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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:
Nov. 11, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert E Burris, New Berlin, WI (US);
Robert J Budyak, Greendale, WI (US);
Assignee:
Prime Manufacturing Corporation, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03B / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 62 ; 137468 ; 237 80 ; 251137 ; 2513 / ;
Abstract
A drain valve for use in the cooling system of a diesel engine for a locomotive including a valve body having a drain fitting mounted in the bottom portion thereof and a solenoid operated valve assembly mounted therein for opening and closing the drain fitting. A thermostat assembly is removably mounted on the exterior of the valve body in close thermal relationship to the interior of the valve, said thermostat operable to energize the solenoid and open the drain fitting when the temperature inside the valve reaches a predetermined minimum.