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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111819 | Stop ring and a hydraulic/pneumatic device equipped with a stop ring A stop ring is made of an elastic member curved substantially in a plane into a ring shape having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The first end is bent in a plane to incline inward with respect to a radial di... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6640823 | Fitting A fitting including a housing (2), a rotatable body (4) which is situated in the housing and which may advantageously be constructed in the form of a conical plug, a bushing (18) provided in the housing to floatingly mount and seal the rotatable body (4),... | 11/04/2003 |
| 5327929 | Plug valve A plug valve having a body with an inlet, an outlet and a plug-receiving opening which intersects the inlet and outlet. A plug is mounted in the opening and has an outer wall and an orifice extending therethrough. The plug is movable from an operative pos... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5269339 | Sealed bonnet for actuating a quarter turn valve assembly A bonnet is provided for operating a quarter turn valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve housing formed to include a fluid-conducting passage therein and a quarter turn valve moveable in the passage to regulate flow of fluid through the passa... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5129417 | Valve including a closing device and sealed connectors This invention relates to a valve comprising a valve body and a dismountable closing means. The closing means comprises a closing member and a support which carries the closing member is received in an inner cavity in the valve body. Locking of the closin... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5076540 | Stop valve A three-piece angle stop valve comprises a valve body, resilient control sleeve and handle, with no separate fastening or sealing elements required. Inlet line pressure resiliently biases the side walls of the control sleeve and a circumferential sealing ... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4917141 | Remotely manipulatable valve It comprises on a pipe, a body (1), an internal assembly (20), an actuator (70) and a holding assembly (40). These various parts can be easily locked and released by standard tools and can be extracted or refitted by simple translation. Positioning and ce... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4794944 | Plastic valve A service valve includes a valve body (12) having an upper chamber (18), a lower chamber (20), an open top end (22) and an open bottom end (24). The lower chamber (20) includes an inlet opening (26) and an outlet opening (28). A valve member (14) is dispo... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4617957 | Rotary plug valve A rotary plug valve has a frusto-conical valve plug (4) received within a frusto-conical valve chamber with a tapered valve liner (3) being provided between the two. The chamber and the plug are oppositely tapered so that by axial movement of the plug the... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4519581 | Faucet handle A faucet handle for a cartridge type non-rising valve including a lower anchoring piece and an upper anchoring piece secured to the non-rising valve casing with a rotation member disposed between the upper and lower anchoring pieces and coupled to the non... | 05/28/1985 |
