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US 4,617,693 AGranted
Drain pipe cleaning tool
OwnerMarjorie A. Meyer, John D. Mooreinventors
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Abstract
A drain cleaning assembly including a housing for storing an elongated flexible material auger type cable mounted in surrounding relation about a rotatable drum of the housing and positionable between an operable and a stored position through rotation of the drum relative to the housing. A handle disposed in substantially coplanar relation to the housing and extending outwardly from a periphery thereof is movable relative to the housing such that rotation of the housing relative to the handle causing rotation of the cable about its own longitudinal axis due to a fixed connection of the cable on the interior of the housing.
Claims18
A drain cleaning assembly of the type including a coil structure extendable axially along a length of the drain being cleaned and rotatable therein, said assembly comprising:
- (a) a housing comprising an at least partially hollow interior and including two spaced apart lateral faces disposed in substantially parallel relation to one another and a continuous substantially cylindrical peripheral surface connected between said lateral faces and defining a peripheral boundary thereof,
- (b) an elongated barrel structure mounted on said housing and secured to and extending outwardly from said peripheral surface in a direction substantially parallel to said lateral faces,
- (c) a drum mounted on said housing interior and being rotatable about its own central axis and including a support surface formed about an outer periphery of said drum,
- (d) said drum having at least one end portion thereof being physically accessible on one of said lateral faces, said end portion rotatable with a remaining portion of said drum, whereby rotation of said end portion causes rotation of said drum,
- (e) a cleaning cable having an elongated configuration and formed of flexible material having one end secured on the interior of said housing, said cable movable between a stored position and an operable position,
- (f) said stored position defined by said cable being wound on said drum about said support surface on said housing interior, and said operable position being defined by a length of said cable adjacent a free end thereof extending outwardly from a free end of said barrel structure,
- (g) handle means for holding said assembly and being connected to said housing and structured to allow relative movement between said housing and said handle means,
- (h) said cable rotatable along its length upon rotation of said housing relative to said handle means and movable between said stored and said operable positions upon rotation of said drum relative to said housing.
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A magazine type retainer for a plumber's auger comprising:
- (a) a cannister assembly comprising a hollow interior portion defined by two semi-circular cannister portions joined together along a commonly disposed and configured periphery,
- (b) an aperture formed on opposite lateral sides of said formed cannister assembly, said apertures of each lateral side disposed in spaced apart and aligned relation to one another,
- (c) a drum rotatably mounted at least partially on the interior of said cannister assembly and defined by two drum halves fixed to one another, each drum half having an exposed outer end mounted in aligned relation to a respectively positioned one of said apertures, said exposed face of each drum end being accessible through said aperture on a correspondingly positioned one of said lateral faces, an elongated coil being flexible and having one end extending into said magazine and being retained by said drum and a portion of its length rotatable about said drum in supported relation thereon, an opposite end of said coil including a fixedly secured head, said head and the end of the coil attached thereto extending outwardly from said cannister assembly,
- (d) a handle assembly having an elongated configuration and a hollow interior extending along the length thereof, said handle assembly rotatably mounted to said cannister assembly so as to extend outwardly from a peripheral surface thereof in a direction substantially parallel to said lateral faces, said handle assembly disposed in surrounding relation to a length of said coil protruding outwardly from said cannister assembly,
- (e) said coil movable between an operable position and a stored position, said operable position being defined by said head and a length of said coil extending outwardly from said cannister and said handle assembly into operative engagement with a drain being cleaned;
- said stored position defined by a majority of the length of said coil being supported in surrounded relation about said drum,
- (f) said drum and said coil operatively interconnected such that said coil is movable between said stored and said operable position upon rotation of said drum relative to said cannister assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.