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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Applicant:
Charles Hoyt, Johnstown, CO (US);
Inventor:
Charles Hoyt, Johnstown, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03F 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 9/045 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/302 (2006.01); B65H 75/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03F 9/005 (2013.01); B08B 1/005 (2013.01); B08B 9/045 (2013.01); B65H 75/364 (2013.01); E03C 1/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning drains has a drum auger with a coiled snake cable mounted on a telescoping extension tube. The tube has a rear and a forward handle with a cable lock on top of each handle. By alternately locking/unlocking each handle's cable lock and extending/folding the telescoping extension tube, the user can project the cable down a clogged drain without touching the cable. A second key feature is that the telescoping extension tube prevents kinking of the cable. Turning the auger handle twists the cable's auger tip when a wing screw locks the cable to a rotatable nose on the drum auger.