Patent ID: 7047664

Claim:
A method for cleaning clothing dryer ducting in a house, the method comprising: moving the clothing dryer away from a wall if necessary to gain access to a clothing dryer exhaust hook-up; disconnecting a flexible hose from the exhaust hook-up, wherein the exhaust hook-up generally protrudes from the wall behind a clothing dryer location to allow the flexible hose to be connected between the clothing dryer and the exhaust hook-up; connecting a hook-up end of an adapter to the exhaust hook-up; connecting a blower end of the adapter to a blower through a blower flange, wherein the adapter includes at least: the blower flange for connecting to the blower; a tapered adapter for reducing the diameter of the adapter; a swivel elbow for aligning the adapter with the exhaust hook-up; and the hook-up end for connecting the adapter to the exhaust hook-up; attaching a catcher over a wall vent on the exterior of the house, wherein the catcher includes a catcher hood shaped to reside over the wall vent, and wherein dryer exhaust ducting connects the exhaust hook-up to the wall vent; using the blower to blow air through the dryer exhaust ducting to move lint inside the dryer exhaust ducting towards the wall vent; catching the lint blown from the dryer exhaust ducting using the catcher; and removing the catcher after blowing the lint from the duct.