Butterfly valve
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The broken lines in the drawings are for the purpose of illustrating unclaimed portions of the butterfly valve and form no part of the claimed design.
The dash-dot-dash broken lines denote the boundaries of the areas of detail and form no part of the claimed design.
Claims
The ornamental design for a butterfly valve, as shown and described.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 13, 2021
Date of Patent: Feb 20, 2024
Assignee: ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION (Nobeoka)
Inventor: Kotaro Matsushita (Nobeoka)
Primary Examiner: Karen S Acker
Assistant Examiner: Andrea Marie McKay
Application Number: 29/766,035