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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2022
Task Force Tips, Llc, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Robert W. Steingass, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Alexander C. Yovanovich, Valparaiso, IN (US);
David J. Kolacz, Plymouth, IN (US);
Erin L. Roark, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Kent A. Kekeis, St. John, IN (US);
TASK FORCE TIPS, LLC, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Abstract
A telescoping waterway component for use in firefighting equipment has a multi-piece outer tube and a telescoping inner tube through which fluid flows. An inlet component is selectively positionable at different inlet heights along the outer tube and can be positioned to provide different inlet angles. A rotating shutoff element is mounted within a manifold of the inlet component. The inner tube can be retracted to nest within a hollow cross-section of the shutoff element when that element is closed. A valve interlock disables an operator from rotating the shutoff element while the inner tube is retracted, or from retracting the inner tube while the shutoff element is open.