# US 2016/0258148 A1 · Pipe Cleaning Hose Attachment

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- Number: US 2016/0258148 A1
- Document ID: US20160258148A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/944,521
- Filed: 2015-11-18
- Published: 2016-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-03-02
- Inventors: Adam Pant
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160258148A1

## CPC

- E03C 1/306: by means of a tube connected to the water mains
- B08B 9/0321: {using pressurised, pulsating or purging fluid (E04F17/126 takes precedence)}
- B08B 9/0495: {Nozzles propelled by fluid jets}
- E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS
- B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A pipe cleaning device. The pipe cleaning device includes a connector, a body, and a cleaning head each having an interior channel therethough. The connector is removably attachable to a water supply hose, such as a garden hose. The cleaning head includes a central aperture and one or more radial apertures wherein the apertures have a diameter less than the diameter of the interior channel. In use, the connector is connected to a water supply hose and the cleaning head is inserted into a clogged or otherwise blocked drain. Water flows through the interior channel via the water supply hose and is expelled from the apertures. The smaller diameter of the apertures relative to the interior channel diameter causes water to be expelled from the apertures at a high velocity, which in turn removes debris or blockages from the pipe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

1) A pipe cleaning device comprising:
a connector having a first end and a second end, the first end connectable to a hose;
a body connectable to the second end;
a cleaning head connectable to the body, the cleaning head having a central aperture configured to direct a liquid in a forward direction and one or more radial apertures configured to direct the liquid in a backward direction;
wherein the connector, the body, and the cleaning head are in fluid communication when connected, forming a channel therethrough;
wherein a diameter of each of the central aperture and the one or more radial apertures is less than an interior diameter of the channel;
and wherein each of the central aperture and the one or more radial apertures is in fluid communication with the channel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

2) The pipe cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning head comprises a top portion attached to a base portion, the base portion having peripheral edges tapering inwardly toward the top portion, the top portion comprising a central aperture having a diameter, the central aperture in fluid communication with the channel.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

3) The pipe cleaning device of claim 2, wherein the top portion of the cleaning head further comprises a shoulder having a lower portion, the lower portion of the shoulder tapering inwardly toward the base portion of the cleaning head, the shoulder comprising one or more radial apertures each having a diameter disposed on the lower portion of the shoulder, the one or more radial apertures in fluid communication with the channel.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

4) The pipe cleaning device of claim 3, wherein the connector comprises a cylinder having a circumferential sidewall, the circumferential sidewall having an inner edge and an outer edge.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

5) The pipe cleaning device of claim 4, wherein the connector further comprises an O-ring disposed within the channel of the connector.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

6) The pipe cleaning device of claim 5, wherein the O-ring is contiguous with the inner edge of the connector.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

7) The pipe cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning head is removably attached to the body.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

8) The pipe cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the connector is removably attached to the body.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

9) The pipe cleaning device of claim 1, wherein the top portion of the cleaning head is hemispherical.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

10) The pipe cleaning device of claim 3, wherein each of the one or more of radial apertures of the shoulder are angled toward the connector.

### Claim 11 (depends on 3)

11) The pipe cleaning device of claim 3, wherein each of the one or more radial apertures of the shoulder are angled outward from the channel.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

12) The pipe cleaning device of claim 6, wherein the inner edge comprises a plurality of threads disposed thereon.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

13) The pipe cleaning device of claim 12, wherein the connector is adapted to receive a garden hose and removably attach thereto via the plurality of threads.