Pipe joints or couplings – Packed – Cam
Patent
1996-08-26
1998-01-06
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
Packed
Cam
285901, F16L 1706
Patent
active
057046590
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for attaching and securing a cap to a hose adapter used in connection with an RV waste removal valve assembly to prevent inadvertent sewer or waste spillage in the event of a failure of the primary locking components. The apparatus comprises two principal components, including a Y-branch plumbing fitting with a hose adapter incorporated at one end. On the outside surface of the hose adapter are a coupling pin and an adjacently located coupling tongue. The other component is a closure cap, which includes one or more generally L-shaped coupling arms. The coupling arms form a U-shaped opening with the edge of the cap and include an opening at one end to slidably receive the coupling pin and a grooved or slotted portion along the base of the coupling arm near where the arm attaches to the edge of the cap to slidably receive the coupling tongue. The coupling pins and the corresponding open end of the coupling arms are aligned and one or both of these fitting components are rotated towards the other to enable the pins to engage the openings and each of the coupling grooves to engage the corresponding coupling tongues to lock the fittings together.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1074706 (1913-10-01), Ferguson
patent: 4133347 (1979-01-01), Mercer
patent: 4708370 (1987-11-01), Todd
Arola Dave W.
Valterra Products Inc.
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