Patent ID: 7261121
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an endcap having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side being sealed and the second side having a first half of a first connector type; at least one electromagnetic switch having a third side and a fourth side opposite the third side, where a second half of the first connector type is on the third side and a first half of the first connector type is on the fourth side, the at least one electromagnetic switch having a first passageway connecting the second half of the first connector type on the third side to the first half of the first connector type on the fourth side and where the endcap effectively seals one end of the passageway when the second half of the first connector type on the third side of the electromagnetic switch is removably coupled to the first half of the first connector type on the second side of the end cap; an inlet cap having a fifth side and a sixth side opposite the fifth side, where a second half of the first connector type is on the fifth side and an inlet fixture is on the sixth side, where the second half of the first connector type on the fifth side of the inlet cap is removably coupled to the first half of the first connector type in the fourth side of the device; where the inlet cap has a second passageway connecting the first half of the first connector type on the fifth side and the inlet fixture on the sixth side and where the second passageway is connected to the first passageway when inlet cap is removably coupled to the at least one device; where the electromagnetic switch has an output port, where the electromagnetic switch is configured to switchably connect the output port to the first passageway and where the electromagnetic switch is a solenoid switch that switchably connects the output port to the first passageway; where the solenoid switch comprises a base assembly and a solenoid assembly; where the solenoid assembly has at least one surface that aligns with a second surface on the base assembly to form a mounting surface when the solenoid assembly and the base assembly are joined together, where the mounting surface is generally defined by a plane; and where the at least one surface on the solenoid assembly is formed by at least one support rib.