Hand-held electrical conductor cleaning apparatus
View Patent ↗A hand-held electrical conductor cleaning apparatus including a frame having a handle section and a tube section; an abrasive member movably mounted in the tube section; a motor adapted to move the abrasive member inside the tube section; a battery connected to the motor; and a user control for actuating the motor.
1. A hand-held electrical conductor cleaning apparatus comprising:
a frame comprising a handle section;
a tube section connected to the frame;
an abrasive member located in the tube section;
a motor adapted to move the abrasive member relative to the frame;
a battery connected to the motor; and
a user control for actuating the motor,
where the tube section comprises shell members movably connected to each other between an open position and a closed position to allow an end of a conductor to be inserted or removed from the tube section.
2. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the handle section extends away from the tube section at an angle in a general pistol handle shape.
3. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the tube section comprises a front opening at a front end of the apparatus and a rear opening at a rear end of the apparatus.
4. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a general pistol profile.
5. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 wherein the abrasive member comprises brush bristles extending towards a central axis of the tube section.
6. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 5 wherein the brush bristles are arranged in a general helical pattern.
7. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 6 wherein the user control comprises a reverse direction switch.
8. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 7 wherein the user control comprises a trigger.
9. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 8 further comprising a marker for marking a section of an electrical conductor after the section has been cleaned.
10. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 9 wherein the marker comprises an electrically conductive colored indicator liquid which is placed on the section.
11. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 10 wherein the user control comprises a trigger to actuate the marker.
12. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 further comprising a marker for marking a section of an electrical conductor after the section has been cleaned.
13. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 12 wherein the marker comprises an electrically conductive colored indicator liquid which is placed on the section.
14. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 where the tube section is rotatably mounted on the frame to be rotated by the motor.
15. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 where the tube section comprises two of the shell members pivotably connected to each other in a general clam shell configuration.
16. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 1 where the tube section and abrasive member form a hinged wire brush assembly.
17. A hand-held electrical conductor cleaning apparatus comprising:
a frame comprising a handle section;
a tube section connected to the frame;
an abrasive member located in the tube section;
a motor adapted to move the abrasive member relative to the frame;
a battery connected to the motor;
a user control for actuating the motor; and
a marker on the frame for marking a section of an electrical conductor after the section has been cleaned by the abrasive member.
18. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 17 where the tube section comprises shell members movably connected to each other between an open position and a closed position to allow an end of a conductor to be inserted or removed from the tube section.
19. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 18 where the tube section comprises two of the shell members pivotably connected to each other in a general clam shell configuration.
20. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 17 where the tube section and abrasive member form a hinged wire brush assembly.
21. A cleaning apparatus as in claim 17 where the tube section is rotatably mounted on the frame to be rotated by the motor.
22. A hand-held electrical conductor cleaning apparatus comprising:
a frame;
a hinged wire brush assembly connected to the frame, where the hinged wire brush assembly comprises a tube section and an abrasive member located in the tube section;
a motor adapted to move the abrasive member relative to the frame;
a battery connected to the motor; and
a user control for actuating the motor,
where the tube section comprises a shell member movably connected between an open position and a closed position to allow an end of a conductor to be inserted into or removed from the tube section.