Integral handle for a valve
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorGilbert Peter Freeth
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Abstract
A method for controlling the flow of fluid includes providing a valve assembly including a ball valve having a spherical disk, a substantially circular handle connected to the spherical disk ball valve that is configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the ball valve, and a biasing member configured to bias the substantially circular handle towards the ball valve. In order to control the flow of the fluid, the substantially spherical handle may be moved from the first position to the second position.
Claims17
A valve assembly comprising:
- a ball valve having a spherical disk;
- a substantially circular handle connected to the spherical disk ball valve that is configured to move between a first position and a second position;
- a biasing member configured to bias the substantially circular handle towards the ball valve;
- and
- wherein the assembly is configured to lock the substantially circular handle in either the first position or the second position.
A method for controlling the flow of fluid, comprising:
- providing a valve assembly comprising a ball valve having a spherical disk;
- a substantially circular handle connected to the spherical disk ball valve that is configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the ball valve;
- and a biasing member configured to bias the substantially circular handle towards the ball valve;
- pulling the substantially spherical handle away from the ball valve;
- moving the substantially circular handle from the first position to the second position;
- and
- locking the substantially circular handle in the second position.
The method of claim 17, wherein the handle extension is disposed in a recess within the center portion of the substantially circular handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.