Infant nasal suction apparatus

Claim 1

An infant nasal suction apparatus, comprising: an elongate cylindrical housing, the cylindrical housing including a housing rear terminal end and a housing forward terminal end, the housing rear terminal end including a first end cap mounted releasably thereto, and the housing forward terminal end including a housing second end cap removably mounted thereto, the central housing including a central housing web, the central housing web fixedly mounted within the housing adjacent the housing rear terminal end, with the central housing including a housing axis, with the housing web oriented orthogonally relative to the housing axis, and a gear shaft rod reciprocatably and coaxially mounted within the central housing, and coaxially directed through the central housing web within a gear shaft rod guide bore coaxially directed through the housing web, and the gear shaft rod including a piston member mounted at a forward terminal end of the gear shaft rod orthogonally oriented relative to the housing axis, and drive means for effecting reciprocation of the gear shaft rod for providing a suction between the piston and the second end cap, the second end cap including a nozzle coaxially mounted thereto for directing fluid through the nozzle into the housing between the second end cap and the piston, and wherein the drive means includes a drive motor fixedly mounted within the first end cap, the drive motor including a reversing switch projecting through a side wall of the first end cap, and the drive means further including an on/off switch mounted within the end cap spaced from the drive motor, and a battery, and the drive motor including an output drive shaft, the output drive shaft rotatably mounted within a drive shaft bore formed within the central housing web, and a drive shaft gear mounted to the drive shaft to effect reciprocation of the gear shaft rod.