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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:
Aug. 23, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold Durling, Elsie, MI (US);
Assignee:
Midland-Ross Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137554 ; 13762427 ; 251297 ; 251359 ;
Abstract
Disclosed below is a valve constructed with an electrical circuit extending through separable flow-control elements of the valve whereby the circuit may be opened by actual parting of the separable elements. For specific uses, the valve is characterized by structure permitting instant opening to full flow, high flow capacity, self-opening action, and latching mechanism for locking it in closed position.