Patent ID: 6631532
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: B08B,F02B

Abstract:
An engine block cylinder groove cleaning device comprising:a main housing having a lower portion adapted for insertion into a cylinder of an engine block; a plurality of groove cleaning members, each of said groove cleaning members being outwardly extendable from said lower portion such that a distal portion of each of said groove cleaning members is adapted for snug insertion into a circumferential groove extending around the cylinder of the engine block whereby said groove cleaning member scrapes out debris from the circumferential groove when the main housing is rotated; an expansion member positioned in said lower portion of said main housing; each of said groove cleaning members having an angled proximal end for abutting an associated angled surface of said expansion member; and an expansion member moving assembly coupled to said expansion member for moving said expansion member whereby each of said groove cleaning members is urged outwardly from said lower portion of said main housing.