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US 2011/0265727 A1Published application
Water valve for animal waterer permitting assembly without tools
AssigneeNelson Manufacturing Company
InventorsWarren Fackler, Joseph Robinson
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Abstract
A water valve for an animal waterer which can be assembled, disassembled and repaired without the use of tools. The float arm pivots upon the valve body about an integral trunnion bar to permit selective engagement of the valve seal with the valve seat. A cover member overlies the valve body and retains the float arm to the valve body.
Claims19
A float valve for an animal waterer comprising
- a float element,
- an elongate arm including a first end joined to the float element,
- the arm including a valve seal upon a second end thereof,
- a valve body comprising opposing sidewalls joined to an end wall,
- each sidewall including a free edge,
- a valve seat disposed upon an inner face of the end wall,
- the valve seat including an opening therein,
- the valve seal touchingly engageable with the valve seat,
- the arm selectively pivotable upon the valve body between a first position wherein the valve seal is touchingly engaged with the valve seat and a second position wherein the valve seal is disengaged from the valve seat,
- the free edge of each sidewall of the valve body including a curved recess therein,
- the arm including a trunnion bar adjacent the second end thereof,
- the trunnion bar substantially perpendicular to an axis of the arm,
- the trunnion bar including opposing ends extending from the arm on opposing sides thereof,
- the ends of the trunnion bar selectively receivable within the recesses of the valve body,
- the ends of the trunnion bar freely rotatable within the recesses,
- the ends of the trunnion bar removably retained to the valve body,
- an outer face of the end wall of the valve body including a water line coupler,
- the water line coupler including a bore therethrough, the bore communicative with the opening of the valve seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.