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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1976
Filed:
May. 07, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold G Inhofer, Hopkins, MN (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Power, Incorporated, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66F / ; F15B / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 39 ; 91390 ; 91419 ; 91453 ; 91461 ; 137 38 ; 13762561 ; 182-2 ; 182 19 ;
Abstract
A hydraulic valving mechanism for controlling an object in a normally level position such that upon a shifting of the same from level an actuating mechanism is driven to return the object to the desired level, such valving mechanism including a valve housing with control ports therein with a gravity responsive member therein to open and close selected ones of the ports depending upon the direction the same is shifted from level with the ports being interconnected to a main control valve for shifting of the same to direct fluid to the proper side of the actuating mechanism to return the object to its normal, level position.