Patent application title:

VERTICAL PIPE DREDGER

Publication number:

US20260125887A1

Publication date:
Application number:

19/021,892

Filed date:

2025-01-15

Smart Summary: A vertical pipe dredger is a machine designed to clean drains. It has a base with a line outlet and a handle system. The handle consists of an upper part and a lower part that can move independently. This design allows the handle to take up less space when not in use. As a result, it makes the product cheaper to package and transport, and easier for users to store. 🚀 TL;DR

Abstract:

Provided is a vertical drain cleaner machine, including a base and a line outlet component provided on the base. The base is provided with a handle component. The handle component includes an upper handle, a lower handle, and a connecting structure. The upper handle can move relative to the lower handle through the connecting structure. In the vertical drain cleaner machine provided by this application, the upper handle can move relative to the lower handle through the connecting structure, such that the overall space occupied by the handle structure is reduced, thereby reducing the overall packaging cost and transportation cost of the product, and facilitating the completion of storage by users within a relatively small space.

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E03C1/302 »  CPC main

Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks; Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto ; Sinks; Devices to facilitate removing of obstructions in waste-pipes or sinks using devices moved through the pipes

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of drain cleaner machines, and in particular, to a vertical drain cleaner machine.

BACKGROUND

The vertical drain cleaner machine is driven by a motor, and drives a drum through a conveyor belt to allow a steel cable to rotate/advance and retreat to remove debris in pipes, thereby cleaning blocked sewer pipes. The existing vertical drain cleaner machine is relatively bulky. To improve product transportation, a combination of wheels and a long-bar pusher is employed half to solve the problem of laborious product transportation. However, although this solution can solve the problem of laborious product transportation, the overall packaging size is large, resulting in high packaging and transportation costs.

SUMMARY

A main objective of the present disclosure is to provide a vertical drain cleaner machine, aiming to solve the above technical problems.

To achieve the above objective, the present disclosure provides a vertical drain cleaner machine, including a base and a line outlet component provided on the base, where the base is provided with a handle component, the handle component includes an upper handle, a lower handle, and a connecting structure, and the upper handle is capable of moving relative to the lower handle through the connecting structure.

In one embodiment, the connecting structure includes a hinge shaft connected between the upper handle and the lower handle, such that the upper handle is capable of rotating around the hinge shaft.

In one embodiment, the upper handle and the lower handle are coaxially sleeved, and the upper handle is capable of sliding outside or inside the lower handle along an extension direction of the upper handle.

In one embodiment, the connecting structure includes a first stop portion located at a bottom end of the upper handle and a second stop portion located at a top end of the lower handle, an inner diameter of the first stop portion is greater than an inner diameter of the second stop portion, or the inner diameter of the first stop portion is less than the inner diameter of the second stop portion.

In one embodiment, the upper handle and the lower handle are arranged in parallel, and the connecting structure includes a limiting shaft passing through the upper handle and the lower handle.

In one embodiment, a mounting frame is provided on the base, a limiting pin shaft is provided on the mounting frame, and the line outlet component is connected to the limiting pin shaft.

In one embodiment, wheel bodies are provided at a bottom of the base.

In one embodiment, the wheel bodies each include a plurality of extensions arms extending from an axis to an outer side, and climbing wheels mounted at end portions of the extension arms.

In one embodiment, a bottom of the base is provided with a support foot connected to the line outlet structure.

In one embodiment, the support foot is height-adjustable.

In the technical solution of the present disclosure, the vertical drain cleaner machine includes a base and a line outlet component provided on the base. The base is provided with a handle component. The handle component includes an upper handle, a lower handle, and a connecting structure. The upper handle can move relative to the lower handle through the connecting structure. Therefore, in this technical solution, the upper handle can move relative to the lower handle through the connecting structure, such that the overall space occupied by the handle structure is reduced, thereby reducing the overall packaging cost and transportation cost of the product, and facilitating the completion of storage by users within a relatively small space.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly describes the drawings required for describing the embodiments or the prior art. Apparently, the drawings in the following description show some embodiments of the present disclosure, and persons of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a handle structure according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a handle structure according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine in another state according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of a vertical drain cleaner machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of a vertical drain cleaner machine in another state according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine in another state according to the present disclosure; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a vertical drain cleaner machine in another state according to the present disclosure.

