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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1981
Ulrich H Koch, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Gerald A Babuder, Mentor, OH (US);
Whitey Co., Highland Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An end cap assembly for a diaphragm type air actuator used selectively to open and close an associated shut-off valve. The assembly includes a cup-shaped nut threadedly received on the outer end of an actuator body. A cap member is received in the nut and includes a central stub extending outwardly therefrom through a central aperture in the nut bottom wall. A conical disc spring is operatively interposed between the nut bottom wall and the cap member so that when the assembly is installed on the actuator body, the disc spring is moved toward a flattened condition and continuously urges the cap member into retaining engagement with the actuator diaphragm. This then provides automatic clamping compensation for the cap member as to variations in the diaphragm thickness due to temperature or other environmental conditions. Both the nut and cap member stub include tool receiving means to facilitate threaded installation of the nut on the actuator body while preventing cap member rotation.