Rain-gutter cleaning system
OwnerIra George Hallinventor
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Abstract
A rain-gutter cleaning system has an agitator head that is mounted to the top end of a long suction tube and pole and supported aloft by them. A vacuum pump on the ground is connected to bring rain-gutter debris down the suction tube and into a collection bag. The agitator head includes opposite, synchronized rotating paddles that tear and break up tangles and clogs encountered in a rain gutter and that helps direct the loosened debris down the throat of the suction tube. An optional camera mounted atop the agitator head allows an operator on the ground below to see the performance inside of the rain gutter on a small monitor screen.
Claims9
A rain-gutter cleaning system, comprising:
- an agitator head sized to fit a rain gutter and having a connection for dangling beneath the distal end of a pole;
- a paddle and vacuum chamber having a vacuum hose connection at a top end and an open bottom edge for sucking up debris;
- a pair of opposite, double-ended paddles with hubs positioned to rotate in opposition to one another in the open bottom edge of the paddle and vacuum chamber;
- a transmission for synchronously driving the double-ended paddles and hubs such that the tips of the paddles come close together twice each rotation;
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- a motor connected to drive the transmission when it receives power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.