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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. 14, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry D Zorb, Bigfork, MT (US);
L Harvey Wicklund, Bigfork, MT (US);
Assignee:
Zorwick Corp., Bigfork, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 30 ; 285315 ; 285D / ; 285D / ; 73201 ;
Abstract
A holder releasably mounts a water flow control device to a water supply line to enable installation and removal of the device from a meter 'pit'. The holder includes a clamping linkage that can be selectively operated from above ground to release or clamp the device in position between saddle members of the holder relative to the water line. Gasket sleeves are mountable over pipe connectors of the water control device and are releasably received in saddle members of the holder. The sleeves are removable with the flow control device.