Gas cylinder valve with radially extending operating handle
AssigneeRotarex S.A.
InventorsStephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
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Abstract
A valve comprising a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a shut-off device of the passage, with an actuating member movable along a longitudinal axis; a hand operating device of the actuating member, for selectively opening or closing the passage, and comprising a support element and a rotating element with at least one contact surface configured for sliding along at least one ramped surface on the support element, or vice versa, so as to convert rotation of the rotating element into a translation of the actuating member; wherein the body comprises two arms extending longitudinally and diametrically opposed relative to the longitudinal axis, with distal ends holding the support element.
Claims20
A valve, said valve comprising:
- a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet;
- a shut-off device of the passage, with an actuating member movable along a longitudinal axis;
- a hand operating device of the actuating member, for selectively opening or closing the passage, and comprising a support element and a rotating element with at least one contact surface configured for sliding along at least one ramped surface on the support element, or vice versa, so as to convert rotation of the rotating element into a translation of the actuating member;
- wherein the body comprises two arms extending longitudinally and diametrically opposed relative to the longitudinal axis, with distal ends holding the support element;
- wherein the support element is attached to the two arms by a pin extending transversally through the support element and distal ends provided with holes of the two arms.
A valve, said valve comprising:
- a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet;
- a shut-off device of the passage, with an actuating member movable along a longitudinal axis;
- a hand operating device of the actuating member, for selectively opening or closing the passage, and comprising a support element and a rotating element with at least one contact surface configured for sliding along at least one ramped surface on the support element, or vice versa, so as to convert rotation of the rotating element into a translation of the actuating member;
- wherein the body comprises two arms extending longitudinally and diametrically opposed relative to the longitudinal axis, with distal ends holding the support element;
- wherein the rotating element comprises a central portion and an outer gripping ring connected to the central portion by two radially extending connectors so as to form two arcuate slots, the two arms extending through the slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.