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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodney C. Hope, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Richard R. Watson, Missouri City, TX (US);
F. Harold Hollister, Richmond, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gilmore Valve Co., Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/704 ;
Abstract
A relief valve with two outlet ports increases the flow capacity of the valve when open. In an alternative embodiment, a relief valve with two outlet ports also has at least two springs stacked vertically. Alternative seal assemblies can be used with the aforementioned dual outlet port valves.