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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Sdb Ip Holdings, Llc, Oviedo, FL (US);
Inventors:
Shawn D. Bush, Winter Park, FL (US);
Ryan W. Nottage, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
SDB IP Holdings, LLC, Oviedo, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/12 (2006.01); E03D 1/34 (2006.01); F16K 31/383 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F16K 3/24 (2006.01); E03D 3/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/40 (2006.01); E03D 5/09 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01); F16K 3/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 1/34 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); E03D 3/04 (2013.01); E03D 5/09 (2013.01); E03D 5/10 (2013.01); F16K 3/0218 (2013.01); F16K 3/0254 (2013.01); F16K 3/243 (2013.01); F16K 31/0644 (2013.01); F16K 31/3835 (2013.01); F16K 31/406 (2013.01); F16K 31/60 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49407 (2015.01);
Abstract
A rigid piston assembly for use in a conventional flush valve includes a rigid piston configured to fixedly engage within the valve body. The present invention is also directed to a flush valve for a plumbing fixture as well as a method of retrofitting a rigid piston into a diaphragm flush valve body.