Various types of blowers are known in the prior art. Most existing blowers for rooftops and other hard to reach places are standalone devices and cannot be used with existing blowers. Furthermore, existing blowers often don't provide the correct combination of flexible and rigid tubing, or the correct bends to move from vertical to horizontal and finally to a nozzle. What is needed, and what the present blower extension with video feed provides, is a device that can be used with existing blowers that provides a flexible tube to attach to the blower, an extendable vertical tube, a 90° elbow attached to a horizontal tube, and finally a nozzle with a bend and a reducer to optimize air flow and direction onto the desired area. What is also needed is a camera and monitor system to allow the user to see which areas need blowing and which have effectively been blown.
The present invention relates to leaf blowers, and more particularly, to a blower extension with video feed.
The general purpose of the present blower extension with video feed, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a blower extension with video feed that has many novel features that result in a blower extension with video feed that is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present blower extension with video feed includes a flexible tube having a blower end, an extender end, and a first inner diameter, wherein the blower end is selectively engageable with a standard blower. A size adapter may be included to engage with different blowers. A vertical adjustable tube is disposed on the extender end of the flexible tube. The vertical adjustable tube has a length, a lower section, an upper section, a collar, and a second inner diameter. The second inner diameter substantially conforms to the first inner diameter of the flexible tube. The collar is disposed on a top end of the lower section, and the upper section is slidadbly disposed within the lower section such that the upper section has a compacted position, a plurality of alternate extended positions, and an alternate maximum reach position. The collar is configured to tighten and loosen to fix the upper section in one of said positions. An elbow having an angle and a third inner diameter is disposed on a distal end of the upper section. The angle of the elbow is ideally 90°. The third inner diameter substantially conforms to the first inner diameter. A horizontal fixed tube is disposed on the elbow, wherein the horizontal fixed tube has a fourth inner diameter substantially conforming to the first inner diameter. An angled nozzle is disposed on a terminal end of the horizontal fixed tube. The angled nozzle has a bend and a reducer, wherein the reducer has a fifth inner diameter and a sixth inner diameter. The fifth inner diameter substantially conforms to the first inner diameter and the sixth inner diameter is less than the fifth inner diameter, allowing the reducer to increase the pressure of airflow that passes through. The bend of the angled nozzle is between 10° and 20°, and is ideally 15°. A camera is disposed within a camera housing attached to the upper section of the vertical adjustable tube proximal the distal end thereof. A monitor is disposed on the lower section of the vertical adjustable tube, and the monitor is in operational communication with the camera to allow a user to view what areas need to be blown.
Thus have been broadly outlined the more important features of the present blower extension with video feed so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
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