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US 12,697,647 B2Granted
Cleaning tool for a roof drain tube and method of use
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorNicholas A. Gabbey
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Abstract
A cleaning tool for a vehicle roof drain tube includes a flexible line, a handle having first and second ends and an interior channel therebetween, a tube extending from the first end of the handle and terminating at a work end, and a flexible tip on the work end of tube that is configured to abut an entry port of the vehicle drain tube. The flexible line extends from the second end of the handle, though the interior channel and first end of the handle, through the tube, and through the flexible tip. The cleaning tool also includes a clamp on the handle for selectively engaging the flexible line.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- positioning, at an entry port of a vehicle roof drain tube, a cleaning tool, wherein the cleaning tool comprises:
- a flexible line,
- a handle having a first end and a second end and an interior channel therebetween,
- a tube extending from the first end of the handle and terminating at a work end,
- a flexible tip on the work end of the tube, configured to abut the entry port,
- the flexible line extending from the second end of the handle, though the interior channel and the first end of the handle, through the tube, and through the flexible tip, and
- a clamp on the handle for selectively engaging the flexible line;
- and
- threading the flexible line through the interior channel, the tube, and the flexible tip such that the flexible line is inserted into the vehicle roof drain tube.
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