Floor mounted dust mop cleaning device

Claim 1

A DUST MOP CLEANING DEVICE COMPRISING A HOUSING, HAVING SIDE WALLS, A BOTTOM AND A TOP, AND AN INTERIOR WALL DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSING INTO A SUCTION SECTION AND AN EXHAUST SECTION, SAID WALL HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH AIR MAY BE DRIVEN FROM SAID SUCTION SECTION TO SAID EXHAUST SECTION; A SUCTION UNIT COMPRISING AN IMPELLER, AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, ALL POSITIONED WITHIN THE SUCTION SECTION OF THE HOUSING AND SECURED TO AND MOUNTED SURROUNDING SAID OPENING IN THE INTERIOR WALL IN POSITION SO THAT AIR EXHAUSTED FROM SAID SUCTION UNIT IS DRIVEN THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE INTERIOR WALL; A DUST COLLECTOR BAG UNIT POSITIONED WITHIN THE EXHAUST SECTION CONSISTING OF A DUST COLLECTOR BAG ADAPTER SURROUNDING THE OPENING IN THE INTERIOR WALL, A DUST COLLECTOR BAG MADE OF AIR PERVIOUS MATERIAL AND HAVING ITS OPEN END EMBRACING SAID DUST COLLECTOR BAG ADAPTER, MEANS COOPERATING WITH THE DUST COLLECTOR BAG ADAPTER TO HOLD THE DUST COLLECTOR BAG IN POSITION TO RECEIVE DUST LADEN AIR THROUGH SAID OPENING FROM SAID SUCTION UNIT; THE PORTION OF THE HOUSING TOP ABOVE THE EXHAUST SECTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A HINGED DOOR WHEREBY THE DOOR CAN BE OPENED ON ITS HINGES EXPOSING THE DUST COLLECTOR BAG AND PERMITTING THE SAME TO BE REMOVED FOR CLEANING, DISPOSAL AND REPLACEMENT; THE PORTION OF THE HOUSING TOP OF THE DUST MOP CLEANING DEVICE ABOVE THE SUCTION SECTION BEING FORMED WITH SLOTS WHICH PERMIT DUST LADEN AIR TO TRAVEL INTO THE SUCTION UNIT; AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE UNIT ON THE SUBFLOOR OF A HOUSE IN A PROPERLY SHAPED OPENING IN THE FLOOR SO THAT THE ENTIRE MECHANISM CONTAINED IN THE HOUSING IS LOCATED BELOW THE FLOOR SURFACE AND SO THAT THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE TOP OF SAID UNIT IS SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE ADJOINING FLOOR SURFACE.