Patent ID: 6125878
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: E03F,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for installing a flap valve valve member in an inspection chamber in a sanitary sewer system, the tool comprising:(a) an elongated shaft extending from to a handle to a holder, the holder comprising:(i) first and second generally parallel opposed fingers spaced apart by a distance sufficient to receive a handle member projecting from a flap valve member;(ii) bias means for resiliently displacing the first finger toward the second finger for releasably pinching a handle member projecting from a flap valve member between the first and second fingers;(iii) a tab projecting from the holder generally perpendicularly to the shaft at a base of the fingers;(b) a stop on the shaft between the handle and the holder; and,(c) a weight slidably mounted to the shaft between the handle and the stop.