Abstract: An affordable plumbing device that uses a compressed gas and a burst disk having a relatively even surface of substantially uniform thickness to produce a sudden discharge of energy to forcibly act against any obstruction that may interfere with the proper function of a drain. The plumbing device has a cylindrical chamber for receiving the compressed gas and may generally take the shape of a plunger, which is flexible to use and is easy to store. A portion of the chamber forms a receiving chamber with the burst disk for harnessing and directing the energy of the compressed gas to clear the drain.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 21, 2003
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2005
Assignee:
The Howard and Veronica Allenbaugh Family Trust
Inventors:
Howard M. Allenbaugh, David M. Turchik, Gerard G. Adelmeyer