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US 10,501,927 B2Granted
Drain cleaner with drum exchange mechanism
AssigneeTti (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited
InventorParke Pleasants
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Abstract
A drain cleaner including a rotatable drum, a cable at least partially housed within the drum, and a body supporting the drum. The body includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing and the second housing are movable relative to one another between a closed position, in which the drum is secured to the body, and an open position, in which the drum is removable from the body.
Claims18
A drain cleaner comprising:
- a rotatable drum;
- a cable at least partially housed within the drum;
- and
- a body supporting the drum, wherein the body includes a first housing and a second housing movable relative to one another between a closed position, in which the drum is secured to the body, and an open position, in which the drum is removable from the body,
- wherein the second housing is slidable away from the first housing to move the body from the closed position to an intermediate position, and wherein the second housing is rotatable relative to the first housing to move the body from the intermediate position to the open position.
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A drain cleaner comprising:
- a rotatable drum;
- a cable at least partially housed within the drum;
- a body supporting the drum, the body including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing and the second housing movable relative to one another between a closed position, in which the drum is secured to the body, and an open position, in which the drum is removable from the body;
- and
- a release mechanism disposed on the first housing and the second housing to control relative movement of the first housing and the second housing,
- wherein the first housing includes a handle assembly extending rearwardly from the drum, the handle assembly having a grip and a trigger adjacent the grip,
- wherein the second housing extends forwardly from the drum and includes a cable feed mechanism, and
- wherein the drum is rotatably supported between the first housing and the second housing.
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A drain cleaner comprising:
- a rotatable drum;
- a cable at least partially housed within the drum;
- a body supporting the drum, wherein the body includes a first housing and a second housing movable relative to one another between a closed position, in which the drum is secured to the body, and an open position, in which the drum is removable from the body;
- and
- a drum release mechanism disposed on one of the first housing and the second housing to selectively lock and unlock the body, wherein the first housing is movable relative to the second housing when the body is unlocked, and wherein the first housing is fixed relative to the second housing when the body is locked, the drum release mechanism including
- a latch positioned on one of the first housing and the second housing, the latch configured to selectively engage the other of the first housing and the second housing, and
- an actuator actuable to disengage the latch from the other of the first housing and the second housing,
- wherein the first housing includes a channel and the second housing includes a projection, the projection being movable in a linear direction within the channel as the second housing moves relative to the first housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.