Patents by Inventor Joseph Lawrence Strabala

Joseph Lawrence Strabala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Geared hand wheel for butterfly valves
    Patent number: 4093180
    Abstract: The ability to control butterfly valves is greatly enhanced with a geared hand wheel having concentrically contained therein a pair of flat spur gears with at least one tooth difference and a pinion gear meshing with both of these gears with the pinion carried by the hand wheel in a planetary manner about these gears whereby a mechanical advantage is achieved as the spur gears are caused to rotate relative to one another by rotation of the hand wheel to control the valve shaft of the butterfly valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1978
    Assignee: James M. Carroll Company
    Inventor: Joseph Lawrence Strabala