US 11,999,033 B2
Drain cleaner cable decoupler tool
Joshua P. Heimann, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/054,346
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/054241
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/067926, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/909,876, filed on Oct. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298775 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 27/00 (2006.01); B25B 27/02 (2006.01); B25B 27/10 (2006.01); B25B 27/14 (2006.01); E03F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/02 (2013.01) [B25B 27/10 (2013.01); B25B 27/14 (2013.01); E03F 9/005 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable decoupler tool configured to uncouple a drain cleaner cable coupling, the cable decoupler tool comprising:
a first handle including a first jaw, the first jaw defining a first mouth configured to receive a circumferential portion of a cable;
a pin key extending from the first mouth, the pin key being an elongated cylindrical member; and
a second handle including a second jaw, the second jaw defining a second mouth, the second handle being an actuator movable relative to the first handle to uncouple the drain cleaner cable coupling.