapted to cooperate with a tube leading to a vacuum cleaner nozzle,
• a baffle means cooperating directly with the intake opening to divert all incoming air flow and transported solids and liquids away from the outlet opening and permit particulate and liquid waste material to fall towards a waste retaining section of the waste collection chamber,
• said waste retaining section being located in a lower part of the waste collection chamber in normal use,
• said outlet opening leading from a higher part of the waste collection chamber to the air withdrawal chamber,
• said outlet opening cooperating with a waste retaining means comprising a partition, said partition being adapted to retain particulate and liquid waste in the waste retaining section of the waste collection chamber,
• said outlet opening cooperating directly with an air filter for removal of fine dust, said outlet opening and said filter permitting free exit of filtered air from the waste collection chamber and entry of said filtered air into the air withdrawal chamber,
• said air withdrawal chamber and said fan impeller being constructed and arranged to draw said filtered air into the air withdrawal chamber and to expel said air through an outlet in said air withdrawal chamber to the atmosphere, wherein the waste collection chamber and the air withdrawal chamber are releasably held together by a latching means, such that the exterior of the vacuum cleaner assembly is partially formed by the exterior of said waste collection chamber, and partially formed by the exterior of the air withdrawal chamber, which allows for separation of said waste collection chamber and said air withdrawal chamber to allow for emptying of the waste collection chamber.