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Jackel Incorporated

John Haslock

Paul Schuchman

Craig Nowicki

A power cord grommet is provided having a compressible, reverse tapered portion that is insertable into the power cord opening of a sewage or sump basin cover and expandable therein when subjected to higher fluid pressures from within the sump basin so as to form a tighter seal against that opening. That expandability under higher fluid pressure is facilitated by a plurality of tapered recesses in the bottom surface of the grommet adjacent the reverse tapered portion. A hole is provided in the grommet to receive the power cord, and a slit is cut from the hole to the side of the grommet to allow the cord to be inserted into the hole.

Power cord sealing grommet and the like

A template is provided for pump feet cups that is separately formed from the sump basin, positioned therein via sump basin flats to have a predetermined orientation with respect to the sump basin cover, and then attached to the sump basin to maintain a fixed position therein. A single template can be used with a variety of pump feet orientations by forming the template from a plurality of cups joined by a separable web. Foam or like material can be placed within the cups to receive the pump feet. Where the sump basin is formed from polyethylene material, the template can be molded from like material and then fixed to the lower interior surface of the sump basin by ultrasonic welding.

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Buchanan, MI, United States of America

John Haslock