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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:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard D Randall, York, PA (US);
Richard H Forscht, Hellam, PA (US);
Thomas E Kampel, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251315 ; 1374542 ;
Abstract
The subassembly is an integrated unit in which the operating internals of the ball valve are coupled to, and removable with, the ball valve cover. A flexible, U-shaped band, removably fastened to the cover, holds seat rings captive therein, and positions the rings at opposite, axial sides of the valve ball.