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Patent No.:

US 9816637 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2015

Testing cap for a 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 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/076 (2006.01); F16K 35/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/02 (2006.01); F16K 39/02 (2006.01); F16K 11/074 (2006.01); E03C 1/042 (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 11/16 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F16K 27/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/062 (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 5/0242 (2013.01); F16K 11/0445 (2013.01); F16K 11/076 (2013.01); F16K 11/0743 (2013.01); F16K 11/163 (2013.01); F16K 11/207 (2013.01); F16K 19/00 (2013.01); F16K 27/0263 (2013.01); F16K 27/04 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01); F16K 31/605 (2013.01); F16K 35/06 (2013.01); F16K 39/024 (2013.01); Y10T 137/2683 (2015.04); Y10T 137/5196 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6011 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7668 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86493 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86871 (2015.04); Y10T 137/87249 (2015.04);
Abstract

A testing cap for a valve body includes a base configured to releasably attach to the valve body and to cover an opening in the valve body. The opening is configured to receive a valve cartridge and the base covers the opening in place of the valve cartridge. The testing cap includes a structure extending from the base. The structure is configured to be oriented relative to the valve body in a first orientation and a second orientation. The structure allows fluid to enter the valve body through an inlet port in the valve body and exit the valve body through an outlet port in the valve body when the structure is oriented in the first orientation. The structure covers at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port when the structure is oriented in the second orientation, thereby preventing fluid flow through the valve body.

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