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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Applicant:
Hans D. Baumann, Rye, NH (US);
Inventor:
Hans D. Baumann, Rye, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The device described herein is a valve suitable for the control or shut-off of fluid flow in a piping system. It comprises a valve housing having inlet and outlet ports and a cylindrical bore whose axis is slanted at about 45 degrees in relation to the axis connecting said inlet and outlet ports. A ball or closure member being slindingly arranged within said slanted bore and being capable of making tight contact with a flexible and suitably retained metal seal interspaced between said inlet and outlet ports. Additional means allow for the ball or closure member to connect to a conventional actuating device having linear output motion.