Valved access fitting
OwnerRobert R. Taylorinventor
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Abstract
A valved fitting for a sewer or drain line access is described which permits easy sewer line entry. The fitting includes a large-straight-bore valve body and a housing which is adapted for connection to a sewer line. Embodiments include removable and permanently attached fittings. A further feature is a flexible hose which attaches to the housing and can be used to prevent leakage of sewer liquids when the sewer line is to be cleaned.
Claims9
A removable valved access fitting comprising a valve body with a large, straight bore and a valve housing having inlet and outlet ports which ports substantially align with said bore when said body is in an open position, said housing being adapted for connection to a sewer line through said outlet port, said fitting adapted with an inlet port open to the environment to permit passage of a mechanical sewer cleaning apparatus through said inlet port, valve bore, and said outlet port, a removable sealable collar means adapted to be fitted on a neck of said outlet port, said collar means being wedgeable within said sewer line to retain said fitting therein, thereby said collar means being easily insertable and removable on said outlet port to prevent seizing between said sewer line and said fitting often caused by corrosion and so that a sewer blockage can be removed without the removal of said fitting from said sewer line, said inlet port adapted to receive a removable hollow connector;
- and a flexible hose having an inside diameter substantially the same as that of said valve bore, a connector end adapted for removable, sealable attachment to said inlet port and adapted to permit passage of said mechanical cleaning device through said flexible hole, said inlet port, said valve bore, said outlet port and into said sewer line for removal of sewer line blockage.
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