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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Heiner Ophardt, Vineland, CA (US);
Tony Kortleve-Snider, Beamsville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hygiene-Technik Inc., Beamsville, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A ball-valve in which the housing within which the ball is received comprises two half members resiliently biased together and adapted to separate from each other against such bias.