Cable Feeding Device for Drain Cleaner

A cable feeding device for a drain cleaner, the drain cleaner including a cable drum, a cable received in the cable drum, and a support tube joining at a front end of the cable drum, with the cable feeding device comprising:

• an upper body adapted to be mounted on the support tube of the drain cleaner, with the upper body including an outside surface and an inside surface that defines an upper holding space, with a raised connecting tube provided on the outside surface of the upper body and having an inner bore in communication with a through-hole formed in the upper body;
• a control subassembly including a mounting pillar, an upper feeding roller, and an operating member, with the mounting pillar moveably received in the connecting tube, with the mounting pillar including a lower end and an upper end, with the lower end of the mounting pillar extending through the through-hole of the upper body and into the upper holding space of the upper body, with the upper end of the mounting pillar located in the inner bore of the connecting tube, with the upper feeding roller mounted on the lower end of the mounting pillar, with the operating member moveably mounted on the connecting tube and including a resisting pillar at a bottom thereof to press the upper end of the mounting pillar;
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• a lower body combined with the upper body and including an outside surface and an inside surface that is opposite to the inside surface of the upper body and defines a lower holding space, with two support bases provided on the inside surface of the lower body, with two lower feeding rollers respectively mounted on the two support bases and located in the lower holding space, wherein the cable extends through a region encircled with the upper and lower feeding rollers and can be clipped or released by the upper and lower feeding rollers.