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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:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ingo Olejak, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ; F16K / ; F16K / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137207 ; 733225 ; 137315 ; 137423 ; 137433 ; 138 26 ; 138 30 ;
Abstract
An expandable float assembly is insertable through the lower valve bore in an accumulator or a hole in a tank. The assembly includes a sleeve member and a plurality of floatable arm members. The floatable arm members may be folded to a position substantially parallel to the sleeve members for insertion of the expandable float assembly into the accumulator or tank. After insertion of the expandable float assembly into the accumulator or tank the floatable arm members are deployed to a position substantially perpendicular to the sleeve member.