F16K 3/10
With special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them
Official title: with special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them together
F16K3/10 (With special arrangements for separating the sealing faces or for pressing them) appears on 148 US grants and 134 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 148
- Published applications
- 134
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 301
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 11 | 10 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Pendulum gate valve49US 4,328,947 ALeybold-Heraeus GmbH · 1982
- High vacuum gate valve44US 3,973,753 AVarian Associates, Inc. · 1976