Patent ID: 9169767
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: F01P,F16L

Abstract:
1. An adapter configured to be mounted in an opening to form a seal with an interior wall of the opening, the adapter comprising: a first body; a second body rotatably mounted to the first body; a compressible seal extending from the first body, the compressible seal including a compressible seal first portion, the compressible seal first portion having a first end at the first body, a second end and an interior, the compressible seal further including a plate having a hole at the second end of the compressible seal first portion, and a compressible seal second portion having a first end at the plate and a second end and having an interior, and a hollow shaft operably connected to the second body and having a longitudinal axis and a shaft first end at the second body and a shaft second end, the shaft projecting through a passage in the first body, through the interior of the first portion of the compressible seal, through the hole in the plate, and into the interior of the second portion of the compressible seal, the shaft having a shoulder in the interior of the second portion of the compressible seal, the shoulder being spaced from the plate and spaced from the second end of the compressible seal second portion, and a width of the shaft at the shoulder being greater than a width of the hole in the plate, wherein the first body includes a first screwthread, the second body includes a second screwthread engaging the first screwthread and wherein rotating the first body relative to the second body screws the first body to or unscrews the first body from the second body and moves the shaft in an axial direction relative to the first body.