Patent ID: 9683356
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B08B,E03C

Claim:
1. A drain cleaning device mated to a plumbing system, comprising: a cylindrical housing having a sidewall and an end wall at one end of the housing, the sidewall and end wall defining an inner cavity, the sidewall having a longitudinal opening, a channel disposed on an exterior portion of the sidewall and defining a channel cavity, wherein the channel cavity is in communication with the inner cavity through the longitudinal opening; a rotatable shaft disposed within the inner cavity of the housing; a handle attached to one end of the shaft, wherein the handle extends through the end wall of the housing such that the handle can be manipulated from outside the housing; a seal disposed about the handle and being sized and shaped to prevent water from leaking from the inner cavity through the end wall to the outside of the housing; a wire disposed about the shaft in a retracted condition such that rotation of the handle in a first direction causes the shaft to rotate and the wire to extend outwards from the inner cavity of the housing and rotation of the handle in a second direction causes the wire to retract into the inner cavity of the housing; and a multi-function adaptor disposed at an opposite end of the housing, the adaptor being adapted to engage pipes of a plumbing system in a first configuration and the adaptor being adapted to engage an introducer cap in a second configuration, the adaptor being sized and shaped to direct the wire into a drain in an extended condition in which the handle is rotated in the first direction.