Combined handle operated flow control valve with pressure gauge

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Description

FIG. 1 is a left side elevational view of a combined handle operated flow control valve with pressure gauge showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front end elevational view of the tip portion thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevational view of a second embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the first embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 9 is a front end elevational view of the tip portion of the embodiment of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a left side elevational view of a third embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the first embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 11 is a front end elevational view of the tip portion of the embodiment of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevational view of a fourth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the first embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 13 is a front end elevational view of the tip portion of the embodiment of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the embodiment of FIG. 12, taken along line 14--14;

FIG. 15 is a left side elevational view of a fifth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 16 is a left side elevational view of a sixth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 17 is a left side elevational view of a seventh embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 18 is a right side elevational view of an eighth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 19 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 18;

FIG. 21 is a front end elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 18;

FIG. 22 is a rear end elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 18;

FIG. 23 is a right side elevational view of ninth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 24 is a right side elevational view of a tenth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 25 is a right side elevational view of an eleventh embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the eight embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 26 is a right side elevational view of a twelfth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 27 is a right side elevational view of a thirteenth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twelfth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 28 is a right side elevational view of a fourteenth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twelfth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 29 is a right side elevational view of a fifteenth embodiment thereof, the only difference residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 30 is a left side elevational view of a sixteenth embodiment thereof;

FIG. 31 is a top plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 30;

FIG. 32 is a right side elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 30;

FIG. 33 is a bottom plan view of the embodiment of FIG. 30;

FIG. 34 is a front end elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 30;

FIG. 35 is a rear end elevational view of the embodiment of FIG. 30;

FIG. 36 is a left side elevational view of a seventeenth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the sixteenth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 37 is left side elevational view of an eighteen embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the sixteenth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 38 is a left side elevational view of a nineteenth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the sixteenth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 39 is a left side elevational view of a twentieth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the sixteenth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 40 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-first embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twentieth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 41 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-second embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twentieth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 42 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-third embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twentieth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 43 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-fourth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the hose-end portion;

FIG. 44 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-fifth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 45 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-sixth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 46 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-seventh embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 47 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-eighth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-fourth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 48 is a left side elevational view of a twenty-ninth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion;

FIG. 49 is a left side elevational view of a thirtieth embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion; and

FIG. 50 is a left side elevational view of a thirty-first embodiment thereof, the only difference from that of the twenty-eighth embodiment residing in the configuration of the tip portion.

The shaft portion is shown broken-away in the views to indicate indeterminate length.

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Patent History
Patent number: D318316
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 30, 1990
Date of Patent: Jul 16, 1991
Inventor: Robert W. Hengesbach (Mentor, OH)
Primary Examiner: Susan J. Lucas
Assistant Examiner: Brian N. Vinson
Attorney: David A. Burge
Application Number: 7/516,216
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Trigger, Lever Or Button Actuation (D23/226)