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US 11,655,618 B2Granted
Hydrant nozzle cap spacer
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsDaryl Lee Gibson, Bruce Robertson, Mohammad Hassan Sobhani
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Abstract
A nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap includes a spacer body defining an outer edge and an inner edge, the inner edge defining an opening formed through a center of the spacer body; and a leak path notch formed in the spacer body, the leak path notch extending radially inward from the outer edge of the spacer body.
Claims14
A spaced nozzle cap assembly comprising:
- a nozzle cap comprising a cap body, the cap body comprising a bore sidewall defining a bore, the bore sidewall further defining a leak channel;
- and
- a nozzle cap spacer received within the bore and defining an outer edge, a leak path notch extending into the nozzle cap spacer at the outer edge, the leak path notch aligned with the leak channel;
- wherein:
- the cap body defines a first body end and a second body end;
- the bore extends from the second body end of the cap body to an inner wall of the cap body;
- the leak channel extends substantially from the second body end to the inner wall;
- and
- a front spacer surface of the nozzle cap spacer abuts the inner wall.
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A spaced nozzle cap assembly comprising:
- a nozzle cap comprising a cap body, the cap body comprising a bore sidewall defining a bore, the bore sidewall further defining a leak channel;
- and
- a nozzle cap spacer received within the bore and defining an outer edge, a leak path notch extending into the nozzle cap spacer at the outer edge, the leak path notch aligned with the leak channel;
- wherein:
- the nozzle cap comprises an antenna;
- and
- the nozzle cap spacer is configured to adjust a rotational indexing of the nozzle cap to reorient the antenna.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.