Filter cleaning system for an ash vacuum

A filter cleaning system for a vacuum comprising, a housing that is open across a top end and closed across a bottom end, and has a port formed therein for receiving a vacuum hose;

• a removable lid for attachment, in sealing engagement, over said housing open top end;
• a vacuum source for mounting to said lid that communicates with the housing interior through an opening in said lid;
• a filter system that includes first and second filters with each including means for independent mounting to said lid undersurface such that said secondary filter is maintained to a mounting sleeve that extends from said lid undersurface across the vacuum source and said primary filter, that is formed as a bag, is mounted at its neck to said lid undersurface, containing said secondary filter that is formed as a bag to fit with said primary filter and includes a means for maintaining a top edge of said second filter bag onto said mounting sleeve;
• a filter support that is an open frame and is maintained within said primary filter and includes a straight rod secured at one end to extend at a right angle from said filter support and passes through a rod opening formed through said lid and including means for closing off said rod opening;
• and cage means arranged across said opening through said lid and is positioned within and in contact with said secondary filter, which said cage means is suspended by spring means from said lid undersurface, which said spring mean allows said cage means to move when said filter support is moved thereagainst, which said cage means movement is translated to an inner surface of secondary filter to dislodge collected particles therefrom.