Compact vacuum cleaner with storage means

Claim 1

A COMPACT VACUUM CLEANER FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING AN ENCLOSED HOUSING HAVING AN AIR CHAMBER AND AN END WITH AN AIR INLET THEREIN, A SEPARATING WALL IN THE AIR CHAMBER SPACED AWAY FROM THE INLET TO FORM A FILTER CHAMBER ON ONE SIDE THEREOF AND A MOTOR CHAMBER ON ITS OPPOSITE SIDE, SAID FILTER CHAMBER AND SAID MOTOR CHAMBER BEING SUBSTA%NTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED, SAID FILTER CHAMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN AIR PERVOUS DUST BAG HAVING ANI ENTRANCE REMOVABLY CONNECTABLE TO THE INLET, AN OPENING IN SAID SEPARATING WALL, A MOTOR MOUNTED IN THE MOTOR CHAMBER, A BLOWER IN THE MOTOR CHAMBER OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE MOTOR FOR DRAWING AIR FROM THE FILTER CHAMBER INTO THE MOTOR CHAMBER, AN AIR OUTLET IN THE HOUSING FROM THE MOTOR CHAMBER, A STORAGE CHANNEL OF SUBSTANTIALLY U CONFIGURATION IN PLAN IN THE HOUSING SAID CHANNEL FORMED BY THE SAID SEPARATING WALL.