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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Eckel, Hazel Green, WI (US);
Joseph Tilp, Dubuque, IA (US);
Assignee:
A. Y. McDonald Mfg. Co., Dubuque, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137385 ; 70179 ;
Abstract
Difficulties with accessibility to a valve and the entry of precipitation into a locking mechanism for the valve are eliminated in a security valve assembly that includes a valve body (22), (100) including a pair of spaced ports (12), (18); (102), (104) with a passage (38), (106) extending between the ports. A valve member (26), (110) is rotatable within the body between an open position and a closed position and may be rotated by an actuator (32), (118). The body (22), (100) includes a lock receiving chamber (50), (130) for removably receiving a lock (52), (136) in a direction generally transverse to the passage (38), (106).