An intelligent cable storage drum system for use in a pipe inspection system may include a cable storage drum, a video push-cable disposed on the cable storage drum having a proximal end and a distal end for coupling to a camera, and a transceiver module operatively coupled to an output at the distal end of the camera for providing camera output signals to the transceiver module.

An apparatus for cleaning drains has a drum auger with a coiled snake cable mounted on a telescoping extension tube. The tube has a rear and a forward handle with a cable lock on top of each handle. By alternately locking/unlocking each handle's cable lock and extending/folding the telescoping extension tube, the user can project the cable down a clogged drain without touching the cable. A second key feature is that the telescoping extension tube prevents kinking of the cable. Turning the auger handle twists the cable's auger tip when a wing screw locks the cable to a rotatable nose on the drum auger.

A drain cleaner includes a handle assembly having a grip, a motor positioned within the handle assembly, and an actuator supported by the handle assembly adjacent the grip. The actuator is electrically coupled to the motor and operable to selectively energize the motor. The drain cleaner also includes a shroud fixed to and extending forwardly from the handle assembly. The shroud includes a closed end adjacent the handle assembly. The drain cleaner further includes a drum assembly rotatably coupled to the handle assembly and positioned within the shroud. The drum assembly is operable to be rotated by the motor relative to the handle assembly and the shroud. The drain cleaner also includes a flexible cable stored within the drum assembly. The flexible cable is configured to be extended out of the drum assembly and into a drain.

Bags and bag assemblies are provided for facilitating tangle-free storage of cords, ropes, cables, and other long and flexible members within the bags and bag assemblies. The body of the bag includes two compartments which are at least partially separated from each other by an internal divider. Each of the two compartments include outer surfaces which define respective openings that each include a closing mechanism for selectively switching between an open and closed configuration. The internal divider is positioned directly between the two openings, and the bag is configured to provide access to the cord in the bag from either of the openings.

A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.

Disclosed herein is a device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape. The device for preventing the twisting and slipping of a fish tape includes: a tube body formed in an arc shape, and configured such that a wire is wound therein; a wire entry prevention tube connected from the outside of the tube body to one side of the tube body so that the insides of the wire entry prevention tube and the tube body communicate with each other, and configured such that one end of the wire is inserted thereinto; and a slipping prevention member provided inside the wire entry prevention tube, and configured to support the wire inserted into the wire entry prevention tube and prevent the one end of the wire from slipping into the inside of the tube body.

A drain cleaner includes a handle assembly having a grip, a motor positioned within the handle assembly, and an actuator supported by the handle assembly adjacent the grip. The actuator is electrically coupled to the motor and operable to selectively energize the motor. The drain cleaner also includes a shroud fixed to and extending forwardly from the handle assembly. The shroud includes a closed end adjacent the handle assembly. The drain cleaner further includes a drum assembly rotatably coupled to the handle assembly and positioned within the shroud. The drum assembly is operable to be rotated by the motor relative to the handle assembly and the shroud. The drain cleaner also includes a flexible cable stored within the drum assembly. The flexible cable is configured to be extended out of the drum assembly and into a drain.

An intelligent cable storage drum system for use in a pipe inspection system may include a cable storage drum, a video push-cable disposed on the cable storage drum having a proximal end and a distal end for coupling to a camera, and a transceiver module operatively coupled to an output at the distal end of the camera for providing camera output signals to the transceiver module.

The invention relates to an energy chain for receiving and guiding cables, having pivotal chain links which adjoin one another in the longitudinal direction and each of which has cross members and comprises two side pieces lying opposite each other in a direction (q) transverse to the longitudinal direction (I), wherein the energy chain (5) includes a plurality of sections, each of which is designed in the form of two strand (7, 8) that are connected together by a deflecting region (6) extending about a deflecting arc. The energy chain can be moved about the deflecting arc, and each deflecting region (6) of the plurality of sections is guided on the inner face and the outer face thereof through guide elements (10) extending in an arc-shaped manner about the respective axis of the deflecting arc.

Provided is a cable take-up device for a flexible flat cable routed for a slide seat slidably supported so as to be movable forward and backward along a fixed rail fixed to the vehicle cabin floor. The cable take-up device includes: a take-up housing part that takes up a housed portion in a drawable manner and houses it inside with a front end portion fixed to a rail front end portion and a rear end portion fixed to the slide seat; a take-up force generation part that generates a take-up force in a direction of take-up of the housed portion through drawing of the cable routing body; and a slit that applies the take-up force of the take-up force generation part to the housed portion.