Patent · US Expired

Ball-cock

US5076542A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1991
Grant dateDec 31, 1991
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K27/067
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Ball-cock made of plastic parts with a spherical shut-off element in a housing with at first end a nesting place for a sealing ring and at the other end an end flange with also a nesting place for a sealing ring, said end flange having a radially projecting peripheral rib snapping into a peripheral groove near the second housing end in the inside wall thereof, housing flange and end flange being each provided with a short cylindrical end stub sealingly accommodated in an outer housing of which the inside end wall determines a nesting place for one of the sealing rings, and which at the other end is shut off by an end flange determining a nesting place for the other sealing ring.

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