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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:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Angelo J Buffone, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
ACF Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251144 ; 251292 ; 251293 ; 137556 ;
Abstract
A hand wheel for operation of a tank car valve located in the tank bottom is provided. The hand wheel is connected to an operating shaft for the tank car valve and includes a body portion having at least one first opening adapted to receive a horizontally extending tool to rotate the valve. The hand wheel also includes an opening in its bottom surface which is adapted to receive another operating tool such as a drive ratchet or a ratchet extension to open and close the lading valve.