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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Array Holdings, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Cook, Tomball, TX (US);
Brandon Marbach, Spring, TX (US);
Assignee:
Safoco, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/0008 (2013.01); F16K 31/508 (2013.01); F16K 37/0041 (2013.01); F16K 37/0058 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8225 (2015.04);
Abstract
A manual gate valve operator used in the oil and gas industry. The operator does not allow an increase or decrease in height when manually rotating the hand wheel. Instead, the operator has an internal indicator nut of the position of the valve. The indicator nut is observable electronically or visually.