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 substantially planar spacer body defining an outer body edge; and a resilient spacer spring arm extending from the outer body edge at a proximal arm end, the spacer spring arm configurable in an extended orientation and a compressed orientation, the spacer spring arm biased to the extended orientation; wherein, in the extended orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially oblong shape, and in the compressed orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially circular shape
Claims14
A nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap comprising:
- a substantially planar spacer body defining an outer body edge;
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- a resilient spacer spring arm extending from the outer body edge at a proximal arm end, the spacer spring arm configurable in an extended orientation and a compressed orientation, the spacer spring arm biased to the extended orientation;
- wherein, in the extended orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially oblong shape, and in the compressed orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially circular shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.