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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:
Dec. 27, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard B Polley, St. Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
ACF Industries, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
13762532 ; 251144 ; 251310 ; 251345 ;
Abstract
In a tank ball valve assembly the ball valve includes a hollow depending sleeve which extends below the tank bottom. A handle is attached to the sleeve to rotate the ball valve between open and closed positions. An outlet chamber surrounds the sleeve and includes a slot to allow rotation of the handle 90.degree. between open and closed positions. The outlet chamber extends directly below the sleeve and the unloading spout is not offset.