In-wall retractable vacuum cleaning hose access and storage device

For a building structure having at least one wall portion comprising studs and opposing side members thereof, a central vacuum generator connected by vacuum ducting to at least one location within the structure distant therefrom, a device at said location connecting a vacuum cleaning hose to the vacuum ducting, providing access to the hose for use and providing storage of the hose between periods of use thereof, said hose access and storage device comprising:

• a vacuum cleaning hose reel assembly for storing hose wound thereabout, along with means for the mounting said assembly to rotate while contained entirely between opposite sides of the stud containing wall of the building structure, about an axis perpendicular to said wall;
• means for connecting and end of an elongate vacuum cleaning hose to the reel assembly;
• means for providing vacuum from said central vacuum generator ducting to said hose end;
• means providing access to the other end of the hose from the outside of the wall, to draw the hose out of the wall from the reel, and means to return said hose into the wall to the rewound upon the reel for storage.