Access port for house vacuum equipped with removable trap

An access port for a house vacuum equipped with a removable trap comprising:

• a port body of elongated cylindrical shape having an open top and an apertured bottom in fluid communication with a vacuum source;
• a port cover pivotally connected to a floor panel by hinge means, said port cover having an outer dimension that is at least the outer dimension of said port body for sealingly engaging an upper rim of said port body when said port cover is in a closed position;
• a debris trap of elongated cylindrical shape removably mounted inside said port body for collecting debris for a vacuuming operation and for allowing air to pass therethrough through a plurality of apertures provided in a sidewall and in a bottom plate of said debris trap, said debris trap is supported in a suspended manner spaced-apart from an inner periphery and said apertured bottom of said port body by a distance of at least 0.5 cm;
• a vacuum hose access port in said port cover formed by an opening and an upwardly extending sidewall having an inner peripheral surface for frictionally engaging a vacuum hose;
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• a cover for sealing said opening when said vacuum hose is not in use.

An access port for a house vacuum equipped with a removable trap comprising:

• a port body of elongated cylindrical shape having an open top and an apertured bottom in fluid communication with a vacuum source;
• a port cover pivotally connected to a floor panel by a hinge means, said port cover having an outer dimension that is at least the outer dimension of said port body for sealingly engaging an upper rim of said port body when said port cover is in a closed position;
• a debris trap or elongated cylindrical shape removably mounted inside said port body for collecting debris for a vacuuming operation and for allowing air to pass therethrough through a plurality of apertures provided in a sidewall and in a bottom plate of said debris trap, said debris trap is supported in a suspended manner spaced-apart from an inner periphery and said apertured bottom of said port body by a distance of at least 0.5 cm;
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• a vacuum hoes access means in said port cover for sealingly connecting a vacuum hose to a vacuum source.