Snake cleanable fluid flow system

Apparatus for use in a snake cleanable fluid flow system comprising, in combination, a tee having a first passageway having first and second open ends and a second passageway communicating with said first passageway at an angle thereto;

• a baffle positioned in said first passageway substantially at the intersection of said first and second passageway, said baffle including a first inclined surface adjacent said first passageway first end so as to deflect a snake inserted in said first passageway first end into a first section of said second passageway and a second inclined surface adjacent said first passageway second end for deflecting a snake inserted in said first passageway second end into a second section of said second passageway;
• and at least one hole in each of said inclined surfaces for permitting fluid flow through said baffle so as to permit fluid entering either end of said first passageway to flow through said baffle into the other end of said first passageway whereby fluid entering either of said passageways may flow into all parts of both passageways, said holes being too small for a snake to pass therethrough so a snake entering either passageway is deflected by one of said inclined surfaces into the other of said passageways.

Apparatus for use in a snake cleanable fluid flow system comprising, in combination, a pipe defined by a longitudinal axis, a partition positioned longitudinally in said pipe so as to define first and second cross section areas of said pipe, said partition being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said pipe;

• a fitting having a first passageway defined by first and second ends and a second passageway communicating with said first passageway at a junction between said first passageway ends, said second passageway being connected to said pipe so as to communicate therewith;
• a baffle in said fitting, said baffle having a first surface inclined to fluid flow in said first cross section area of said pipe so as to deflect a snake inserted in said fitting through said first cross section area of said pipe into said first end of said first passageway, said baffle having a second surface inclined to fluid flow in said second cross section area of said pipe so as to deflect a snake inserted in said fitting through said second cross section area of said pipe into said second end of said first passageway whereby selective cleaning of said first passageway ends may be effected by selectively inserting a snake in said pipe on each side of partition.

Apparatus for use in a snake cleanable fluid flow system comprising, in combination, a fitting defined by a first passageway having first and second open ends and a second passageway communicating with said first passageway at a junction between said first and second ends of said first passageway;

• and a baffle in said first passageway at said junction for deflecting a snake inserted into one of said passageways into the other of said passageways, at least one hole being provided in said baffle for permitting fluid flow through said baffle, said holes in said baffle being too small to permit a snake passing through said baffle, said baffle thereby permitting fluid flow through said first passageway from said first end to said second end while deflecting a snake that is inserted into either of said passageways into the other of said passageways.