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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2018
Valve Innovations, Llc, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
John P. Scaramucci, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Danny R. Lowe, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Jason C. Thorp, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Valve Innovations, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Abstract
An actuator mounting kit and method for mounting an automatic valve actuator to a manually operated valve. The mounting kit includes a mounting bracket and a stem driver. The mounting bracket is connectable to the valve and has a bottom portion with a stem aperture through which a valve stem is extendable and a tongue matingly engageable with a slot of the valve body. The mounting bracket has an upper portion with a driver aperture aligned with the stem aperture. The stem driver has a first end matingly engageable with the valve stem and a second end extendable through the driver aperture in a way that the actuator is matingly engageable with the second end of the stem driver when the actuator is connected to the upper portion of the mounting bracket.