Patent ID: 7001106
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A product comprising a warning unit in a pipe buried in the ground, wherein the ground has a ground surface above the pipe and the pipe has an upper surface, said product being produced by the process comprising the steps of: digging a hole in the ground from the ground surface above the pipe to the pipe, said hole being smaller than a person can fit into, affixing a collar to the upper surface of the pipe with a waterproof glue between said collar and said upper surface of the pipe for affixing said collar to the pipe, attaching a valve to said collar, said valve having a passage communicating with said collar, drilling a hole in the pipe through said internal passage of said valve and through said upper surface of the pipe, and installing the warning unit in the pipe by moving the warning unit through said passage of said valve, said collar, and said hole in the pipe into place in the buried pipe, wherein said warning unit is a water monitoring sensor.