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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E. Hoffman, Overland Park, KS (US);
David M. Garner, Cumming, GA (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B 1/00 ;
Abstract
An outlet dust cover, for attachment to a back plate having a wall plate formed to include an aperture within which a valve controlling gas flow in a pipe is received, includes a plate, a valve actuator located in the plate and arranged to be positioned adjacent the valve when the plate is positioned adjacent the wall plate, the valve actuator having a first state in which the valve is not actuated and a second state wherein the valve is actuated, and a vent extending through the cover and positioned to be in communication with the pipe.