Patent ID: 7761948

Claim:
A waste line clean-out tool comprising: (a) a supporting frame; (b) a spring housing rotatably mounted on said supporting frame; (c) a coiled spring assembly having a rearward portion disposed within said spring housing and a forward portion extending outwardly of said spring housing, said coiled spring assembly comprising: (i) an elongated flexible tube defining an internal passageway; and (ii) an elongated helically wound spring wire wound about said elongated flexible tube; (d) a generally tubular-shaped connector member connected to said coiled spring assembly, said connector member having a first portion and a second portion; (e) a plurality of cutter blades connected to said first portion of said connector member; (f) camera means connected to said second portion of said connector member for providing images of the interior of the waste line; (g) viewing means connected to said frame for viewing said images provided by said camera means; (h) transfer means carried within said internal passageway of said elongated flexible tube for interconnecting said camera means with said viewing means, said transfer means including a non-rotating component and a plurality of operating cables disposed within said internal passageway of said elongated flexible tube for operating said camera, said operating cables having a length; (i) an elongated pull cable carried within said internal passageway of said elongated flexible tube, said elongated pull cable having a length less than said length of said coiled spring assembly and having a first-end connected to said camera means and a second end connected to said non-rotating component of said transfer means; and (j) feed means connected to said frame for removable engagement with said forward portion of said coiled spring assembly to controllably withdraw a portion of said coiled spring assembly from said spring housing.