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US 12,270,576 B1Granted
Water heater clean out device and method of cleaning out a water heater
OwnerGeoffrey H Carsoninventor
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Abstract
The water heater clean out device of the present invention is attached to a vacuum cleaner to vacuum up the built-up solids deposit from a bottom of a water heater. The articulating joint of the present invention allows the user to be able to easily reach all areas of the bottom of the water heater. The water heater clean out device uses a pull cord and pulley/cord reel system to maneuver the end of the tool inside the water heater.
Claims12
A water heater clean out device configured for attaching to a vacuum cleaner comprising
- a rigid vacuum hose having a tool end and a vacuum cleaner attachment end for operational attachment to said vacuum cleaner,
- a first articulating joint operationally attached to said rigid vacuum hose at said tool end,
- a vacuum pipe end operationally attached to said first articulating joint, and
- a pull cord having a pull end and an attachment end
- wherein said attachment end is connectively attached to said vacuum pipe end enabling a movement of said vacuum pipe end and wherein said pull cord further comprises
- a pulley,
- a cord reel,
- a motor, and
- a user operable control configured to extend and retract said pull cord to bend and/or straighten said vacuum pipe end in relation to said rigid vacuum hose.
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A water heater clean out device comprising
- a vacuum cleaner,
- a rigid vacuum hose having a vacuum attachment end operationally connected to said vacuum cleaner and a tool end,
- a first articulating joint operationally attached to said rigid vacuum hose at said tool end,
- a vacuum pipe end operationally attached to said first articulating joint, and
- a pull cord having a pull end and an attachment end connectively attached to said vacuum pipe end enabling a movement of said vacuum pipe end, wherein said pull cord further comprises
- a pulley,
- a cord reel,
- a motor, and
- a control configured to extend and retract said pull cord to bend and/or straighten said vacuum pipe end in relation to said rigid vacuum hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.