Abstract: This device is an apparatus that may be used for many different functions or purposes. It includes vacuum cleaning; it can absorb dry or wet material and accumulate it. In the case of dry material, such may be accumulated dry in a container of any desired size for later disposal. In the case of wet material that is free flowing, it may be discharged through an outlet, connectable to a hose or pipe by having standard hose connections thereon. It is provided with a container for receiving and accumulating the collected material, and, if the material is liquid, it may be discharged from the container as desired. The container is provided adjacent its bottom with a normally open switch operable when the liquid level is below it to operate the suction pump to refill the container automatically, unless a manually operable switch in the circuit thereto has been operated to electrically disconnect the suction pump.