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US 7,255,131 B2Granted
Valve for a fire hose line
OwnerJohn C. Paper, Daniel R. Nelsoninventors
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Abstract
A valve for a hose line, the valve having an inlet having a threaded female swivel fitting, a first outlet having an external thread, and a second outlet having an external thread. The inlet and the first outlet are at a 90 degree angle to each other and the inlet and the second outlet are 180 degrees to each other. A three-port ball valve having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port controls the directional flow within the valve.
Claims8
A valve for a fire hose line comprising:
- an inlet having a threaded female swivel fitting that is adapted to receive a fire hose line having a 1.5 inch tapered external thread;
- a first outlet having an external thread and adapted to receive a 1.0 inch threaded female fire hose line;
- a second outlet having an external thread and adapted to receive a 1.5 inch threaded female fire hose line, wherein the inlet and the first outlet are at a 90 degree angle to each other and the inlet and the second outlet are 180 degrees to each other;
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- a three-port ball valve having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port.
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A valve for a fire hose line comprising:
- an inlet having a threaded female swivel fitting;
- a first outlet having an external thread;
- a second outlet having an external thread, wherein the inlet and the first outlet are at a 90 degree angle to each other and the inlet and the second outlet are 180 degrees to each other;
- a three-port ball valve having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port;
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- a tear-dropped shaped valve handle adapted to rotate the ball valve through four positions and having indicia formed on a surface thereof, said indicia including T-shaped arrows to show relative flow positions of the valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.