Closet auger

• US 3,121,244 A
• Filed: 09/24/1962
• Issued: 02/18/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert G. Hunt
• Original Assignee: Robert G. Hunt
• Inventors: Hunt, Robert G.
• Application Number:
  US04/225,738
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• US Class Current: 15/104.33
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/302 using devices moved through the pipes and simultaneously rotated by means of a cable or rods E03F9/005
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/604 Radially sliding catch

Claims

1. IN A CLOSET AUGER, A TUBULAR CASING, A DRIVE TUBE IN SAID CASING, SAID DRIVE TUBE BEING SLIDABLE AXIALLY WITHIN THE CASING AND BEING ROTATABLE THEREIN, A CRANK HANDLE FIXED TO THE OUTER END OF SAID DRIVE TUBE AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE CORRESPONDING END OF SAID CASING, A FLEXIBLE PLUMBER'"'"''"'"'S SNAKE PARTIALLY RECEIVED IN SAID DRIVE TUBE AND PROJECTING BEYOND THE OTHER END THEREOF AND BEYOND THE CORRESPONDING OTHER END OF SAID CASING, SAID SNAKE BEING MOVABLE AXIALLY IN SAID DRIVE TUBE, DRIVING CONNECTION MEANS BETWEEN SAID DRIVE TUBE AND SAID SNAKE WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID TUBE CAUSES ROTATION OF SAID SNAKE, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID SNAKE AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT IN SAID DRIVE TUBE AT SELECTED POSITIONS THEREIN, SAID DRIVING CONNECTION MEANS BEING OPERABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING SAID SNAKE AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT IN THE DRIVE TUBE.