Patents by Inventor Ralph Haffner

Ralph Haffner 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: 4078764
    Abstract: A plumbing valve having a plastic body with a lateral outlet and adapted for threaded connection with a metal pipe and including a resilient seal engaged and compressible upon connection of said valve body and pipe to maintain a seal therebetween incident to varying rates of expansion and contraction of said valve body and pipe with temperature changes. The valve has a rotatable actuator with an eccentric longitudinal part mounting a resilient tube having a portion pressed into contact with the cavity of the body to seal the outlet in one position and a second longitudinal part spaced from said concentric part and cooperating therewith to confine a part of said tube against radial expansion incident to liquid pressure from said metal supply pipe and retaining said tube against endwise displacement on said eccentric part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Qest Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph Haffner