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Central vacuum inlet mounting plate with removable protector

  • US 5,938,061 A
  • Filed: 09/27/1995
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mounting plate for use in an inlet valve assembly for a central vacuum system, the mounting plate having an outer face and an inner face, the mounting plate comprising:

  • a generally ractangular body having an elongated tubular section having a seal mounting means located on an interior surface thereof;

    a sealing means carried in said mounting means;

    a plurality of fastener openings formed in the body to receive fasteners; and

    a removable protector element integrally molded inside said elongated tubular section adjacent to said seal mounting means and between said outer face and said seal mounting means and havinga generally circular outer circumference havinga plurality of attachment points with said interior surface comprising breakable connections to said tubular section anda plurality of gaps around said outer circumference between said attachment points,said breakable connections positioned relative to said sealing means wherein after said breakable connections are broken and said removable protector element is removed, and disconformities caused in said tubular section at said breakable connections do not interfere with a seal made at said sealing means.

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