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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2007
Applicant:
Douglas Paul Gethmann, Gladbrook, IA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas Paul Gethmann, Gladbrook, IA (US);
Assignee:
Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A valve with a flow adjustment device in the form of a valve stem travel limiter includes a collar having a passage therethrough to receive a valve stem having a projection, the collar further includes a plurality of grooves having different depths. The flow adjustment device may be assembled to a valve stem to permit a plurality of different predetermined valve stem travel limits corresponding to respective different maximum flow capacities of the valve.