Patent ID: 11905698
Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 27:
28. A feed mechanism for use with a drain cleaner, the feed mechanism configured to drive a cable of the drain cleaner, the feed mechanism comprising:
a frame configured to be coupled to the drain cleaner, the frame including a cable passage defining a cable axis;
a plurality of rollers including a translatable roller, each roller defining a roller axis, the translatable roller moveable between an engaged position, in which the translatable roller is moved toward the cable axis to engage the cable, and a disengaged position, in which the translatable roller is moved away from the cable axis to be spaced from the cable;
a mode selection member coupled to the frame and moveable between
a first position in which each roller axis is parallel to the cable axis and the plurality of rollers are configured to spin the cable about the cable axis, and
a second position in which each roller axis is non-parallel to the cable axis and the plurality of rollers are configured to move the cable in a first direction along the cable axis,

wherein when the translatable roller is in the engaged position and the mode selection member is in the first position, the feed mechanism is operable to spin the cable about the cable axis;
wherein when the translatable roller is in the engaged position and the mode selection member is in the second position, the feed mechanism is operable to move the cable in the first direction along the cable axis;
wherein the mode selection member is rotatable about the cable axis between the first and second positions; and
a mode selection lever, and wherein the mode selection member includes a first attachment point configured to removably receive the mode selection lever, such that when the mode selection member is on the first attachment point, the mode selection lever can be used to rotate the mode selection member between the first and second positions;
wherein the mode selection member includes a second attachment point configured to removably receive the mode selection lever, such that when the mode selection member is on the second attachment point, the mode selection lever can be used to rotate the mode selection member between the first and second positions.