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US 2013/0160870 A1Published application
Valve lockout device
AssigneeBrady Worldwide, Inc.
InventorChristopher J. Rohde
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Abstract
A lockout device that can be used to lock a valve in a closed position, for use particularly with valves that include a stationary member, such as a body, and a rotating member, such as a handle or wheel, for activating and deactivating the valve is disclosed. The lockout device can also be used to provide a connection point for connecting various types of connectors to a hose clamp or other elongate connecting member mounted on and locked onto a body such as a pipe or valve.
Claims8
A lockout device comprising:
- a lockout body including:
- an outer surface defining an internal opening sized and dimensioned to receive a coupling element of a clamp to be received on a stationary portion of a valve, and
- a shackle holder extending from the outer surface of the valve lockout body and including a shackle holder aperture sized and dimensioned to receive a valve lockout coupling element;
- a lockout cover adapted to be slidably received on the lockout body, the lockout cover including:
- a body adapted to enclose at least a portion of the opening in the outer surface of the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element when received on the lockout body;
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- a shackle receiving cover sized and dimensioned to be slidably received on the shackle holder of the lockout body, the shackle receiving cover including a shackle cover aperture positioned to align with the shackle holder aperture when the lockout cover is received on the lockout body, and to receive the valve lockout coupling element;
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- a bracket sized and dimensioned for receipt on a rotating element of the valve, the bracket comprising a bracket shackle aperture sized and dimensioned to receive the valve lockout coupling element, wherein when the lockout body is coupled to the stationary portion of the valve, and the lockout cover is received on the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element of the clamp, the valve lockout coupling element is received through the shackle holder aperture in the lockout body, the shackle cover aperture in the lockout cover, and the bracket shackle aperture in the bracket, the rotating element of the valve is prevented from rotating to open the valve.
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A lockout and mounting device comprising:
- a lockout body including:
- an outer surface defining an internal opening sized and dimensioned to receive a coupling element of a clamp to be received on a stationary portion of a valve,
- a shackle holder extending from the outer surface of the valve lockout body and including a shackle holder aperture sized and dimensioned to receive a lockout coupling element;
- a lockout cover adapted to be slidably received on the lockout body, the lockout cover including:
- a body adapted to enclose at least a portion of the opening in the outer surface of the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element when received on the lockout body;
- a shackle receiving cover sized and dimensioned to be slidably received on the shackle holder of the lockout body, the shackle receiving cover including a shackle cover aperture positioned to align with the shackle holder aperture when the lockout cover is received on the lockout body, and to receive the lockout coupling element, and
- a mounting member coupled to at least one of the body and the shackle holder;
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- wherein when the lockout body is coupled to a hose clamp positioned on a mechanical member, and the lockout cover is received on the lockout body to limit access to the coupling element of the clamp, the lockout coupling element is received through the shackle holder aperture in the lockout body and the shackle cover aperture in the lockout cover to prevent access to the clamp, wherein the mounting member comprises an access point allowing a user to selectively attach elements to the lockout and mounting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.