Patent ID: 6167604
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An installation tool for replacing inoperable residential city water service curb valves comprising: a) an inverted channel-shaped body with a downward depending first leg having a clearance notch therein and a downward depending second leg having an alignment hole therein, b) a ball and socket elbow mounting bracket having an upper clasp and a lower clasp with the upper clasp permanently affixed adjacent the first leg clearance notch, protruding outward toward the alignment hole, c) hinge means on said mounting bracket, pivotally connecting the bracket upper clasp to the bracket lower clasp, and d) latch means attached to the bracket lower clasp interfacing with the bracket upper clasp such that when the tool is positioned upon hexagonal flats of a ball and socket elbow and the bracket lower clasp is pivoted into contact with the upper clasp the tool is locked in place with the latch means, thus permitting an opened replacement curb valve that has been connected to a pipe nipple loosely disposed within the alignment hole to be manually threaded into an existing ball and socket elbow while water is flowing under pressure from a water main.