Push-fit spigot
AssigneeSioux Chief Mfg. Co., Inc.
InventorBrian E. Ismert
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Abstract
A push-fit spigot. The spigot includes a push-fit coupling member removably disposed within an internal passage of a body of the spigot. The coupling member enables simple push-fit installation of the spigot on a stub-out in a structure. The coupling member is retained within the internal passage of the spigot by a removable fastener. A removal plate is installed on the stub-out prior to making insertion of the stub-out into the coupling member. Removal of the spigot from an installation on the stub-out is simply performed by removing the fastener between the coupling member and the body to enable removal of the body. The removal plate is then useable to depress a release collar in the coupling member to disengage the push-fit mechanism therein from the stub-out.
Claims20
A push-fit spigot installation comprising:
- a valve body that includes a mounting flange, an inlet portion, a valve, and an outlet, the inlet portion providing a passageway that extends into the valve body from the mounting flange and is open to the valve;
- a coupling member slidably and axially disposed within the inlet portion of the valve body and removably retained therein against axial movement, the coupling member including a bore configured to receive a distal end of a stub-out on a structure and to removably engage the stub-out, the coupling member including a release collar extending from a first end of the bore and that is moveable axially within the bore to disengage the coupling member from the stub-out, the coupling member providing a liquid-tight engagement with the stub-out and with an inner wall of the inlet portion of the valve body;
- a removal plate that includes an aperture sized to receive the stub-out therethrough and that is disposable on the stub-out between the structure and the coupling member, the removal plate being axially moveable along the stub-out to depress the release collar of the coupling member to disengage the coupling member from the stub-out.
A method for installing a spigot, the method comprising:
- disposing a removal plate on a stub-out extending from a structure, the removal plate including an aperture sized to receive the stub-out and being slidably axially moveable along the stub-out;
- providing a valve body that includes a mounting flange, an inlet portion, a valve, an outlet, and a passageway extending through the valve body;
- slidably axially inserting a coupling member into the passageway through the mounting flange and into the inlet portion, the coupling member including a bore configured to receive a distal end of the stub-out and to removably engage the stub-out, the coupling member including a release collar extending from a first end of the bore and that is moveable axially within the bore by the removal plate to disengage the coupling member from the stub-out, the coupling member providing a liquid-tight engagement with the stub-out and with an inner wall of the valve body;
- inserting a fastener through a sidewall of the inlet portion and into engagement with an exterior surface of the coupling member to restrict the coupling member against axial movement within the passageway;
- inserting an end of the stub-out into the bore of the coupling member;
- engaging a push-fit connection between the stub-out and the coupling member;
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- fastening the mounting flange of the spigot to the structure.
A method for removing a spigot from an installation on a structure, the method comprising:
- removing a retaining fastener from a body of the spigot, the retaining fastener being disposed to extend through a wall of an inlet portion of the spigot to engage a coupling member that is installed within a passageway therein, the fastener resisting axial movement of the coupling member within the passageway;
- withdrawing the body of the spigot away from the structure to reveal the coupling member and a removal plate, the coupling member being engaged with a stub-out extending from the structure and the removal plate being disposed on the stub-out between the coupling member and the structure;
- moving the removal plate axially along the stub-out toward the coupling member to depress a release collar into the coupling member and release a push-fit coupling between the coupling member and the stub-out;
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- sliding the coupling member axially along the stub-out and off a distal end of the stub-out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.