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A vacuum cleaner of a baseboard type which is concealed in a handsome article of furniture so that the vacuum cleaner concurrently serves as a piece of furniture. To this end, the vacuum cleaner herein disclosed comprises a housing structure of a substantially hollow cubic body having a first chambe

A vacuum cleaner of a baseboard type which is concealed in a handsome article of furniture so that the vacuum cleaner concurrently serves as a piece of furniture. To this end, the vacuum cleaner herein disclosed comprises a housing structure of a substantially hollow cubic body having a first chamber adapted to accommodate therein a length of a flexible vacuum hose, a second chamber in which a source of vacuum is housed and a third chamber adapted to removably accommodate a dust collector. A lid is provided at either or both of the top and side of the housing structure and may provide for the convenient storage of some appurtenances such as floor brush, extensible wand, nozzle, etc. An automatic drawing mechanism for drawing a length of the flexible vacuum hose, that has been taken out of the hose chamber for use, back into the hose chamber is also provided.

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A vacuum cleaner which comprises: a housing structure including front, rear and side walls; a source of vacuum stationarily housed within said housing structure, thereby occupying a first area of the interior of said housing structure; a removable dust collector removably accommodated within said ho

A vacuum cleaner which comprises: a housing structure including front, rear and side walls; a source of vacuum stationarily housed within said housing structure, thereby occupying a first area of the interior of said housing structure; a removable dust collector removably accommodated within said housing structure, thereby occupying a second area of the interior of said housing structure adjacent said first area thereof, said collector being, when held in position within said second area, operatively coupled to said vacuum source; a flexible vacuum hose having an inner end removably coupled to said dust collector and an outer end situated outside said housing structure, a substantially intermediate portion of which flexible vacuum hose is adapted to be accommodated within said housing structure thereby occupying a third area of the interior of said housing structure immediately above said first and second areas; an opening formed in one of said side walls of said housing structure and through which said flexible hose loosely extends; an automatic drawing mechanism for drawing back into said third area, a length of said flexible hose that has been extended outside said third area and out of said housing structure for use, said automatic drawing mechanism including a pair of rolls parallely spaced a distance slightly smaller than the outer diameter of the flexible hose, said flexible hose being operatively sandwiched between said rolls, and a drive unit for driving at least one of said rolls for automatically drawing said flexible hose back into said third area in cooperation with the other roll when said drive unit is operated; and a hingedly supported top lid for selectively opening and closing an opening at the top of said housing structure, said opening in said side wall opening at the opening at the top of said housing structure thereby to facilitate takeout of said flexible hose from said third area in readiness for a cleaning job, said other roll being rotatably mounted to said top lid in such a manner as to face towards said one of said rolls.