Patent ID: 9068335
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: E03B,E03F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for protecting an operating nut of an actuator that controls a valve in an underground pipe, comprising: a guide assembly formed of a hollow guide structure and a mounting collar, the guide structure fitting inside a lower end of a riser pipe and providing a barrier between the riser pipe and the operating nut, the riser pipe providing access from an above ground location to the operating nut along a main axis, the mounting collar being in a plane perpendicular to the main axis and being joined to a lower edge of the guide structure and jutting outwardly from said guide structure, the outward jutting portion of the mounting collar being a flange; and a mounting assembly having a first portion joined to said flange and having a second portion bolted directly to said actuator.