Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Snyder

Benjamin L. Snyder 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).

  • Patent number: 4611624
    Abstract: A line piercing valve assembly has a transverse cylindrical bore for the reception of a length of tubing to be pierced and an interior recess open to the outside disposed within which is a piercing needle and valve member depressable into the bore for flow communication with the pierced or tapped line, the piercing needle and valve member normally being spring urged away from the length of tubing into sealing contact with a valve seat. A depressor pin is removeably attached to the upper end of the piercing needle and valve member for depressing it sufficiently to pierce the tubing upon screw-threading advancement of an internally-threaded cap enclosing the open end of the interior recess, the interior bottom wall of the cap abuttingly engaging the outer end of the pin for this purpose. An "O" ring seated within an annular recess concentric with and open into the cylindrical bore seals against leakage of the tubing pierced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Watsco, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Snyder
  • Patent number: D285117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1986
    Inventor: Benjamin L. Snyder