Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for a creosote cutter includes a mounting bracket which may be fixedly secured to a chimney so as to extend across the flue. Fastening bands wrapped around the chimney are directed through guides forming a part of the bracket, and a freely moving cylindrically-shaped section of conduit which functions as a pulley is centrally positioned on the bracket. A creosote cutter pull chain is positioned over the conduit and downwardly into the flue of the chimney. The pull chain both supports the cutter and operates as the means by which the cutter is selectively moved upwardly and downwardly within the flue.

Abstract: A chimney cleaner is designed to be permanently installed in a chimney and is secured to a topmost portion of the chimney through the use of an adjustable mounting assembly. The chimney cleaner is primarily designed for removing creosote and the mounting assembly for the cleaner includes a small pulley fastened to a carrying bar, such carrying bar being positioned over the topmost portion of the chimney through the use of upstanding support arms with the pulley serving to retain a chain or other flexible pulling means on which a creosote cutter may be hung. The cutter is provided with at least one serrated edge to facilitate the creosote removing operation, and a second chain may be hung from the bottommost portion of the cutter to permit a dislodging of the cutter in the event that it becomes jammed within the chimney. In one embodiment, the chimney cleaner may be operated from outside of the chimney, while in a second embodiment, an operating chain is provided within the chimney.