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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2002
Richard Lin, Taipei, TW;
Other;
Abstract
An improved structure of a LPG tank valve having a threaded connector mounted onto a LPG tank and a rotating button being provided to one end of the threaded connector, and an urging device being provided to the threaded connector, and the bottom end of the rotating button aligned with the urging device being provided with an urging rod, the urging device includes a tube body, an urging rod and a spring, and one end of the tube body is vertically locked to the threaded connector, via the connector and the space of the valve, the tube body is provided with the urging rod, and the rod head of the urging rod is higher than the tube body and is protruded into the mouth of the LPG tank valve, and the lower end of the rod head is connected in series with a spring urged the wall of the tube body, and a gap is formed between the rod body of the urging rod and the wall of the tube body and when the valve is mounted onto the tank, the bottom end of the tube body does not urge against the needle valve of the tank and only when the rotating button is depressed, the press down pushes the urging rod and the needle valve is forced to open and the liquefied gas is released.