US 12,066,118 B2 · Check valve with integral handle

Abstract

A check valve assembly includes a body, a valve assembly configured to engage a port of the check valve assembly, and a handle integrally formed with the body and extending from a substantially cylindrical exterior surface thereof. The handle includes a first vertical support member having a first interior surface, a second vertical support member having a second interior surface, and a horizontal support member that has a third interior surface and extends between the first and second vertical support members. The first, second, and third internal surfaces, and the exterior surface of the body member, define a handle aperture. The first and second interior surfaces of the handle aperture are configured to accommodate first and second bolts of a pipe flange fitting extending through the handle aperture.

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Dependent claims

A check valve assembly comprising:

a body having a substantially cylindrical exterior surface;
a valve assembly configured to engage a port of the check valve assembly;
and
a handle integrally formed with the body and extending from the exterior surface thereof;
wherein the integral handle includes first and second vertical support members and a horizontal support member extending therebetween, the first vertical support member having a first interior surface, the second vertical support member having a second interior surface, and the horizontal support member having a third interior surface;
wherein the first, second, and third interior surfaces and the exterior surface of the body define a handle aperture;
and
wherein the first and second interior surfaces of the handle aperture are configured to accommodate first and second bolts of a pipe flange fitting extending through the handle aperture.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Check valve with integral handle

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Abstract

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