F16K 17/285
The cutting-off member being a ball
Official title: {the cutting-off member being a ball (F16K17/30 takes precedence)}
F16K17/285 (The cutting-off member being a ball) appears on 41 US grants and 28 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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