Reference Numerals: 10—base; 11—limiting pin shaft; 12—mounting frame; 20—line outlet component; 30—handle component; 31—upper handle; 32—lower handle; 33—connecting structure; 33a—hinge shaft; 331b—first stop portion; 332b—second stop portion; 33c—limiting shaft; 40—wheel body; 41—extension arm; 42—climbing wheel; and 50—support foot.

The achievement of the objective, functional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be further described below with reference to the embodiments and the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

The technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part, rather than all of the embodiments of the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that all directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, rear . . . ) in the embodiments of the present disclosure are only used to explain relative positional relationship between various components and movement under a certain posture (as shown in the accompanying drawings). If the specific posture changes, the directional indication changes accordingly.

In addition, descriptions such as “first” and “second” in the present disclosure are only for the purpose of description, and should not be interpreted as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, features defined by “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, “multiple” means at least two, for example, two or three, unless otherwise clearly and specifically limited.

Further, the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined together on the basis that the combination is implementable by those of ordinary skill in the art. In case a combination of the technical solutions is contradictory or infeasible, such a combination is deemed inexistent and not falling within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure provides a vertical drain cleaner machine.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the vertical drain cleaner machine provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a base 10 and a line outlet component 20 provided on the base 10. The base 10 is provided with a handle component 30. The handle component 30 includes an upper handle 31, a lower handle 32, and a connecting structure 33. The upper handle 31 can move relative to the lower handle 32 through the connecting structure 33.

In this embodiment, the upper handle 31 can move relative to the lower handle 32 through the connecting structure 33, such that the overall space occupied by the handle structure is reduced, thereby reducing the overall packaging cost and transportation cost of the product, and facilitating the completion of storage by users within a relatively small space.

Specifically, please refer to FIG. 1, the connecting structure 33 includes a hinge shaft 33a connected between the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32, such that the upper handle 31 is capable of rotating around the hinge shaft 33a. In this embodiment, a hinge structure is employed for connection. When the product is in use, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 are unfolded by 180 degrees. If transportation or storage is needed, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 can be bent by 60 degrees, such that the product can fit a narrower space, and the overall space occupation is reduced.

In addition to be directly bent, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 can also adopt an upward/downward telescopic structure.

Please refer to FIG. 2, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 are coaxially sleeved, and the upper handle 31 is capable of sliding outside or inside the lower handle 32 along an extension direction of the upper handle 31. In this embodiment, the connecting structure 33 includes a first stop portion 331b located at a bottom end of the upper handle 31 and a second stop portion 332b located at a top end of the lower handle 32, and an inner diameter of the first stop portion 331b is greater than an inner diameter of the second stop portion 332b. At this time, the upper handle 31 is sleeved inside the lower handle 32, blocking is implemented through cooperation between the first stop portion 331b and the second stop portion 332b, and fixation can be implemented in conjunction with limiting pins.

Or, the inner diameter of the first stop portion 331b is less than the inner diameter of the second stop portion 332b. At this time, the lower handle 32 is sleeved inside the upper handle 31, blocking is implemented through cooperation between the first stop portion 331b and the second stop portion 332b, and fixation can be implemented in conjunction with limiting pins.

In another embodiment, please refer to FIG. 4, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 are arranged in parallel, and the connecting structure 33 includes a limiting shaft 33c passing through the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32. That is, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 are in direct/indirect contact, and slide outside. At this time, when the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 slide, the upper handle 31 and the lower handle 32 can be locked and fixed through the limiting shaft 33c.

Please refer to FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, a mounting frame 12 is provided on the base 10, two or more positioning holes are formed in the mounting frame 12, a limiting pin shaft 11 is provided on the mounting frame 12, and the line outlet component 20 is connected to the limiting pin shaft 11. In this embodiment, the mounting frame 12 is added to the base 10, such that the line outlet component 20 can be rotated through the limiting pin shaft 11 to change a line outlet direction. In a state shown in FIG. 7, the limiting pin shaft 11 is separated from the positioning hole in the line outlet component, the line outlet component is rotated at this time, and then the limiting pin shaft 11 is connected to the positioning hole in the line outlet component 20 to fix the line outlet component 20, such that the originally fixed line outlet component 20 is changed from an unchangeable state to an adjustable state, thereby achieving the purpose of changing a line outlet angle.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 8, it can be understood that to facilitate movement of the vertical drain cleaner machine, the vertical drain cleaner machine can move through wheel bodies 40 provided at the bottom of the base 10.

