Patent ID: 8127838

Claim:
An apparatus for protecting the environment from leaks originating from a stuffing box secured to a nipple on a pumping tee comprising: a first gasket positioned on said nipple; a seal ring positioned over said first gasket, said seal, ring having an upper end carrying an external circumferential groove and a lower end with an outwardly projecting flange, said flange interrupted by at least two slots; a stabilizer bar having at least two upwardly extending flanges, said stabilizer bar positioned on said pumping tee such that said upwardly extending flanges extend through said slots of said seal ring; a second gasket positioned within said circumferential groove of said seal ring; a liquid tight containment vessel, said containment vessel comprising a first half shell and a second half shell, wherein alignment of said first half shell with said second half shell defines said liquid tight containment vessel, said containment vessel has a lower opening wherein said lower opening cooperates with said second gasket when said containment vessel is positioned on said seal ring thereby providing a liquid tight seal, wherein said lower opening carries four tabs with each half shell portion of said lower opening carrying two tabs such that when said liquid tight containment vessel is positioned on said seal ring said tabs are adjacent to said upwardly extending flanges of said stabilizer bar.