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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lomis Slaughter, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Anderson, Greenwood & Co., Bellaire, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
13763014 ; 251279 ; 251144 ;
Abstract
An internal tank valve having a seating plate defining a valve seat, a valve member, a straight line linkage supporting and guiding movement of the valve member to and from engagement with the valve seat, the valve member having a rounded surface facing the direction of flow through the valve seat, a pressure equalizing valve in the valve member, means for moving the valve member into and from engagement with the valve seat and means for absorbing shock loading on the valve member.