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US 2023/0400138 A1Published application
Device for winterizing plumbing
OwnerTodd Ian Harbertinventor
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Abstract
A device for sealing a pipe fitting includes an outer plug having a first diameter with male threading and a second diameter with female threading and an inner plug having a first diameter with male threading, a second diameter, and a face, perpendicular to its first diameter and its second diameter, sealing a first end of the inner plug. The first diameter of the inner plug threadedly fastens into the second diameter of the outer plug.
Claims6
A device for sealing a pipe fitting comprising:
- an outer plug having a first diameter with male threading and a second diameter with female threading;
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- an inner plug having a first diameter with male threading, a second diameter, and a face, perpendicular to its first diameter and its second diameter, sealing a first end of the inner plug;
- wherein the first diameter of the inner plug threadedly fastens into the second diameter of the outer plug.
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A method of winterizing plumbing comprising:
- threadedly fastening an outer plug into a plumbing fitting;
- threadedly fastening an inner plug into the outer plug;
- adjusting the inner plug within the outer plug as to expose apertures on a side of the inner plug;
- removing water in the plumbing by forcing water through the apertures of the inner plug;
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- tightening the inner plug within the outer plug to seal the plumbing fitting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.