Patent ID: 7163027
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An air tap assembly, comprising a mounting seat, a gasket, a connecting member, and an end cap, wherein: the mounting seat has an inside formed with a passage and has an end formed with a mounting portion, wherein the mounting portion of the mounting seat has a first end with an outer thread extended from the end of the mounting seat and a second end having a stepped inner wall; the gasket is mounted to the stepped inner wall in the mounting portion of the mounting seat; the connecting member is rotatably mounted on the mounting seat and includes a first mounting cap rotatably mounted on the mounting portion of the mounting seat, and a second mounting cap mounted on the first mounting cap, wherein the first mounting cap of the connecting member has an inside formed with an inner thread screwed onto the outer thread of the mounting portion of the mounting seat; the first mounting cap of the connecting member has a closed wall having a periphery formed with a plurality of vent holes each communicating with the passage of the mounting seat and having a side formed with a sealing portion rested on the gasket; the second mounting cap of the connecting member has a closed wall having a periphery formed with a plurality of vent holes communicating with the vent holes of the first mounting cap of the connecting member; and the end cap is mounted on the second mounting cap of the connecting member and has a peripheral wall formed with a plurality of conducting channels communicating with the vent holes of the second mounting cap of the connecting member.