Appeal No. 2006-0305 2
Application No. 10/370,545
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an assembly for pressure testing a
plumbing system. Representative claims 1 and 8 read as follows:
1. A testing assembly for pressure testing a plumbing system
in a building where the building has a shower station with a
bottom drain and a shower spout, the testing assembly comprising:
a drain adapter having a hose end fitting and a bottom drain
sealing element in fluid communication with the hose end
fitting, the sealing element adapted to be in fluid
communication with the bottom drain;
a hose fitting on the shower spout;
a hose removably connecting the shower spout and the drain
adapter;
wherein the drain adapter further comprises a fastener, the
fastener being an externally threaded centrally located post
adapted to removably engage the bottom drain to form a watertight
seal between the sealing element and the bottom drain; and
wherein the fastener is adapted to removably engage the
bottom drain via a threaded surface centrally located in the
bottom of the drain.
8. A testing assembly for pressure testing a plumbing system
in a building where the building has a shower station with a
shower inlet, the testing assembly comprising:
an externally threaded tub overflow drain adapted to be
placed in the shower station and in field communication
with the plumbing system;
a drain adapter having a hose end fitting and an overflow
end fitting in fluid communication with the hose end fitting, the
overflow end fitting being internally threaded to removably
engage the externally threaded overflow drain to form a water
tight seal;
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