Patent ID: 7811142

Claim:
A fitting configured for cleaning a first fluid conduit comprising: a first annular outer wall surrounding the first fluid conduit which extends along a first longitudinal flow axis and includes a first open end and an opposing second open end; a cleanout housing surrounding a second fluid conduit, formed with a first port aperture passing through the cleanout housing and attached to the first annular outer wall at the second open end for fluidly connecting the second fluid conduit with the first fluid conduit, and a second port aperture passing through the cleanout housing; a cleaning implement installed inside the cleanout housing opposed to the first port aperture; and, an actuator element fixedly attached to the cleaning implement and movably passing through the cleanout housing opposed to the first port aperture for advancing the cleaning implement along the first longitudinal flow axis into engagement with the first port aperture and substantially through the first fluid conduit for mechanically cleaning debris therefrom.