Fire hydrant
AssigneeKennedy Valve Company
InventorPaul Kennedy
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Abstract
A fire hydrant includes an upper barrel, which further includes a body and at least one outlet. The body has a longitude, a longitudinal axis, a first portion, and a second portion, the first portion forming a first length of the longitude, the second portion forming a second length of the longitude, the first portion coupled to the second portion, the body having at least one wall defining an internal cavity. The first portion has a first dimension spanning the cavity perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between opposing points on the at least one wall. The second portion has a second dimension spanning the cavity perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between opposing points on the at least one wall. The first dimension is greater than the second dimension.
Claims21
A fire hydrant comprising:
- an upper barrel including:
- an outer perimeter;
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- a body, the body having a longitude, a longitudinal axis, a first portion, and a second portion, the first portion forming a first length of the longitude, the second portion forming a second length of the longitude, the first portion coupled to the second portion, the first portion and the second portion each including at least a portion of the outer perimeter of the upper barrel, the body having at least one wall defining an internal cavity;
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- at least one outlet, the at least one outlet fluidly connected to the internal cavity of the body at a position where the first portion is coupled to the second portion,
- the first portion having a first dimension spanning the cavity perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between opposing points on the at least one wall,
- the second portion having a second dimension spanning the cavity perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between opposing points on the at least one wall,
- the first dimension being greater than the second dimension.
A fire hydrant comprising:
- an upper barrel including:
- a body, the body having a longitude, a longitudinal axis, a first portion, and a second portion, the first portion forming a first length of the longitude, the second portion forming a second length of the longitude, the first portion coupled to the second portion, the body having at least one wall defining an internal cavity;
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- at least one outlet, the at least one outlet fluidly connected to the internal cavity of the body at a position where the first portion is coupled to the second portion,
- the second portion including a first end at the at least one outlet and a second end distal from the first end, the second end having a step radially outward and a larger perimeter than the majority of the second portion, the step including a stop surface against which a flange on an operating stem nut can abut to limit movement of the operating stem nut into the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.