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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Justin Blaine Childress, Albertville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 35/06 (2006.01); E03B 9/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 35/06 (2013.01); E03B 9/04 (2013.01); F16K 31/504 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of preventing tampering with a hydrant includes inserting an operating stem of the hydrant through a central bore of an operating nut to mount the operating nut on the operating stem; and rotatably threading a grooved nut onto a threaded distal end of the operating stem, the grooved nut defining an indentation in an outer surface of the grooved nut, wherein: rotatably threading the grooved nut onto the threaded distal end of the operating stem comprises engaging the indentation with a mating groove tool and rotating the grooved nut with the mating groove tool.