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US 2019/0195380 A1Published application
Valve gearbox cover systems and methods
AssigneeKPL South Texas, LLC
InventorBrandon Lisle
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Abstract
A valve includes a cover that is transparent and configured to allow a valve orientation to be visible through the valve cover. The cover may couple to existing mounting bolts of the valve operator housing such that the cover may be retrofitted onto existing valves. The cover may be sized and shaped to prevent water, or other weather, ingress into the valve operator housing.
Claims24
A valve gearbox cover, comprising:
- a valve cover sized and shaped to shroud a valve gearbox, the valve cover being transparent and configured to allow a valve orientation to be visible through the valve cover.
A valve system, comprising:
- a housing including a top housing and a valve operator housing, the housing surrounding a valve operator;
- a cover configured to shroud a portion of the housing, the cover being transparent and configured to allow a valve orientation to be visible through the cover.
A method for covering a valve, comprising:
- attaching a valve cover sized and shaped to shroud at least a portion of the valve, the valve cover being transparent and configured to allow a valve orientation to be visible through the valve cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.