Patent ID: 8002002

Claim:
A fluid filter draining device which allows hot fluid to be removed from the filter in a controlled manner, the fluid filter having a filter body with cylindrical sidewalls defining a fluid filled interior region there between, the fluid filter draining device comprising: a cylindrical engagement ring having an exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall defining an inner circumferential area which is selectively sized to frictionally engage the filter body cylindrical sidewalls for positioning the engagement ring on the filter to be drained, the engagement ring also having a threaded access port at one circumferential location thereon; a sharpened drill tip surrounded by a threaded shaft, the threaded shaft being sized to be threadedly received within the threaded access port of the engagement ring, the drill tip having an inner extent and an outer extent, and a longitudinal internal channel which communicates between the inner and outer extents thereof; a turning knob having a central bore for receiving the drill tip and associated threaded shaft, the knob having an inner face and an outer face separated by a predetermined thickness which is selected to allow the drill tip to extend beyond the knob inner face when the drill tip is received within the central bore of the turning knob, the drill tip and threaded shaft being fixed within the central bore of the knob, whereby turning the knob by hand causes the drill tip to advance through the threaded access port of the engagement ring and into the inner circumferential area to thereby penetrate the filter body sidewall; and wherein the central bore of the turning knob also receives a swivel hose fitting therein, the fitting having an inner extent received within the central bore and an outer extent which extends beyond the outer face of the turning knob for receiving and engaging a swivel hose, the swivel hose fitting also having a central bore which communicates with the longitudinal internal channel of the drill tip, whereby fluid drained from the filter can be drawn out through the swivel hose fitting and an associated swivel hose.