Valve handle adaptor kit

A valve handle adaptor kit for mounting a handle on selected ones of a plurality of valve stems, each formed with broaches of selected different configurations, such handle being of the type including a central, axially projecting boss formed with an open-ended multisided handle pocket and a central axial fastener-receiving bore leading to such handle pocket, said kit comprising:

• an elongated handle adaptor formed at one extremity with an elongated multisided male shank shaped to be complementally received in such handle pocket and formed at its opposite extremity with an axially opening multisided adaptor socket configured to correspond with such handle pocket, said adaptor being further formed with an axial fastener-receiving bore arranged and disposed to be aligned with such central axial fastener-receiving bore, when such adaptor is fitted in such handle pocket;
• an extender formed at its one extremity with a multisided extender shank shaped to be complementally received within such handle pocket, or alternatively within said adapator socket or in the further alternative, within another extender and formed at its opposite end with an axially opening multisided extender socket configured to correspond with such handle pocket, said extender being further formed with axial fastener-receiving bore arranged and disposed to, when said respective extender shank is received in such handle pocket, be disposed in alignment with such central axial fastener-receiving bore;
• a plurality of interchangeable spuds, forming a set of spuds formed with identically shaped exterior multisided cross sectional configurations for being complementally and selectively received in such handle pocket or, alternatively in said adaptor socket or, in the further alternative in said extender socket, each spud being formed with respective open ended broach sockets of selected different cross sectional configurations formed for complemental receipt on selected ones of said valve stem broaches, said spuds being further formed with respective axial fastener-receiving bores arranged and disposed to, when the respective spuds are received in said handle pocket, be aligned with such central axial fastener-receiving bore;
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• a plurality of fastener screws, of varying length for receipt through such central axial fastener-receiving bore in said handle boss, through a fastener-receiving bore in said adaptor, and through a fastener-receiving bore of said extender and through said fastener receiving bore of said spud, to be screwed into a threaded bore of one of such broaches whereby, said spuds may be inserted interchangeably in either such handle pocket or said adaptor socket or said extender socket so that such handle may be mounted directly from a first selected valve stem broach by inserting a selected spud of said set of spuds in such handle pocket and fitting it directly on said selected valve stem broach or, in the alternative, said handle may be mounted in spaced relation to a second selected valve stem broach by inserting said shank of said adaptor in such handle pocket, or, in the alternative, said handle may be mounted in a spaced relation from a third valve stem broach by inserting an extender between said adaptor and said spud.