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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2024
Applicant:
Trinity Rail Group, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Aubra D. Mckisic, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
Trinity Rail Group, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/07 (2006.01); B65D 88/54 (2006.01); B65D 90/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/522 (2013.01); B61D 5/08 (2013.01); B65D 88/54 (2013.01); F16K 27/07 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0402 (2015.04);
Abstract
According to particular embodiments, a valve operating assembly, such as for a tank car bottom outlet valve, comprises a slide rotationally coupled to and transversely slidable relative to a valve stem. The slide comprises a shape that facilitates rotational coupling with a handle and the slide further comprises a connector for engaging a protective plate to limit rotation of the slide about a valve rotational axis when in a first position and free to rotate about the valve rotational axis when in a second position.