Fluid handling – Processes – Cleaning – repairing – or assembling
Patent
1998-03-04
2000-12-19
Walton, George L.
Fluid handling
Processes
Cleaning, repairing, or assembling
1510409, 1510433, 137 1507, 137318, 408127, 408227, F16K 4300, B08B 904
Patent
active
061615633
ABSTRACT:
A plumbing tool for providing a passageway through a blockage, such as a test cap or other blockage, in a fluid-carrying line. During the rough-in plumbing phase of construction, the drain pipe leading from the plumbing system in a building to the city sewer main in the street is positively sealed off by a test cap welded in the pipe at the location of the clean-out. Pressurizing the rough-in plumbing to test the same can then proceed knowing that if any leaks occur, they are in the branch plumbing on the building side of the test cap and not at or in the test cap. Following successful completion of the initial test, the top-out plumbing is completed, leaving the test cap welded in the clean-out or drain pipe. After the roof vents are in, the top-out test of the plumbing system is made, again knowing that if the system shows any leaks, they are the result of a failure in the plumbing work and not a failure of the test cap. After the plumbing system has passed final test and inspection, a special tool constructed in accordance with the present invention is inserted down the clean-out to penetrate and ream-out the test cap, so that the drain pipe is at substantially its normal inside diameter and provides a relatively full opening through which the waste can flow to the city sewer main in the street. The tool is also useful for cutting through other blockages in the line.
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Costello Leo F.
Walton George L.
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