Cleaning assembly for use in a garden hose or the like

Claim 1

A CLEANING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A GARDEN HOSE, OR THE LIKE, TO CLEAN ORIFICES IN ATTACHMENTS CONNECTED THERETO, COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING AN INLET WATER CONNECTION AND AN OUTLET WATER CONNECTION, A SCREEN MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID INLET WATER CONNECTION AND SAID OUTLET WATER CONNECTION AND FORMING WITH SAID HOUSING A TREATMENT CHAMBER DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SCREEN AND SAID INLET WATER CONNECTION, AND A MASS OF A SOLID CLEANING COMPOSITION DISPOSED IN SAID TREATMENT CHAMBER, SAID CLEANING COMPOSITION INCLUDING A SOLID BINDER THAT IS ONLY SLIGHTLY SOLUBLE IN WATER AND A DISPERSION OF WATER INSOLUBLE ABRASIVE PARTICLES IN SAID BINDER, SAID ABRASIVE PARTICLES HAVING DIMENSIONS LESS THAN THOSE OF THE OPENINGS IN SAID SCREEN AND THE ORIFICES TO BE CLEANED, SAID INLET WATER CONNECTION BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF WATER UNDER PRESSURE FOR ADMITTING WATER TO SAID TREATMENT CHAMBER TO DISSOLVE A PORTION OF SAID BINDER THUS TO RELEASE A QUANTITY OF SAID ABRASIVE PARTICLES INTO THE WATER TO BE CARRIED THEREBY THROUGH SAID OUTLET WATER CONNECTION INTO THE ATTACHED GARDEN HOSE AND THROUGH THE ORIFICES IN THE ATTACHMENTS CONNECTED THERETO TO CLEAN THE ORIFICES THEREIN.