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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert L. Swanson, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Survival Engineering, Inc., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/558 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 3/558 ;
Abstract
A life raft inflation valve has a body with a bore extending therethrough. A threaded gas intake fitting is on the body and communicates with the bore. An elongated valve spool is slidably mounted in the bore and normally closes the gas intake fitting. A lanyard is operatively connected within the lanyard fitting to the spool for longitudinally moving the spool in the bore to open the gas intake fitting. A lanyard fitting has a rounded or flared shoulder at its discharge end to facilitate the longitudinal movement of the spool by pulling on the lanyard even if it is pulled outwardly at an angle to the center axis of the bore.