F16K 3/18
By movement of the closure members
Official title: by movement of the closure members
F16K3/18 (By movement of the closure members) appears on 490 US grants and 353 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
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- Bellows driver slot valve587US 5,975,492 A1999
- High vacuum gate valve having improved metal vacuum joint551US 4,718,637 AMDC Vacuum Products Corporation · 1988
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- Sliding device for the gas-tight and air-tight closure of a container opening or of a conduit65US 4,052,036 AVAT Aktiengesellschaft fur Vakuum-Apparate-Technik · 1977