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Patent No.:

US 9334971 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013

Universal valve body

Applicant:

Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);

Inventors:

Douglas J. Brouwer, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Michael W. Smith, Plymouth, WI (US);

Michael A. Niver, Plymouth, WI (US);

Chad J. Cochart, Sheboygan, WI (US);

Assignee:

KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US);

Attorney:

Foley & Lardner LLP

Primary Examiner:

Atif Chaudry

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/076 (2006.01); F16K 27/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/042 (2006.01); F16K 11/16 (2006.01); F16K 39/02 (2006.01); F16K 11/074 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01); F16K 11/00 (2006.01); F16K 11/044 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16K 1/20 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/163 (2013.01); E03C 1/023 (2013.01); E03C 1/042 (2013.01); E03C 1/0408 (2013.01); F16K 1/2007 (2013.01); F16K 1/2014 (2013.01); F16K 1/2021 (2013.01); F16K 11/0445 (2013.01); F16K 11/0743 (2013.01); F16K 19/00 (2013.01); F16K 27/0263 (2013.01); F16K 27/04 (2013.01); F16K 31/605 (2013.01); F16K 39/024 (2013.01); Y10T 137/6011 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86493 (2015.04);
Abstract

A universal valve body includes a front face having a circular opening for receiving a valve cartridge, a rear face, a frustoconical side wall connecting the front face to the rear face, and a first inlet port and a first outlet port obliquely disposed in the frustoconical side wall. A cap for the valve body includes a base and a structure extending from the base. The structure extending from the base may block at least one of the inlet port or outlet port in the valve body. A service valve for a valve body includes a base rotatable between an open orientation and a closed orientation relative to the valve body and a tab extending from the base. When the base is in the open orientation, the tab prevents removal of a cover from the valve body.

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