Ball valve with visual stem-cap engagement
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsTheodore Chad Harbour, Stephen L. Crawford
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AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsTheodore Chad Harbour, Stephen L. Crawford
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A cap for a valve includes a mounting end defining a lower cavity and a stem engagement cavity therein; and an actuating end distal from the mounting end and comprising a rotation tab, the rotation tab defining a surface defining a window exposing the stem engagement cavity. A method of manufacturing a valve includes inserting a stem of the valve into a valve body of the valve through an end of the valve body; placing a cap of the valve over an end of the stem, the end of the stem engaging a mounting hole of the cap; and checking the vertical position of the stem relative to the cap through a window defined in a surface of the cap that exposes the stem.
A valve comprising:
A cap for a valve, the cap comprising:
A method of assembling a valve, the method comprising:
A method of assembling a valve, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.