Spring handle angle cock
US6325355A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16K35/04
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A handle mechanism to be mounted to a stem of a valve element. The mechanism includes a socket to be fixed to the stem of the valve element, a handle portion including a clevis having a pair of legs and a base joining the legs and pivotally connected to the socket at a lug of the socket and a generally C-shaped spring. The spring has a first end and a second end. The spring engages the lug surface and the top surface of the base over a substantial portion of the spring. A method of installing the spring, including hooking a lip at a first end of the spring over a back surface of the base of the clevis, pivoting a second end of the spring down onto the lug surface and snapping the second end of the spring on a bottom portion of the lug surface.
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