Patent ID: 6516832
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: E03B,E03C,G01M

Abstract:
A plumbing apparatus for temporarily occluding a fluid conduit to substantially prohibit the movement of a fluid therethrough, comprising:an expandable member which can be controllably expanded to occlude the fluid conduit and substantially prohibiting the movement of the fluid therethrough, and which further can be controllably contracted to facilitate the movement of the fluid therethrough; a flexible fluid conduit coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the expandable member, and which is utilized to controllably move an expandable member fluid into or out of the expandable member causing the expansion or contraction of the expandable member; a movement limiting assembly fixed on the expandable member, and which limits the movement of the expandable member along the fluid conduit; and a sealing assembly through which the flexible fluid conduit and the movement limiting assembly pass, and which is substantially sealably affixed about the fluid conduit, and wherein the movement limiting assembly has an end piece which cannot pass through the sealing assembly.