Back to results
US 4,823,835 AGranted
Universal swivel having a driving handle and valve means
OwnerGeorge Chuinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A universal swivel includes an inlet conduit, a swivel coupler having a side conduit rotatably engageable with the inlet conduit, an outlet conduit longitudinally rotatably mounted in a block of the coupler to be universally oriented relative to the inlet conduit, and an adjusting valve formed in the outlet conduit for adjusting a fluid flow rate through the swivel joint and also serving as a driving handle for operating the outlet conduit with respect to the inlet conduit.
Claims6
A universal swivel comprising:
- an inlet section having a first block having a first female through hole transversely formed therein and an inlet conduit for connecting an inlet tube for pneumatic or hydraulic fluid protruding upwardly from the first block having an inlet hole formed in said inlet tube communicated with the first female through hole;
- a swivel coupling means having a second block having a second female through hole vertically formed in the second block having a center line of said second female through hole perpendicular to a center line of said first female through hole, a side conduit laterally formed on a side wall of said second block rotatably engageable with said first female through hole of said first block, and a pressure gauge fixed on an outermost end of said side conduit fluidically communicated with said side conduit and said inlet conduit;
- an outlet section having an outlt conduit rotatably engageable with said second female through hole of said second block having a lower portion connected with a flexible hose or outlet tube for a fluid;
- and
- an adjusting valve means rotatably formed in said outlet conduit operatively adjusting or closing a fluid flow through said outlet conduit and operatively forming a driving handle in combination with said outlet conduit for universally rotating the outlet conduit relative to the inlet conduit.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.