Removable valve plug assembly
AssigneeUssi, LLC
InventorDion Vlasak
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a removable plug assembly configured to inhibit debris from passing through is provided. The removable plug assembly includes a support member portion and a plug portion. The support member portion has a plurality of support members extending outward from a center portion. The plug portion has a continuous wall sloping in an inwardly central axis direction from a top surface to a bottom surface. The top surface defining a perimeter of the of the plug portion. The support member portion coupled to the top surface. Each one of the plurality of support members extend beyond the perimeter. The continuous wall operable to contact a portion of an inner surface of a tube to inhibit the plug portion from advancing fully into the tube.
Claims20
A valve box assembly having a first tube and a second tube, a terminating end portion of the second tube received within an inner diameter of the first tube to create a lip within the first tube, a valve assembly positioned below the second tube in a vertical direction, the valve assembly having an operational nut positioned within the second tube, the valve box assembly comprising:
- a removable plug including:
- a support member portion having a plurality of support members extending outward from a center portion;
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- a plug portion having a continuous wall sloping in an inwardly central axis direction from a top surface to a bottom surface, the top surface defining a perimeter of the plug portion, the support member portion coupled to the top surface, each one of the plurality of support members extend beyond the perimeter, the continuous wall operable to contact a portion of an inner surface of the second tube to inhibit the removable plug from advancing fully into the second tube.
A valve box assembly comprising:
- a first tube having an inner diameter;
- a second tube having a terminating end portion that is received within the inner diameter of the first tube to create a lip within the first tube;
- a valve assembly positioned below the second tube in a vertical direction, the valve assembly having an operational nut positioned within the second tube;
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- a removable plug comprising:
- a support member portion having a plurality of support members extending outward from a center portion;
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- a plug portion having a continuous wall tapered in an inwardly central axis direction from a top surface to a bottom surface, the top surface defining a perimeter of the plug portion, the support member portion coupled to the top surface, each one of the plurality of support members extend beyond the perimeter, the continuous wall operable to contact a portion of an inner surface of the second tube to inhibit the removable plug from advancing fully into the second tube,
- wherein the plug portion is operable to frictionally secure the plug portion to the second tube between the top surface and the bottom surface.
A removable plug assembly configured to inhibit debris from passing through, the removable plug assembly comprising;
- a support member portion having a plurality of support members extending outward from a center portion;
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- a plug portion having a continuous wall sloping in an inwardly central axis direction from a top surface to a bottom surface, the top surface defining a perimeter of the of the plug portion, the support member portion coupled to the top surface, each one of the plurality of support members extend beyond the outer perimeter, the continuous wall operable to contact a portion of an inner surface of a tube to inhibit the plug portion from advancing fully into the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.