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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. 18, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Willie T Grant, Lakewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137 781 ; 137312 ; 251134 ; 307118 ; 340605 ; 361178 ;
Abstract
Valve closure means having a low rpm motor with a shaft coupled to the stem of a shutoff valve located in the supply line of a water heater or like device; said motor having support means attaching to the supply line is energized to rotate said shutoff valve to a closed position when the tank of said water heater or like device ruptures, thereby terminating flow in the supply line.