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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
John M. Lipscomb, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Keith H. Hamm, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Stanley L. Suring, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Walter J. Fiedorowicz, North Prairie, WI (US);
Harley A. Reabe, Green Lake, WI (US);
Walter E. Frohboese, Jr., Cedarburg, WI (US);
John M. Lipscomb, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Keith H. Hamm, Oshkosh, WI (US);
Stanley L. Suring, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Walter J. Fiedorowicz, North Prairie, WI (US);
Harley A. Reabe, Green Lake, WI (US);
Walter E. Frohboese, Jr., Cedarburg, WI (US);
G.H.L. International, Inc., Cedarburg, WI (US);
Magnum Power Products, LLC, Berlin, WI (US);
Abstract
A moisture release valve for an outdoor light including a valve body having a stem received in a valve guide and having a head seating with a valve seat integrally formed of part of a sidewall of a light casing of the light fixture. Valve body is gravity displaced between a closed position and an open position depending upon light fixture orientation and can include a counterweight carried by its stem interiorly disposed within the fixture helping to cause displacement of the valve body toward the desired open or closed position in response to a change in light fixture orientation. Valve body can be a rivet, such as a split rivet, and the counterweight can be a washer, such as an annular washer, having an opening generally in registry with the valve guide permitting fluid within the fixture to drain from the fixture when the valve is open.