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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:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1983
Raymond T Halstead, Wheeling, IL (US);
Charles E Black, III, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Indak Manufacturing Corp., Northbrook, IL (US);
Abstract
A vacuum control valve comprising a body having a valve surface with a plurality of valve ports extending through the body from such surface, a soft resilient valve member having a control surface slidable along the valve surface and formed with passage means for selectively establishing communication with the valve ports, a movable carriage for receiving and supporting the valve member, and means for moving the carriage along a path substantially parallel with the valve surface, the soft resilient valve member having a soft resilient compressible rear portion formed integrally with such valve member on the opposite side thereof from the control surface, the valve member being confined between the carriage and the valve surface with such soft resilient compressible rear portion in a compressed condition for exerting resilient pressure between the control surface of the valve member and the valve surface of the body, the soft resilient compressible rear portion comprising a pattern of fins alternating with recesses on the valve member, such fins engaging the carriage.