Patent ID: 6098212
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: E03C

Abstract:
A kit for forming apparatus for the snaking of pipes comprising:a rubber cap having a cylindrical skirt section sized to fit over a standard sized drainpipe, said cap being closed at one end of the skirt section except for the first opening therein sized to receive a flexible rotary snake rod and a second opening receiving a nozzle tube, said cap also having means for tightening said skirt section about a section of pipe of the outside diameter of said standard sized drainpipe, and said tube extending through the end of said rubber cap in a substantially waterproof manner and terminating at one end a short distance from the closed end of said rubber cap and having means for receiving a hose connection at its other end;a hose coupled at one hose end to said nozzle tube at said other end of nozzle tube, said hose being of several feet in length and having means at its opposite end for coupling to a water spigot such as a kitchen sink's faucet;means incorporated at said coupling means at said other end of said hose to provide positive back flow protection and to prevent the flow of fluids out of said hose into a faucet to which it is connected;said kit further including means for adapting the rubber cap to a number of different standard sized drainpipes and drainpipe endings so as to allow the kit to be used in a large number of different snaking conditions; andsaid rubber closed end of said cap being of sufficient thickness about said first opening and said opening being sized to said snake rod's diameter such that the cap acts as a squeegee as the rod is pulled out of the cap and squeegees material off of the rod and allows such material to be flushed down a drainpipe to which the cap is attached.