Lester H Naeve

US Patent:

39835936, Oct 5, 1976

Filed:

Sep 18, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/614412

Inventors:

Lester H. Naeve - Fort Worth TX

International Classification:

B08B 902

US Classification:

151043SN

Abstract:

Conduit cleaning apparatus characterized by a reel of cable and a pair of rachet gripping members for feeding the cable through. A rearward gripping member is mounted stationary with respect to the reel. A forward gripping member is carried forwardly thereof by telescoping guide structure that aligns the gripping members along the axis of rotation of the reel and allows reciprocal motion between the gripping members. The rachet gripping members advance or retract the cable. A spring urges the members apart to facilitate reciprocation while in a vertical position.