Mueller International, LLC

Alan Channell

Christopher Joseph Duckett

Justin Blaine Childress

Ajay K Roy

Paul S Gifford

Walter Pierce Wojick

Gary Wayne Hadley

Nelson Sanders McClure, Jr

Michael Wheatley

A traffic flange for a hydrant includes: a body portion defining an arcuate shape and including an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner radial surface, and an outer radial surface, the body portion defining a body portion width in a radial direction relative to a main axis of the traffic flange, the body portion further defining a plurality of holes extending in an axial direction of the traffic flange relative to the main axis from the upper surface to the lower surface; and a break-away portion including a plurality of tabs extending radially inward in the radial direction from the inner radial surface of the body portion, a total width of the traffic flange in the radial direction of the traffic flange at each of the plurality of tabs greater than the body portion width.

Break-away traffic flange for a hydrant

A hydrant includes a hydrant body defining an internal cavity; an upper stem positioned within the internal cavity; a lower stem positioned within the internal cavity; and a stem coupling securing the upper stem to the lower stem, the stem coupling comprising a coupling body defining a main bore that is circular in radial cross-section and sized to receive the upper stem and the lower stem; and a plurality of ribs, each rib extending radially outward from the coupling body.

Hydrant stem coupling with ribs

Modular hydrant

Dome-top hydrant

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Albertville, AL, United States of America

Alan Channell