| 摘要 |
A fitting particularly adapted for use with a dishwasher or other water supply valve of the character having a plastic body with an integral male plastic inlet end, in which the fitting includes a coupling ring of the ordinary type thread typically used with garden hoses and which may be turned onto the inlet end of the supply valve, and includes an adapter part which is internally threaded to receive a standard copper tube adapter. Thus if the dishwasher is initially sold as a convertible dishwasher, the adapter part accommodates the fitting at the end of the rubber supply hose, and then if the dishwasher is converted to a built-in, an ordinary copper tube adapter may be soldered to the end of a copper tube for a permanent connection and the fitting of the invention will accommodate the ordinary copper tube adapter. The tubular body part of the fitting has a length which is sufficiently short that a plumber or other person converting the dishwasher to a built-in installation is discouraged from attempting to grasp the tubular body part of the adapter part with a pipe wrench or the like. The tubular body has an outwardly-directed flange or shoulder at its outlet end with the periphery of the flange being of non-circular outline to facilitate using this outlet end for gripping during the operation of turning a copper tube adapter into the adapter part of the fitting.
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