Hydrant nozzle cap adapter
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsDaryl Lee Gibson, Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford
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Abstract
Example aspects of a nozzle cap adapter, a nozzle cap assembly, and a method for method for mounting a nozzle cap to a fire hydrant nozzle are disclosed. The nozzle cap adapter can comprise an adapter ring defining a first adapter ring end, a second adapter ring end opposite the first adapter ring end, and an interior void extending from the first adapter ring end to the second adapter ring end; a nozzle connector extending from the second end of the adapter ring, the nozzle connector configured to rotatably engage a fire hydrant nozzle; and a latch coupled to the adapter ring and configured to removably lock the nozzle cap adapter onto the fire hydrant nozzle.
Claims16
A nozzle cap adapter comprising:
- an adapter ring defining a cap axis and comprising an interior void extending through the adapter ring;
- a nozzle connector extending from the adapter ring and configured to rotatably engage a fire hydrant nozzle;
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- a latch coupled to the adapter ring by a latch fastener defining a pivot axis, the latch configured to removably lock the nozzle cap adapter onto the fire hydrant nozzle;
- wherein the adapter ring defines an L-shaped cutout, the latch is received within the L-shaped cutout, and the pivot axis is parallel to the cap axis.
A nozzle cap assembly comprising:
- a nozzle cap;
- a nozzle cap adapter coupled to the nozzle cap, comprising:
- an adapter ring defining a cap axis and comprising an interior void extending through the adapter ring;
- and
- an L-shaped cutout defined in the adapter ring;
- and
- a latch coupled to the adapter ring within the L-shaped cutout by a latch fastener defining a pivot axis, the latch configured to removably lock the nozzle cap assembly onto a nozzle;
- wherein the pivot axis is parallel to the cap axis.
A method for mounting a nozzle cap to a nozzle comprising:
- providing a nozzle cap assembly, the nozzle cap assembly comprising the nozzle cap, a latch, and a nozzle cap adapter, the nozzle cap adapter coupled to the nozzle cap, the nozzle cap adapter comprising an adapter ring defining a cap axis and an L-shaped cutout, and a nozzle connector extending from the adapter ring, the latch being positioned in the L-shaped cutout and coupled to the adapter ring by a latch fastener defining a pivot axis;
- engaging the nozzle connector with the nozzle;
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- rotating the nozzle cap assembly relative to the nozzle about the cap axis to secure the nozzle cap assembly and engage the latch with the nozzle;
- wherein the pivot axis is parallel to the cap axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.