Patent ID: 9683685
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: E03C,E03D,F16K,F16L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A valve fitting and test cap system, comprising: an adaptor, the adaptor comprising a supply end and a receiving end, the receiving end comprising an exterior surface and an internal sealing surface, the supply end configured to engage a supply pipe; a valve assembly, the valve assembly comprising a first insert end, the first insert end comprising a first sealing surface; the first insert end of the valve assembly inserts into the receiving end of the adaptor, and the first sealing surface of the first insert end seals against the internal sealing surface of the receiving end of the adaptor in a first sealing engagement, wherein the first sealing engagement is removable; a first connecting device rotatably engaged to the valve assembly, wherein the first connecting device engages to the exterior surface of the receiving end of the adaptor to hold the internal sealing surface of the receiving end of the adaptor and the first sealing surface of the first insert end of the valve assembly together in the first sealing engagement; a test cap assembly, the test cap assembly comprising a second insert end and a sealed end, the second insert end comprising a second sealing surface; the second insert end of the test cap assembly inserts into the receiving end of the adaptor, and the second sealing surface of the second insert end seals against the internal sealing surface of the receiving end of the adaptor in a second sealing engagement, wherein the second sealing engagement is removable; a second connecting device rotatably engaged to the test cap assembly; the second connecting device engages to the exterior surface of the receiving end of the adaptor to hold the internal sealing surface of the receiving end of the adaptor and the second sealing surface of the second insert end together in the second sealing engagement; and, the valve assembly inserts into the receiving end of the adaptor after removal of the test cap assembly from the receiving end of the adaptor.