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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
William C. Batten, Asheboro, NC (US);
Bruce W. Kyles, Asheboro, NC (US);
Randolph H. Batten, Asheboro, NC (US);
William C. Batten, Asheboro, NC (US);
Bruce W. Kyles, Asheboro, NC (US);
Randolph H. Batten, Asheboro, NC (US);
Thermaco, Inc., Asheboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A F.O.G. water sampling apparatus includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a floor that slopes downward from the inlet to the outlet and an open top. A first insert placed in the housing for normal operation includes a pipe having end flanges making a friction fit within the housing and connecting the inlet and outlet and spanning above the housing floor. A second, substitute insert to receive a F.O.G. sampling jar has a floor that slopes downward from the inlet to the outlet and at the floor of the housing.