Patent ID: 8296892

Claim:
A kit for clearing clogged thruhole fitting valve systems in the water intakes of pleasure boats, fishing boats and yacht marine craft employing a nipple or elbow connection in a water conduit leading from a source of marine water via a hose to a pump aboard the boat or craft comprising: a hose of inside diameter greater than an outer diameter of the nipple or elbow coupled to the hose connection to the pump; a hollow, substantially cylindrical male hose coupler having external threads at a first end and having two or more outwardly extending flanges of progressively smaller diameter in linear progression from said first end to an opposite second end; a clamp to secure said hose to one of said outwardly extending flanges; an open-end cap with internal threads to receive said first end of said coupler; a flexible gasket press-fitted within said cap between side surfaces thereof, and having a substantially central orifice of given diameter; and a shaft of diameter greater than that of said orifice but able to force fit therethrough, said shaft being of a length to extend through said open-end cap, said hose coupler, said hose and through said nipple or elbow beyond said thruhole fitting valve when opened; and with said shaft being of a strength sufficient to force-free any intake conduit hose connected to said valve of clogging material therein.