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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Applicant:
William E. Wears, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Inventor:
William E. Wears, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Assignee:
Fisher Controls International LLC, Marshalltown, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus to connect a valve stem to a valve plug and, more particularly, apparatus to connect a threaded valve stem to a valve plug of a control valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a threaded valve stem received in a threaded opening of a valve plug and a securement member received in an adjacent opening extending from at least one of the threaded opening or an exterior surface of the valve stem to secure non-rotatably the threaded valve stem to the valve plug.