Housing arrangement for compact blower and vacuum

A device for creating a suctioning and blowing force, said device comprising:

• a thin-walled container having a bottom, a side wall joined with said bottom, and a mouth defined along an edge of said side wall distal said bottom;
• a removable vacuum assembly operatively associated with said container, a top plate of said vacuum assembly operatively associated with said container to cover said mouth, an intermediate plate of said vacuum assembly depending from said top plate, said intermediate plate being spaced away from said top plate, means for producing a vacuum operatively associated with said vacuum assembly positioned between said top plate and said intermediate plate, a vacuum port extending through said top and intermediate plates communicating with said container, a blower port communicating with said vacuum means for expelling atmosphere from said container;
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• a vacuum chamber being defined by said bottom, said intermediate plate and a portion of said side wall between said bottom and said intermediate plate when said removable vacuum assembly is disposed in said container.

A vacuum producing device for creating a suctioning and blowing force, said device comprising:

• a container having a bottom end, an open end distal said bottom end, and a mouth defined along an edge of said open end;
• a top plate disposed on said container to cover said mouth;
• an intermediate plate disposed in said container spaced between said bottom end and said top plate, said intermediate plate forming a seal with an inside surface of said container;
• a vacuum chamber defined by a portion of said container partitioned by said intermediate plate;
• means for producing a vacuum disposed in said container substantially between said intermediate plate and said top plate;
• a vacuum port in communication with said vacuum chamber;
• a blower port in communication with said vacuum producing means;
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• means for covering said blower port and clamping a hose disposed in said blower port, said covering and clamping means being selectively disposable relative to said blower port, blower port said cover selectively displaceable between covering and clamping positions relative to said blower port for preventing debris from becoming displaced into said blower port and retaining a hose in communication with said blower port.