Patent ID: 9737917
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: B08B,E03C,E03F

Claim:
1. An apparatus for navigating a pipe having one or more bends and/or accessing and clearing a blockage in a pipe, the apparatus comprising: a length of resilient tube comprising a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the resilient tube comprises a utility head comprising at least one aperture therein; a supporting body configured to support at least a portion of the length of the resilient tube and comprising: a handle; an inlet port; an outlet port; and a valve located between the inlet port and the outlet port; wherein the outlet port is connected to the second end of the resilient tube and the inlet port is connectable to a pressurized fluid supply; wherein the supporting body also comprises a control device configured to open the valve to allow pressurized fluid from the fluid supply to flow through the resilient tube and out the aperture in the utility head, and to close the valve to prevent fluid flow to the utility head; and wherein at least a portion of the resilient tube is configured to automatically extend in length under force of the pressurized fluid as the pressurized fluid flows through the resilient tube, and to return to a substantially non-extended, resting state when the pressurized fluid is prevented from flowing through the resilient tube.