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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2023
Applicant:

Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Daryl Lee Gibson, Chattanooga, TN (US);

Bruce Robertson, Toronto, CA;

Mohammad Hassan Sobhani, Burlington, CA;

Assignee:

Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/32 (2006.01); E03B 9/06 (2006.01); E03B 9/14 (2006.01); F16F 1/02 (2006.01); F16L 15/08 (2006.01); F16L 55/115 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 9/06 (2013.01); E03B 9/14 (2013.01); F16F 1/027 (2013.01); F16F 1/326 (2013.01); F16L 15/08 (2013.01); F16L 55/1155 (2013.01); F16F 2236/025 (2013.01); F16L 2201/30 (2013.01); Y10T 137/5503 (2015.04); Y10T 137/5762 (2015.04);
Abstract

A nozzle cap spacer for a hydrant nozzle cap includes a substantially planar spacer body defining an outer body edge; and a resilient spacer spring arm extending from the outer body edge at a proximal arm end, the spacer spring arm configurable in an extended orientation and a compressed orientation, the spacer spring arm biased to the extended orientation; wherein, in the extended orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially oblong shape, and in the compressed orientation, the nozzle cap spacer defines a substantially circular shape.


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