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Details
Inventors: Dietle, Carroll E.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Kashnikow; Andres
Assistant Examiner: Morris; Lesley D.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Harness, Dickey & Pierce

A cleaning device having a regulated supply of pressurized fluid which is delivered to an outlet end through one of several interchangeable outlet devices having an outlet flow nozzle for cleaning clogged debris from gutters and downspouts, as well as other elevated structures. Reassembly of interchangeable outlet devices in combination with an outlet end adapter provides for adaptation of the device to optimize cleaning of gutters, and then to optimize cleaning of downspouts. All of the preceding is provided in a device which is quick and easy to assemble, and can be taken apart for storage, without wrenches.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A cleaning device of this invention has a generally elongated tubular body, a reverse bend at an outlet end, and a flow regulating outlet device for emitting a pressurized spray of cleaning fluid or water.
To facilitate angular positioning of interchangeable outlet devices, a garden hose splitter connector can be inserted between the outlet end and outlet device.
A flow control valve is provided at a body inlet for regulating fluid flow and the outlet end forms a coupling for mating with outlet devices.
In a first assembled embodiment of the invention, a flow regulating garden hose nozzle is mated in sealed engagement with a tubular body outlet end to form an outlet device with a flexible hose portion having a flow nozzle at the distal end.
The resulting outlet device can be easily inserted within a down spout to more strategically deliver pressurized water at lodged particles within the downspout.
Alternatively, the outlet device can be sealingly connected to a hose splitter connector at one of its outlet ends, with the splitter inlet end being sealingly connected to the tubular body outlet end.
By capping off, or valve closing the splitters other outlet end, the outlet device can be presented into a gutter at a desired angle to deliver pressurized fluid flow to clean the gutter.
By reversing attachment to the other splitter outlet end, the nozzle angular orientation can be biased in a reverse direction.
The device can then be positioned and moved within a gutter to deliver high pressure water flow from the nozzle which displaces debris where it is eventually delivered to the downspout and dislodged.
Objects, features and advantages of this invention are to provide an adaptable outlet end cleaning device having a variety of interchangeable flow regulating outlet devices with nozzles which can be carried in a preferred orientation on the devices outlet end.
The device is constructed from an elongated tubular body with a reverse bend outlet end which delivers water from an inlet end through a flow control valve to provide pressurized water at the flow nozzle for cleaning structures such as gutters and downspouts



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