Lighted coil cleaning tool

• US 6,792,645 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2002
• Issued: 09/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Timothy K. Ruff
• Original Assignee: Timothy K. Ruff
• Inventors: Ruff, Timothy K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Till, Terrence R.
• Application Number:
  US10/125,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20030196293A1
• Time in Patent Office: 887 Days
• Field of Search: 153/98, 154/151, 154/16, 153/24, 153/95
• US Class Current: 15/324
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/02 Nozzles suction nozzles for fluid transport B65G51/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/06 with fixed, e.g. adjustably fixed brushes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/0613 with means specially adapted for picking up threads, hair or the like, e.g. brushes, combs, lint pickers or bristles pads
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2836 characterised by the parts which are controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/2857 User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 9/30 Arrangement of illuminating devices

Abstract

A coil cleaning tool for attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose includes a flattened tubular housing having opposed planar side faces connected by top and bottom walls, the top and bottom walls having a narrow width such that the entire tubular housing is very narrow and lender. The tubular housing includes a first end capable of being releasably coupled to a vacuum cleaner hose and a second end having a tapered construction and defining an air intake opening. A light housing having a battery powered LED is mounted atop the top wall of the tubular housing for illuminating a cleaning area. Each side face of the tubular housing may also define an auxiliary air intake opening with a slidable cover such that the air intake openings may be selectively opened or closed for the most efficient and convenient cleaning of hard to reach areas.

Claims

1. A coil cleaning tool for attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose, comprising:

an elongate flattened tubular housing having opposed planar side faces with top and bottom walls extending therebetween such that said housing defines a narrow interior width between said side faces, said housing having an end adapted for connection to a vacuum cleaner hose and an opposed end having a tapered construction and defining an air intake opening;

a light source positioned on said top wall of said housing for directing light toward said opposed end thereof when said light source is energized;

a battery positioned on said top wall of said housing for selectively energizing said light source; and

a plurality of bristles fixedly attached to said second end of said tubular housing adjacent said primary air intake opening.

2. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 further comprising a light housing integrally connected to said top wall, said battery and said light source being positioned in said light housing.

3. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 2 further comprising means for selectively delivering current from said battery to said light source, whereby to selectively energize said light source.

4. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 wherein each side face defines an elongate opening spaced from said opposed end and extending longitudinally therealong;

said coil cleaning tool further comprising a pair of panels slidably coupled to respective side faces and adapted to selectively cover respective openings.

5. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 wherein said tubular housing includes a rectangular cross-sectional configuration.

6. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 wherein said light source is positioned at a midpoint between said end and said opposed end, whereby said light from said light source may fully illuminate a cleaning area.

7. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 wherein said light source is a light emitting diode.

8. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of bristles fixedly attached to said second end of said tubular housing adjacent said primary air intake opening.

9. A coil cleaning tool for attachment to a vacuum cleaner hose, comprising:

an elongate flattened tubular housing having opposed planar side faces with top and bottom walls connecting said side faces such that said housing defines a narrow interior width between said side faces along the longitudinal extent thereof, said housing having a first end adapted for connection to a vacuum cleaner hose and an opposed second end having a tapered construction defining an air intake opening;

each side face defining an elongate auxiliary air intake opening spaced from said second end of said tubular housing and extending longitudinally therealong toward said first end, said auxiliary air intake openings being aligned with one another on respective opposed side faces;

a pair of elongate panels slidably coupled to respective side faces and adapted to selectively cover respective openings, each panel being individually operable to open or close respective auxiliary air intake openings;

a light source positioned on said top wall of said housing for directing light toward said opposed end thereof when said light source is energized; and

a battery positioned on said top wall of said housing for selectively energizing said light source.

10. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 9 wherein said light source is a light emitting diode.

11. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 9 further comprising a light housing integrally connected to said top wall, said battery and said light source being positioned in said light housing.

12. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 11 further comprising means for selectively delivering current from said battery to said light source, whereby to selectively energize said light source.

13. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 9 wherein said light source is positioned at a midpoint between said end and said opposed end, whereby said light from said light source may fully illuminate a cleaning area.

14. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 9 wherein said tubular housing includes a rectangular cross-sectional configuration.

15. The coil cleaning tool as in claim 9 further comprising a plurality of bristles fixedly attached to said second end of said tubular housing adjacent said primary air intake opening.