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US 11,413,665 B2Granted
Commercial vacuum hose clearing apparatus
OwnerShane D. Frostinventor
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Abstract
A hose clearing apparatus has a cylindrical body, a fluid coupler on the rear side, and a fluid nozzle on the front side. A method of clearing a hose involves coupling a fluid to the fluid coupler, adjusting the fluid nozzle to achieve the desired spray, powering on the vacuum with the hose coupled thereto, inserting the front of the body and accompanying nozzle into the hose, and allowing the hose to traverse through the hose.
Claims1
A vacuum hose clearing apparatus, comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a rear wall, a sidewall extending from the rear wall, and a center bore forming a void;
- a fluid nozzle extending longitudinally from within the void formed by the center bore, the fluid nozzle extending beyond a front edge of the sidewall;
- a fluid coupler extending from the rear wall in a direction opposite the fluid nozzle;
- wherein the fluid nozzle is coupled to the fluid coupler;
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- wherein the outer circumference of the cylindrical body is configured to be less than the inner circumference of a commercial vacuum hose to be cleared, the cylindrical body configured to pass through the commercial vacuum hose from a first end to a second end, the fluid nozzle configured to spray interior sidewalls of the commercial vacuum hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.