Valve box stabilizer
OwnerJoseph S. Alberico, Carmine Corsetti +1inventors
InventorsJoseph S. Alberico, Carmine Corsetti, Fiore Brandolino
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Abstract
A valve box stabilizer for stabilizing a valve box covering an underground valve housing including a body for receiving the neck of the valve, an inner wall portion for contacting this neck along a substantial portion of the valve, and the wall portion having a plurality of fins each with an outer surface to form a discontinuous outer wall for contact with the internal surface of the valve box so as to prevent movement of the valve box relative to the valve.
Claims15
A valve box stabilizer for stabilizing a valve box covering an underground valve housing having a valve body and a valve neck extending vertically from said valve body, and wherein the valve box includes a tubular lower end for receiving the valve neck, said valve box stabilizer comprising,
- a hollow body for receiving said valve neck and for being received within said valve box lower end,
- said stabilizer having a wall portion with an inner surface for contact with at least a portion of said valve neck along a substantial vertical length of said valve neck,
- said wall portion also having at least one rigid outer surface fitting within said valve box lower end and contacting a portion of said lower end along a substantial vertical length of said valve box lower end,
- said outer surface extending radially outwardly from said inner surface a distance sufficient to contact said valve box along said substantial vertical length of said valve box lower end with at least two diametrically opposed points on a circumference of said outer surface contacting said valve box simultaneously.
A valve box stabilizer for stabilizing a valve box covering an underground valve housing having a valve body and a valve neck extending vertically from said valve body, and wherein the valve box includes a tubular lower end for receiving the valve neck, said valve box stabilizer comprising,
- a hollow body for receiving said valve neck and for being recieved within said valve box lower end
- said stabilizer having a wall portion with an inner surface for contact with at least a portion of said valve neck along a substantial vertical length of said valve neck,
- said wall portion also having at least one outer surface fitting within said valve box lower end and contacting a portion of said lower end along a substantial vertical length of said valve box lower end, and
- said wall portion comprising a plurality of radial fins for simultaneous contact with said valve box.
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