Patent ID: 7484533
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A vent cap fitting assembly for covering an exposed septic tank conduit, said inspection cap fitting assembly comprising: a top cap provided with a diameter greater than a diameter of the conduit, said top cap having a planar top surface spaced above a top opening of the conduit and further having an annular sidewall extending vertically downwardly from said top surface, said sidewall being equidistantly and outwardly spaced about an entire outer perimeter of the conduit; and a bottom cap directly seated on the top opening of the conduit and centrally registered beneath said top cap, said bottom cap having an outer wall directly engaged with the conduit, said outer wall of said bottom cap being equidistantly spaced inward from said outer wall of said top cap such that a gap is formed therebetween for allowing ambient air to flow upwardly between said outer walls of said top and bottom caps respectively and thereafter downwardly through said open top opening of said bottom cap and the conduit respectively; wherein an interior cavity of the conduit is in fluid communication with the ambient air while said end cap fitting is directly mounted on the conduit; wherein said bottom cap is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed apertures formed in said sidewall thereof, said apertures passing through an entire thickness of said sidewall and being disposed subjacent said top cap such that the operator can access said apertures while said top cap is situated over said bottom cap, said bottom cap further including a pair of coextensively disc-shaped gaskets removably positioned into said apertures and directly engageable with said outer perimeter of the conduit, and a pair of coextensively shaped threaded plugs removably affixed directly with said apertures respectively such that said pair of gaskets are intercalated between the outer perimeter of the conduit and said pair of plugs respectively, each of said plugs having a linear slit formed therein for allowing the operator to unscrew said pair of plugs by employing a screwdriver.