Fluid handling – Hydrant type – With casing
Patent
1986-12-11
1988-03-01
Walton, George L.
Fluid handling
Hydrant type
With casing
29267, 81488, 137382, 137800, 220 85P, 220284, E03B 906, F16K 3506
Patent
active
047279001
ABSTRACT:
A tamper-proof cover for the operating nut of a hydrant. The cover includes a housing adapted to be positioned above the operating nut for covering the operating nut, the housing having an opening, a housing mounting device securable to the hydrant and engagable with the housing for securing the housing to the hydrant, and a locking device for removably securing the housing to the mounting device which includes a pin positionable in the opening in the housing and engagable with a recess defined in the mounting device, a locking member engagable with the pin and the recess in the housing, a frangible shoulder within the recess in the mounting device against which the locking member seats and which must be broken to remove the pin. Other forms of the tamper-proof cover and a tool for removing the cover are also disclosed.
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Dooling Joseph S.
Vanek Gene R.
Vanek Kenneth F.
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