Valve top
AssigneeAnton Trankle KG
InventorsJoerg M. Stoll, Rudolf Koch
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Abstract
Valve top, in particular for water fittings, with a spindle rotatable in a head-piece and a sealed grease chamber in the head-piece. The lower end of the spindle is mounted and supported in the head-piece by means of a bearing element of plastic, the bearing and supporting faces being arranged inside the sealed grease chamber. Preferably the bearing element is made in one piece with a damping element of plastic.
Claims9
Valve top, of a valve, in particular for water fittings, having a housing type head-piece, a spindle with a lower end disposed therein for rotation between two stop positions, and a grease chamber inside the head-piece sealed against fluid by two seal rings, characterized in that the lower end of the spindle is mounted in the head-piece by means of a bearing element of a slidable plastic material, an axial and a radial support face of a slide ring of said bearing element being supported on corresponding inner slide faces of said head-piece, so that a non-rotational union exists between said spindle and said bearing element, and that the slide ring of said bearing element is arranged inside the sealed grease chamber.
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