Patents by Inventor David M. Simko

David M. Simko 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: 4201366
    Abstract: A bellows valve construction which facilitates valve use at elevated temperatures and pressures. The valve includes a valve body having a passageway extending thereinto for defining a valve chamber with a valve seat disposed along this passageway and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet communicating therewith on opposite sides of the seat. A bonnet is integrally associated with the valve body and includes a bonnet opening coaxial with the valve body passageway. A valve assembly is receivable as a unit in the bonnet opening with a portion thereof extending into the valve chamber for selectively controlling fluid flow between the fluid inlet and outlet. This valve assembly is removable from the valve body as a unit for repair or replacement purposes and includes an adapter nut threadedly receivable in the bonnet opening, a valve member, an elongated stem, and a hollow bellows passing through the bonnet opening in a surrounding relationship with at least a portion of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1980
    Inventors: Oliver L. Danko, Bernard J. Gallagher, Earl D. Shufflebarger, David M. Simko, Edward E. Kish