Inside boat thruhole fitting clearing
OwnerEdward J. Del Rossoinventor
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Abstract
A kit for cleaning clogged conduits and thruhole fitting valves in water intake systems of pleasure boats, fishing boats and yacht marine craft includes a hollow, substantially cylindrical male hose coupler connected to a nipple or elbow joined with the valve, and an open-end cap having a flexible, resilient press-fitted inner gasket configured with a central orifice to receive a shaft of larger diameter able to be force-fitted through the cap, the coupler and the valve when opened, and of a strength sufficient to force-free any matter clogging the input hose to the valve from acceptable performance usage.
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A kit for clearing clogged thruhole fitting valve systems in the water intakes of pleasure boats, fishing boats and yacht marine craft employing a nipple or elbow connection in a water conduit leading from a source of marine water via a hose to a pump aboard the boat or craft comprising:
- a hose of inside diameter greater than an outer diameter of the nipple or elbow coupled to the hose connection to the pump;
- a hollow, substantially cylindrical male hose coupler having external threads at a first end and having two or more outwardly extending flanges of progressively smaller diameter in linear progression from said first end to an opposite second end;
- a clamp to secure said hose to one of said outwardly extending flanges;
- an open-end cap with internal threads to receive said first end of said coupler;
- a flexible gasket press-fitted within said cap between side surfaces thereof, and having a substantially central orifice of given diameter;
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- a shaft of diameter greater than that of said orifice but able to force fit therethrough, said shaft being of a length to extend through said open-end cap, said hose coupler, said hose and through said nipple or elbow beyond said thruhole fitting valve when opened;
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- with said shaft being of a strength sufficient to force-free any intake conduit hose connected to said valve of clogging material therein.
A kit for clearing clogged thruhole fitting valve systems in water intakes of pleasure boats, fishing boats and yacht marine craft employing a nipple or elbow hose connection in a water conduit leading from a source of marine water to a pump aboard the boat or craft comprising:
- a plurality of hoses, each of inside diameter greater than an outer diameter of the nipple or elbow coupled to the hose connection to the pump;
- a hollow, substantially cylindrical male hose coupler having external threads at a first end and having two or more outwardly extending flanges of progressively smaller diameter in linear progression from said first end to an opposite second end;
- a pair of clamps to secure a selected hose to one of said outwardly extending flanges;
- an open-end cap with internal threads to receive said first end of said coupler;
- a flexible gasket press-fitted within said cap between side surfaces thereof, and having a substantially central orifice of given diameter;
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- a shaft of diameter greater than that of said orifice but able to force fit therethrough, said shaft being of a length to extend through said open-end cap, said hose coupler, said selected hose and through said nipple or elbow beyond said thruhole fitting valve when opened;
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- with said shaft being of a strength sufficient to force-free any intake conduit hose connected to said valve of clogging material therein.
A kit for clearing clogged thruhole fitting valve systems in water intakes of pleasure boats, fishing boats and yacht marine craft employing a nipple or elbow hose connection in a water conduit leading from a source of marine water to a pump aboard the boat or craft comprising:
- four hoses, each of inside diameter greater than an outer diameter of the nipple or elbow coupled to the hose connection to the pump;
- a hollow, substantially cylindrical male hose coupler having external threads at a first end and having four outwardly extending flanges of progressively smaller diameter in linear progression from said first end to an opposite second end;
- a pair of clamps to secure a selected hose to one of said outwardly extending flanges;
- an open-end cap with internal threads to receive said first end of said coupler;
- a flexible gasket press-fitted within said cap between side surfaces thereof, and having a substantially central orifice of given diameter;
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- a shaft of diameter greater than that of said orifice but able to force fit therethrough, said shaft being of a length to extend through said open-end cap, said hose coupler, said selected hose and through said nipple or elbow beyond said thruhole fitting valve when opened;
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- with said shaft being of a strength sufficient to force-free any intake conduit hose connected to said valve of clogging material therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.