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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Applicant:
W. Randall Tucker, Oberlin, OH (US);
Inventor:
W. Randall Tucker, Oberlin, OH (US);
Assignee:
Moen Incorporated, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A one-handle valve cartridge includes a spring that isolates frictional forces between dynamic sealing elements in the valve cartridge and loads applied to the valve cartridge and transmitted to the dynamic sealing elements from an actuating mechanism of the valve cartridge.