Patent ID: 8584296

Claim:
An apparatus for cleaning bleeder valves, said apparatus comprising: a rigid casing; a handle and a rigid shaft, wherein a portion of said rigid shaft is rotatably contained within said rigid casing; a flexible casing rotatably connected to said rigid casing, wherein said flexible casing is adapted to provide fluid-tight coupling of said flexible casing to a bleeder valve to be cleaned, wherein said flexible casing is made of materials that allow said flexible casing to be bent, wherein said materials are adapted to withstand temperature, pressure and chemical compositions of substances that enter said flexible casing during bleeder valve cleaning operations; a flexible shaft connected to said rigid shaft, wherein a portion of said flexible shaft is rotatably contained within said flexible casing and extending from one end of said flexible casing to a position outwardly of an opposite end of said flexible casing; a drill connected to said flexible shaft, wherein said drill is adapted for engagement to effect rotation and reciprocation thereof; and a valve connected to said rigid casing and adapted for selective venting of an interior of said rigid casing, wherein said valve is controlled by a safety handle having a safety latch capable of preventing said safety handle from rotation when said safety handle is placed at a relatively horizontal position.