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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Leslie E. Fleming, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Inventor:
Leslie E. Fleming, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Assignee:
Fisher Controls International, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus to connect a stem to a valve member and, more particularly, apparatus to connect a threaded stem to a valve member of a control valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes the threaded stem received in a threaded opening of the valve member and a plug received in an opening of the stem to expand diametrically the end of the stem to secure the threaded stem to the valve member.