Handheld drain cleaner

A handheld drain cleaner which feeds out and retracts a flexible cable for use in cleaning a drain, comprising:

• a housing defining a cavity and having a rear opening and a front opening extending from the cavity, wherein a center of the rear opening defines a first axis and a center of the front opening defines a second axis, the first and second axes being parallel to each other and offset from each other, the second axis being vertically below the first axis;
• a drum coupled to the housing, the drum being rotatable relative to the housing about the first axis, wherein a portion of the flexible cable is within the drum;
• a feed clutch assembly connected to the housing for selectively engaging the flexible cable within the cavity in the housing, wherein the feed clutch assembly is movable between a non-actuating position and an actuating position;
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• a driving assembly provided on the drum and within the housing, the driving assembly being engageable with the flexible cable upon movement of the feed clutch assembly, and
• wherein a feed path is defined through the rear opening, between the feed clutch assembly and the driving assembly and through the front opening,
• wherein the flexible cable can be advanced out of the drum, along the feed path and out of the housing upon engagement of the feed clutch assembly with the driving assembly and rotation of the drum in a first direction, and wherein the flexible cable can be retracted into the drum along the feed path upon engagement of the feed clutch assembly with the driving assembly and rotation of the drum in a second, opposite direction.