Removable Valve With Supplemental Check Valve Patents (Class 137/285)
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Publication number: 20100132806Abstract: A check valve for a fire hydrant system is configured to allow fluid to flow in a direction from a pressurized water supply to a fire hydrant and to restrict fluid from flowing from the fire hydrant to the pressurized water supply. The check valve includes an internal cavity and a flapper capable of moving between an open position wherein the flapper is positioned against a side of the internal cavity so as to substantially not impede flow of fluid therethrough and a closed position wherein the flapper creates a seal to restrict flow of fluid therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: MCWANE INCORPORATED D/B/A KENNEDY VALVEInventor: Daniel E. BURCZYNSKI
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Publication number: 20080047615Abstract: A yard hydrant with a head casting having an inlet and an outlet with a conduit extending from the inlet to the outlet where a check valve is mounted within the conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2006Publication date: February 28, 2008Applicant: WCM INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: William T. BALL
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Patent number: 7249609Abstract: A yard hydrant having a valve body with a valve seat and a drain port. A closure valve disposed within the valve body and engaging the valve seat. The valve body having a conduit in fluid communication with the drain port and a hollow interior of the valve body. A check valve disposed within the conduit to prevent fluid flow from the drain port through the conduit to the hollow interior.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: WCM Industries, Inc.Inventor: William T. Ball
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Patent number: 5404734Abstract: A lock comprised of a cylindrical body having a first passage extending axially through the body which passage is configured to enable a locking bar to be passed through the body, the bar having at least one orifice intermediate its extremities, the lock body having a second partial passageway extending from the side wall of the body at least into the first passageway and normal to the latter so that the orifice in the bar can be disposed in register with the second passageway. A cylindrical lock configured to fit slidably in the second passageway so that at least a portion of the lock may be thrust in the second passageway and through the bar orifice when the latter is disposed in register with the second passageway, when the lock may be secured by a key to be withdrawn from the outer end of the lock. This lock and bar may employed with external plates to secure adjacent members from movement relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1993Date of Patent: April 11, 1995Inventor: Louis Martinez
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Patent number: 4127142Abstract: A wet barrel hydrant check valve has a body containing a dash-pot assembly connected to a flapper valve, spring biased towards the closed condition. A sandwich flange fixed to the hydrant has a member holding the flapper out of the flow passageway, the flange being joined in a break-away connection to the valve body so that upon hydrant upset, as by vehicle impact, the hydrant and holding member are dismounted from the valve body, releasing the flapper into the flow path of escaping water for dash-pot controlled, gradual closure of the valve minimizing water hammer in the line.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1977Date of Patent: November 28, 1978Assignee: James Allen SniderInventor: James A. Snider
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Patent number: 4120314Abstract: A hydraulic actuator for use in operating a remotely located flush valve includes a housing having fluid inlet and outlet ports, each of which are connected to the flush valve through tubes or the like with the inlet port being under fluid pressure derived from the flush valve. There are passage means connecting the ports with first and second seal members being positioned in the passage means. A stem is movable in the housing with the first and second seal members being positioned on and movable with the stem. A spring positioned within the housing urges the stem toward a position in which the second seal member closes communication between the inlet and outlet ports. The first seal member is located closer to the inlet port than the second seal member and is removable from the stem. There is a seat for the first seal member with fluid pressure at the inlet urging the first seal member, after removal from the stem, toward the seat to close communication between the inlet and outlet.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1977Date of Patent: October 17, 1978Assignee: Sloan Valve CompanyInventor: Frederic Lissau