Patent · US Expired

Drain pipe cleaning tool

US4617693A · kind A · utility

63Cited by

5References

18Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Marjorie A. Meyer · Surfside, US
John D. Moore · Newnan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 1985
Grant date	Oct 21, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB08B9/045
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

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.

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