Oil drain valve apparatus and method
OwnerKevin Dilloninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an oil drain valve that includes a ball valve having at least one valve opening that is exposed to an external environment through a housing, the ball valve including a drain opening for releasing oil through an opening of the housing. The housing is rotatable about the ball valve in a first rotational direction to move the ball valve from the open state to a closed state with respect to the housing. Further disclosed is a method of draining oil from a vehicle that includes providing an oil drain valve having a housing and a ball valve, rotating a housing about a ball valve, opening the ball valve with respect to the housing, accepting oil into the housing through the ball valve, and releasing oil through a conduit at a bottom of the oil drain valve.
Claims19
An oil drain valve comprising:
- an upper body having at least one upper body opening;
- a lower body attached to the upper body having a lower body drainage opening;
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- a ball valve located in the upper body having at least one valve opening that is alignable with the at least one upper body opening when the ball valve is in an open state, the ball valve including a drain opening which is connected to a conduit for releasing oil through the lower body drainage opening;
- wherein the lower body is rotatable about the upper body in a first rotational direction to move the ball valve from the open state to a closed state, and wherein the lower body is rotatable about the upper body in a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction to move the ball valve from the closed state to the open state.
An oil drain valve comprising:
- a ball valve having at least one valve opening that is exposed to an external environment through a housing, the ball valve including a drain opening for releasing oil through an opening of the housing;
- wherein the housing is rotatable about the ball valve in a first rotational direction to move the ball valve from the open state to a closed state with respect to the housing.
A method of draining oil from a vehicle comprising:
- providing an oil drain valve having a housing and a ball valve;
- rotating the housing about the ball valve;
- opening the ball valve with respect to the housing;
- accepting oil into the housing through the ball valve;
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- releasing oil through a conduit at a bottom of the oil drain valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.