Quarter turn valve locking device

A combination comprising:

• a valve having a valve member rotatable within a valve body between open and closed positions by a handle, the handle being coupled to a valve stem;
• a shroud adapted to engage the valve body and cover the valve stem and at least a portion of the handle and to inhibit access to the valve stem and movement of the handle when engaged with the valve body, valve stem and handle;
• a hole in the shroud adapted to be aligned with a hole in the handle when the shroud is engaged with the valve body and when the shroud is covering at least a portion of the handle;
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• a lock having a body and a post releasably engaged with the lock body, the post being adapted to be inserted through the aligned shroud hole and handle hole when the shroud is engaged with the valve body and covering the valve stem and at least a portion of the handle, the lock inhibiting removal of the shroud from the valve when installed thereon.

A locking assembly for a quarter turn valve having a valve member rotatable within a valve body between open and closed positions by a handle, the valve body including a mounting pad with a stem extending from the valve member projecting there through and the handle is mounted to the stem, the locking assembly comprising:

• a shroud adapted to engage the valve body and cover at least a portion of the handle and to inhibit movement of the handle when engaged with the valve body and handle;
• a channel shaped extension projecting from the shroud and adapted to receive therein and cover at least a portion of the handle;
• a hole in the shroud adapted to be aligned with the hole in the handle when the shroud is engaged with the valve body and when the shroud is covering the portion of the handle;
• an extension depending downwardly from the shroud and adapted to engage the mounting pad and thereby inhibit rotational movement of the shroud relative to the valve;
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• a lock having a body and a post releasably engaged with the lock body, the post being adapted to be inserted through the aligned shroud hole and handle hole when the shroud is engaged with the valve body and covering at least a portion of the handle, the lock inhibiting removal of the shroud from the valve when installed thereon;
• wherein the post is substantially concealed with the aligned holes to inhibit access to the post when inserted into the holes.