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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Toshio Mikiya, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshio Mikiya, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stop ring is made of an elastic member curved substantially in a plane into a ring shape having a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The first end is bent in a plane to incline inward with respect to a radial direction from the circumferential direction of the stop ring and to extend towards the second end.