A fitting and faceplate cap assembly, for use in swimming pools, and the like, with vinyl liners, comprises a fitting member which extends through an opening in the wall of the pool with a flange overlying the opening on the inner surface of the pool. The fitting is hollow to adapt it for connection
A fitting and faceplate cap assembly, for use in swimming pools, and the like, with vinyl liners, comprises a fitting member which extends through an opening in the wall of the pool with a flange overlying the opening on the inner surface of the pool. The fitting is hollow to adapt it for connection to water return lines or drain lines commonly used in such swimming pools. The flange on the fitting has a circular groove formed in it with a pair of enlarged recesses extending from the groove on opposite sides of the opening through the fitting. The faceplate cap includes a circular ridge with a pair of spaced projections for matingly engaging the groove and recesses in the faceplate of the fitting. A gasket is attached to the inner surface of the faceplate cap. This gasket has a tacky adhesive on the exposed surface which faces the flange so that when the cap is pressed into place over a vinyl liner (installed in a conventional manner) to engage the groove in the flange, the tacky adhesive on the gasket engages and holds the vinyl liner in place. The cap and fitting are subsequently pressed tightly together by means of a threaded insert in the common opening of the fitting and cap.
대표청구항▼
1. An improved fitting and cap assembly for use in conjunction with an opening through the wall of a pool with a vinyl liner, including in combination: a fitting member extending through an opening in a wall of the pool and having a flange for engaging the interior wall surface around the opening
1. An improved fitting and cap assembly for use in conjunction with an opening through the wall of a pool with a vinyl liner, including in combination: a fitting member extending through an opening in a wall of the pool and having a flange for engaging the interior wall surface around the opening through the wall of the pool, the flange of said fitting member having a cap-alignment means on the outer surface thereof; a cap having an opening therein and dimensioned to overlie at least a major portion of the surface of the flange on said fitting member, said cap further having engaging means thereon for matingly engaging the alignment means on the flange of said fitting member; and a gasket on the surface of said cap which faces the flange, said gasket having a tacky adhesive on the surface thereof facing the flange when said cap is positioned over the flange with the engaging means of said cap engaging the alignment means on the flange. 2. The combination according to claim 1, wherein one of said alignment means and said engaging means comprises male projections and the other of said alignment means and said engaging means comprises mating female recesses. 3. The combination according to claim 2, wherein said gasket is made of resilient material. 4. The combination according to claim 3, wherein the alignment means on the outer surface of the flange on said fitting member comprises a groove in such flange around the opening through said fitting member and extending at least a major portion of the distance around such opening, and the engaging means on said cap comprises a ridge for engagement into the groove in the flange of said fitting member and dimensioned to extend into the groove on such flange. 5. The combination according to claim 4, further including rotation prevention means on at least said cap to prevent rotation of said cap when it is in position with the ridge thereon engaging the groove in the flange of said fitting member. 6. The combination according to claim 5, wherein said rotation prevention means comprises a discontinuity in the groove in the flange of said fitting member and a mating discontinuity in the ridge on said cap for cooperative engagement with one another. 7. The combination, according to claim 6, wherein said fitting and the flange thereon have a circular opening therethrough for communication with plumbing adapted to be attached to said fitting member and wherein the opening in said cap is a circular opening aligned with the opening in the flange of said fitting. 8. The combination, according to claim 1, wherein said fitting and the flange thereon have a circular opening therethrough for communication with plumbing adapted to be attached to said fitting member and wherein the opening in said cap is a circular opening aligned with the opening in the flange of said fitting. 9. The combination according to claim 8 wherein the opening in said fitting member is internally threaded for receipt of externally threaded inserts therein. 10. The combination according to claim 9 wherein said cap has a shoulder thereon encircling the opening therethrough and facing the pool interior when said cap is positioned over said flange for engagement by flanges on inserts threaded into said fitting member, whereby said cap is pressed into firm engagement against the flange of said fitting whenever a threaded insert is tightened into engagement with the threads of said fitting member. 11. The combination according to claim 10, wherein one of said alignment means and said engaging means comprises male projections and the other of said alignment means and said engaging means comprises mating female recesses. 12. The combination according to claim 11, wherein said gasket is made of resilient material. 13. The combination according to claim 12, wherein the alignment means on the outer surface of the flange on said fitting member comprises a groove in such flange around the opening through said fitting member and extending at least a major portion of the distance around such opening, and the engaging means on said cap comprises a ridge for engagement into the groove in the flange of said fitting member and dimensioned to extend into the groove on such flange. 14. The combination according to claim 13, further including rotation prevention means on at least said cap to prevent rotation of said cap when it is in position with the ridge thereon engaging the groove in the flange of said fitting member. 15. The combination according to claim 14, wherein said rotation prevention means comprises a discontinuity in the groove in the flange of said fitting member and a mating discontinuity in the ridge on said cap for cooperative engagement with one another. 16. An improved fitting and cap assembly for use in conjunction with an opening through the well of a pool with a vinyl liner, including in combination: a fitting member extending through an opening in a wall of the pool and having a flange for engaging the interior wall surface around the opening through the wall of the pool, the flange of said fitting member having a cap-engagement outer surface around a central opening therethrough; a cap having an opening therein for alignment with the opening through said flange and dimensioned to overlie at least a major portion of the surface of the flange on said fitting member, said cap further having a surface thereon for matingly engaging the cap engagement surface on the flange of said fitting member; a gasket on the surface of said cap which faces the flange; and means extending into said fitting member through the central opening in said flange for securing said fitting member and said cap together. 17. The combination according to claim 16, wherein said gasket is made of resilient material. 18. The combination according to claim 17, further including alignment means on the outer surface of the flanges on said fitting member in the form of a groove in such flange around the opening through said fitting member and extending at least a major portion of the distance around such opening; and corresponding engaging means on said cap in the form of a ridge for engagement into the groove in the flange of said fitting member and dimensioned to extend into the groove on such flange. 19. The combination according to claim 18, further including rotation prevention means on at least said cap to prevent rotation of said cap when it is in position with the ridge thereon engaging the groove in the flange of said fitting member. 20. The combination according to claim 19, wherein said rotation prevention means comprises a discontinuity in the groove in the flange of said fitting member and a mating discontinuity in the ridge on said cap for cooperative engagement with one another. 21. The combination, according to claim 16, wherein said fitting and the flange thereon have a circular opening therethrough for communication with plumbing adapted to be attached to said fitting member and wherein the opening in said cap is a circular opening aligned with the opening in the flange of said fitting. 22. The combination according to claim 21 wherein the opening in said fitting member is internally threaded for receipt of externally threaded inserts therein. 23. The combination according to claim 22 wherein said cap has a shoulder thereon encircling the opening therethrough and facing the pool interior when said cap is positioned over said flange for engagement by flanges on inserts threaded into said fitting member, whereby said cap is pressed into firm engagement against the flange of said fitting whenever a threaded insert is tightened into engagement with the threads of said fitting member. 24. A cap assembly for use in conjunction with a fitting in an opening through the wall of a pool with a vinyl liner, including in combination: a cap having an opening therein for alignment with the opening through the wall of the pool; and a gasket on the surface of said cap which faces such opening, said gasket having a tacky adhesive on the surface thereof for engaging and holding the vinyl pool liner when said cap is positioned over the opening and pressed toward the opening.
※ AI-Helper는 부적절한 답변을 할 수 있습니다.