In another embodiment, the wheel bodies 40 each include a plurality of extensions arms 41 extending from an axis to an outer side, and climbing wheels 42 mounted at end portions of the extension arms. In other words, the original wheel bodies 40 are replaced with the climbing wheels in the present disclosure, such that the problem of difficulty in carrying equipment between high and low floors can be solved.

Moreover, please refer to FIG. 8 to FIG. 10, the bottom of the base 10 is provided with a support foot 50 connected to the line outlet structure. The support foot 50 is height-adjustable. In this embodiment, by adjusting the height of the support foot 50, the product can be adapted to a narrower space, and the problems of pipe winding, wire jumper and torque reduction can be improved.

The above described are merely preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, which are not intended to limit the scope of the patent of the present disclosure. Any equivalent structure transformation made based on the description and accompanying drawings of the present disclosure, or direct or indirect application thereof in other related technical fields, should fall within the protection scope of the patent of the present disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A vertical drain cleaner machine, wherein the vertical drain cleaner machine comprises a base (10) and a line outlet component (20) provided on the base (10), the base (10) is provided with a handle component (30), the handle component (30) comprises an upper handle (31), a lower handle (32), and a connecting structure (33), and the upper handle (31) is capable of moving relative to the lower handle (32) through the connecting structure (33).

2. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein the connecting structure (33) comprises a hinge shaft (33a) connected between the upper handle (31) and the lower handle (32), such that the upper handle (31) is capable of rotating around the hinge shaft (33a).

3. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein the upper handle (31) and the lower handle (32) are coaxially sleeved, and the upper handle (31) is capable of sliding outside or inside the lower handle (32) along an extension direction of the upper handle (31).

4. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 3, wherein the connecting structure (33) comprises a first stop portion (331b) located at a bottom end of the upper handle (31) and a second stop portion (332b) located at a top end of the lower handle (32), an inner diameter of the first stop portion (331b) is greater than an inner diameter of the second stop portion (332b), or the inner diameter of the first stop portion (331b) is less than the inner diameter of the second stop portion (332b).

5. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein the upper handle (31) and the lower handle (32) are arranged in parallel, and the connecting structure (33) comprises a limiting shaft (33c) passing through the upper handle (31) and the lower handle (32).

6. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein a mounting frame (12) is provided on the base (10), a limiting pin shaft (11) is provided on the mounting frame (12), and the line outlet component (20) is connected to the limiting pin shaft (11).

7. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 2, wherein a mounting frame (12) is provided on the base (10), a limiting pin shaft (11) is provided on the mounting frame (12), and the line outlet component (20) is connected to the limiting pin shaft (11).

8. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 3, wherein a mounting frame (12) is provided on the base (10), a limiting pin shaft (11) is provided on the mounting frame (12), and the line outlet component (20) is connected to the limiting pin shaft (11).

9. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 4, wherein a mounting frame (12) is provided on the base (10), a limiting pin shaft (11) is provided on the mounting frame (12), and the line outlet component (20) is connected to the limiting pin shaft (11).

10. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 5, wherein a mounting frame (12) is provided on the base (10), a limiting pin shaft (11) is provided on the mounting frame (12), and the line outlet component (20) is connected to the limiting pin shaft (11).

11. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein wheel bodies (40) are provided at a bottom of the base (10).

12. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 11, wherein the wheel bodies (40) each comprise a plurality of extensions arms (41) extending from an axis to an outer side, and climbing wheels (42) mounted at end portions of the extension arms.

13. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 1, wherein a bottom of the base (10) is provided with a support foot (50) connected to the line outlet structure.

14. The vertical drain cleaner machine according to claim 13, wherein the support foot (50) is height-adjustable.

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