Plumbing test cap with pivotal latch
View Patent ↗A plumbing test cap has a body with a bore extending from a first end which is mountable over a stub-out having a surface engagement feature. The body has a closed second end. A retainer is carried on the body for transverse movement from a first position allowing movement of the body relative to the stub-out and a second position in which the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub-out.
1. A test cap sealingly mountable on a stub out having a surface engagement feature comprising:
a body having a bore extending from a first open end to a closed second end; and
a retainer unitarily carried on the body for pivotal transverse movement from a first position spaced from the body and allowing movement of the body relative to the stub out, and a second position wherein the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub out; and
lock members locking the retainer to the body in the second position, wherein
at least one of the lock members includes a frangible portion separable from the body to enable disengagement of the retainer from the lock members and separation of the test cap from the stub out.
2. The test cap of claim 1 further comprising:
first and second seal elements disposed on opposite sides of a spacer, the seal elements and the spacer disposed in the bore and sealingly engagable with the stub out.
3. A fluid connection comprising:
a stub out having a surface engagement feature;
a body having a bore extending from a first open end to a closed second end;
a retainer unitarily carried on the body for pivotal transverse movement from a first position spaced from the body and allowing movement of the body relative to the stub out, and a second position wherein the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub out; and
a first and second seal element disposed on opposite sides of a spacer, the seal elements and the spacer disposed in the bore and sealingly engagable with the stub out.
4. The fluid connection of claim 3 further comprising:
lock members locking the retainer to the body in the second position, wherein
at least one of the lock members includes a frangible portion separable from the body to enable disengagement of the retainer from the lock members and separation of the test cap from the stub out.
5. A test cap sealingly mountable on a stub out having a surface engagement feature comprising:
a body having a bore extending from a first open end to a closed second end;
a retainer unitarily carried on the body for pivotal transverse movement from a first position spaced from the body and allowing movement of the body relative to the stub out, and a second position wherein the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub out;
a surface engagement member carried on the retainer lockingly engagable with the surface engagement feature on the stub out, wherein the surface engagement feature on the stub out is a recessed groove and the surface engagement member is a radially extending rib,
wherein the recessed groove is spaced from an end of the stub out.
6. A fluid connection comprising:
a stub out having a surface engagement feature;
a body having a bore extending from a first open end to a closed second end; and
a retainer unitarily carried on the body for pivotal transverse movement from a first position spaced from the body and allowing movement of the body relative to the stub out, and a second position wherein the retainer is locked to the body, in turn locking the body on the stub out
a surface engagement member carried on the retainer lockingly engagable with the surface engagement feature on the stub out, the surface engagement feature on the stub out a recessed groove and the surface engagement member a radially extending rib, wherein the recessed groove is spaced from an end of the stub out.