Patent ID: 9549854
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A safety cleaning device for cleaning debris from a narrow channel, comprising: a tip having an inner shaft, said inner shaft having a top and a bottom; a top member coupled to said inner shaft top; a collar, the collar coupled to said inner shaft bottom, the collar having a plurality of radial prongs; a rotatable bottom stem coupled to the inner shaft below said collar; and a segmented outer head, said head having a plurality of strips, said strips extending along said inner shaft, said strips defining an interior space enclosing said inner shaft, each strip coupled to the top member and to the rotatable bottom stem adjacent to and below the collar, said strips rotating as the bottom stem rotates in one direction, the stem withdrawing the inner shaft through the collar when the stem extends the prongs of said collar, thereby decreasing the length of the shaft inside the head, pulling the top member towards the collar, bowing the strips outward away from the shaft, and providing a plurality of entry slits between the strips operative for collecting debris from a narrow channel.