US 2026/0192341 A1Published application

Drain Cleaner Tool

AssigneeMilwaukee Electric Tool Corporation

InventorsBenjamin J. Paprocki, Benjamin T. Jones, Aaron M. Williams, Nicole Z. Summersett, Jack R. Warning

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Abstract

A tool for opening or removing a blockage from a drain is shown. In one embodiment, the drain cleaning tool includes a drum, a spinning handle, a support handle, a cable, and a cable lock assembly. The spinning handle is coupled to the drum and rotatable to coil the cable after use of the drain cleaning tool. The support handle is positioned between the drum and a tip of the drain cleaning tool. In another embodiment, the drain cleaning tool includes a tip portion, a body, a handle, and a cable. The drain cleaning tool further includes a flexible portion of the cable and retention mechanism such that the drain cleaning tool can be folded.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A draining cleaning tool comprising:

a body extending along a longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool, the body comprising:
a passageway extending through the body;
an upper portion with an opening connected to the passageway;
and
a lower portion;
a folding mechanism comprising:
a coupler positioned between the upper portion of the body and lower portion of the body;
a tube located within coupler and connecting the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the body;
and
a pin configured to engage the coupler;
a tip portion coupled to a distal end of the lower portion of the body, the tip portion including an exit opening;
and
a cable configured to extend through the passageway of the body and the exit opening of the tip portion into a drain;
wherein the drain cleaning tool is movable between an extended position in which the pin is engaged with the coupler to fix a position of the coupler with respect to the body such that the tube is compressed and a folded position in which the pin is disengaged from the coupler such that the tube expands and a length defined between the upper portion of the body and lower portion of the body is increased.

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A draining cleaning tool comprising:

a body extending along a longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool, the body comprising:
a passageway extending through the body;
an upper portion with an opening connected to the passageway;
and
a lower portion;
a folding mechanism comprising:
a coupler positioned between the upper portion of the body and lower portion of the body;
a tube located within coupler and connecting the upper portion of the body and the lower portion of the body;
and
a pin configured to engage the coupler;
a tip portion coupled to a distal end of the lower portion of the body, the tip portion including an exit opening;
and
a cable configured to extend through the passageway of the body and the exit opening of the tip portion into a drain;
wherein the folding mechanism is movable between an extended position in which the pin engages the coupler to fix a position of the coupler with respect to the body such that the upper portion of the body and lower portion of the body are aligned along the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool and a folded position in which the pin is disengaged from the coupler, allowing the lower portion of the body to rotate into a position where the upper portion of the body and lower portion of the body are not aligned along the longitudinal axis of the drain cleaning tool.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/560,968Filed 9 Mar 2026
Priority: 18 Oct 2021
Published: 9 Jul 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B08B 9/045
Moved by externally powered mechanical linkage, e.g. pushed or drawn through the pipes: the cleaning devices being rotated while moved , e.g.…
E03C 1/302
Devices to facilitate removing of obstructions in waste-pipes or sinks: using devices moved through the pipes
E03F 9/005
Cleaning sewer pipes by mechanical means: apparatus for simultaneously pushing and rotating a cleaning device carried by the leading end of a…
B08B 2209/04
For cleaning the internal surfaces: using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes

Family

Application63/256,830Us provisional application · filed 18 Oct 2021
Application63/284,346Us provisional application · filed 30 Nov 2021
Application63/396,049Us provisional application · filed 8 Aug 2022
Application63/374,087Us provisional application · filed 31 Aug 2022
Application18/066,142Division · filed 14 Dec 2022
Application19/560,968Division
Application18/066,142Continuation
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