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US 9,428,888 B2Granted
In-ground flushing device
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsHarold Mosley, Wade Pope
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Abstract
A flushing device includes an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior of the enclosure and the outer surface defining an exterior of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure; a discharge conduit; a platform situated within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the platform movable to proximate the access opening; and a U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe mounted to the platform and in fluid communication with the discharge conduit.
Claims20
A flushing device comprising:
- an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior of the enclosure and the outer surface defining an exterior of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure;
- a discharge conduit;
- a platform situated within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the platform movable to proximate the access opening;
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- a U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe mounted to the platform and in fluid communication with the discharge conduit, the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe disposed substantially below the platform, a portion of the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe extending through the platform.
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A flushing device comprising:
- an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure;
- a platform within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface facing the access opening;
- a flushing valve mounted on the platform;
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- a U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe mounted on the platform and in fluid communication with the flushing valve, the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe accessible from the access opening, the platform movable proximate to the access opening by interaction with the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe,
- wherein the platform defines an access hole through the platform, the access hole providing access to the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe from the access opening.
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A flushing device comprising:
- an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface defining an interior and an exterior of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining a conduit outlet and a conduit inlet;
- a discharge conduit;
- a fluid system conduit, the fluid system conduit connectable with a fluid system;
- a platform situated within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface facing the access opening and movable to proximate the access opening;
- a flushing valve mounted on the platform, the flushing valve having a flushing valve inlet and a flushing valve outlet, the flushing valve inlet in fluid communication with the fluid system conduit, the flushing valve outlet in fluid communication with the discharge conduit;
- a freeze control valve mounted to the bottom surface of the platform, the freeze control valve having a freeze valve inlet and a freeze valve outlet, the freeze valve inlet in fluid communication with the fluid system conduit, the freeze valve outlet in fluid communication with the discharge conduit, the freeze control valve openable under freezing conditions to allow fluid communication between the fluid system conduit and the discharge conduit;
- a mounting bracket attached to the bottom surface of the platform;
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- a U-bolt attached to the mounting bracket, the U-bolt supporting the freeze control valve beneath the mounting bracket.
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A flushing device comprising:
- an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior of the enclosure and the outer surface defining an exterior of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure, the enclosure including an upper platform stop proximate the access opening;
- a discharge conduit;
- a platform situated within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the platform movable to proximate the access opening, the platform including a notch, the notch sized to accept the upper platform stop, the platform rotatable to stop the platform against the upper platform stop proximate the access opening;
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- a U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe mounted to the platform and in fluid communication with the discharge conduit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.