Patent Application
20190257062
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The disclosure and prior art relates to un-clogging devices and more particularly pertains to a new un-clogging device for un-clogging a drain.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle and a rotation unit that is coupled to the handle. The rotation unit is extendable into a clogged drain. Additionally, the rotation unit is comprised of a flexible material to conform to curves in the clogged drain. The rotation unit rotates when the rotation unit is turned on to frictionally engage debris in the clogged drain. In this way the debris may be removed from the clogged drain without chemicals or a plumber.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order 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. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A rotation unit 24 is coupled to the handle 12 and the rotation unit 24 is extendable into a clogged drain 26. The clogged drain 26 may be a drain on a bathroom sink, a kitchen sink and any other drain for a plumbing fixture in a building. The rotation unit 24 is comprised of a flexible, non-metallic material such as rubber or the like. Thus, the rotation unit 24 can conform to curves in the clogged drain 26. The rotation unit 24 rotates when the rotation unit 24 is turned on to frictionally engage debris 28, especially hair and the like, that is lodged in the clogged drain 26. In this way the clogged drain 26 may be un-clogged without the use of chemicals or a professional plumber.
The rotation unit 24 comprises a shaft 30 that is coupled to and extends away from the second end 16 of the handle 12. The shaft 30 has a distal end 32 with respect to the handle 12 and the shaft 30 may have a length of at least 13.0 cm. A motor 34 is positioned within the handle 12 and the motor 34 is aligned with the shaft 30. The motor 34 may be an electric motor 34 or the like.
A drive 36 is provided and the drive 36 is rotatably positioned within the shaft 30. The drive 36 extends through the distal end 32 of the shaft 30 and the second end 16 of the handle 12. Moreover, the drive 36 is rotatably coupled to the motor 34 such that the motor 34 rotates the drive 36 when the motor 34 is turned on. The drive 36 may be a drive 36 shaft 30 or other rotational drive conventional to cordless drills or the like.
A drill bit 38 is rotatably coupled to and extends away from the distal end 32 of the shaft 30 and the drill bit 38 is oriented co-linear with an axis extending through the distal end 32 of the shaft 30 and the second end 16 of the handle 12. The drill bit 38 the drill bit 38 is comprised of a flexible and nonmetallic material. Moreover, the drill bit 38 is rotatably coupled to the drive 36 such that the drive 36 rotates the drill bit 38 when the motor 34 is turned on. The drill bit 38 has an outer surface 40 and the outer surface 40 is textured to frictionally engage the debris 28 in the clogged drain 26. The drill bit 38 may have a length of at least 10.0 cm.
A button 42 is coupled to the first end 14 of the handle 12 and the button 42 is electrically coupled to the motor 34 to turn the motor 34 on and off. A power cord 44 is coupled to and extends away from the handle 12 and the power cord 44 is electrically coupled to the motor 34. The power cord 44 is electrically coupled to a power source, such as a female electrical outlet or the like.
In use, the power cord 44 is plugged into the power source and the drill bit 38 is directed downwardly into the clogged drain 26. The button 42 is manipulated to turn the motor 34 on and the drill bit 38 rotates, thereby frictionally engaging the debris 28 in the clogged drain 26. The debris 28 becomes twisted around the drill bit 38 thereby facilitating the debris 28 to be lifted out of the drain. In this way the clogged drain 26 may be un-clogged without chemicals, a plunger or a professional plumber. The debris 28 is removed from the drill bit 38 when the drill bit 38 is removed from the drain.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
