Drain cleaner
AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
InventorsSean T. Kehoe, Ryan J. Denissen, Vasil Zhmendak, Charles K. Cooksey, Peter J. Davies, Jingyuan Liang
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Abstract
A drain cleaner includes a base unit having a housing, a drive arrangement positioned within the housing, and a motor coupled to the drive arrangement and supported by the housing. The motor is operable to selectively drive the drive arrangement. The drain cleaner also includes a drum unit removably coupled to the base unit. The drum unit has a drum that engages the drive arrangement when the drum unit is coupled to the base unit to rotate the drum, and a cable stored within the drum and selectively extendable out of the drum and into a drain.
Claims22
A drain cleaner comprising:
- a base unit including a housing, a drive arrangement positioned within the housing, and a motor coupled to the drive arrangement and supported by the housing, the motor operable to selectively drive the drive arrangement;
- and
- a drum unit removably coupled to the base unit, the drum unit including
- a drum that engages the drive arrangement when the drum unit is coupled to the base unit to rotate the drum, and
- a cable stored within the drum and selectively extendable out of the drum and into a drain.
A drain cleaner comprising:
- a base unit including
- a housing defining a vertical slot,
- a motor supported by the housing and having an output shaft, and
- a drive arrangement including a drive pulley coupled to the output shaft of the motor, an idler pulley supported by the housing, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the idler pulley and extending across the vertical slot;
- and
- a drum unit removably coupled to the base unit, the drum unit including
- a drum,
- a pulley coupled to the drum, the pulley being removably received in the vertical slot to engage the belt, and
- a cable stored within the drum and selectively extendable out of the drum and into a drain.
A drain cleaner comprising:
- a base unit including
- a housing defining a vertical slot,
- a strap arrangement coupled to the housing,
- a motor supported by the housing and having an output shaft,
- a battery pack supported by the housing and operable to provide power to the motor,
- a drive arrangement including a drive pulley coupled to the output shaft of the motor, an idler pulley supported by the housing, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the idler pulley and extending across the vertical slot, and
- a stabilizer configured to support the base unit in an upright position, the stabilizer being movable between a first position, in which the stabilizer is retracted relative to the housing, and a second position, in which the stabilizer extends outward relative to the housing;
- and
- a drum unit removably coupled to the base unit, the drum unit including
- an outer casing,
- a handle coupled to the outer casing,
- an inner drum rotatable within the outer casing,
- a shaft coupled to the inner drum and extending out of the outer casing,
- a pulley coupled to an end of the shaft, the pulley being removably received in the vertical slot to engage the belt, and
- a cable stored within the drum and selectively extendable out of the drum and into a drain,
- wherein the strap arrangement is configured to be worn by a user and the handle is configured to be held by the user to separately carry the base unit and the drum unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.