Patent ID: 8905372

Claim:
A valve apparatus for converting a direct water drain valve into an indirect water drain valve, the direct water drain valve having a valve body with at least one drain aperture, at least one drain conduit connected to the drain aperture, and a valve element movable within the valve body to a closed condition in which the valve element seals the drain conduit to inhibit water flow there-through, the valve body being configured to extend through an outer wall of a fluid containing vessel, the valve apparatus comprising: a cap; and a connector, the connector being detachable with respect to an outer wall of the fluid containing vessel and non-integrally formed with respect to the cap and being configured to couple the direct water drain valve to the outer wall of the fluid containing vessel to define a water-tight seal between the direct water drain valve and the outer wall of the fluid containing vessel, the cap having a circumferential sidewall, a closed end, an open end, an inner volume and a fluid transfer aperture for fluid to enter the inner volume, the cap being configured such that the circumferential sidewall encapsulates a portion of the direct water drain valve and coupled by said open end to the connector such that at least a portion of the inner volume of the cap defines a conduit between the fluid transfer aperture and the at least one drain aperture of the direct water drain valve.