Powered drain cleaner
AssigneeEmerson Electric Co.
InventorsDanny L. Burch, Jr., Michael J. Rutkowski, Jon R. Dunkin
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Abstract
A hand held drain cleaning tool including a drain cleaning cable coiled in a drum and having a support for holding the drum in one hand while rotating the drum with a hand held crank or a power operated drive. The crank and power operated drive are releasably connected to the drum so as to be interchangeable. The drain cleaning tool also includes a vibration dampener to reduce the vibrations caused by the rotating drum, especially at high rotation speeds.
Claims27
In a handheld drain cleaning tool comprising a rotatable cable drum having a drum axis, a drain cleaning cable coiled in said drum for rotation therewith and having an end for extending from said drum and into a drain to be cleaned, a drum support supporting said drum for rotation about said drum axis and enabling a user to support said drum in one hand while the drum is rotated, and a drive coupling on said drum for receiving a drive mechanism for rotating said drum, the improvement comprising:
- said drive coupling including a drive rod coaxial with said drum axis and mountable such that it is movable in relation to said drum, and a vibration damping arrangement between said drum and said drive rod to reduce vibration between said drum and a drum drive mechanism connected to said drive rod.
In a handheld drain cleaning tool comprising a rotatable cable drum having a drum axis, a drain cleaning cable coiled in said drum for rotation therewith and having an end for extending from said drum and into a drain to be cleaned, a drum support supporting said drum for rotation about said drum axis and enabling a user to support said drum in one hand while the drum is rotated, and a drive coupling on said drum for receiving a drive mechanism for rotating the drum, the improvement comprising:
- said drive coupling including a mounting plate on said drum, said drive mechanism including a manually operable crank, and said crank and mounting plate including snap locking interengaging components for releasably mounting said crank on said drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.