Combination valve and gauge

• US 3,230,968 A
• Filed: 04/11/1961
• Issued: 01/25/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William D. Struby
• Original Assignee: William D. Struby
• Inventors: Struby, William D.
• Application Number:
  US04/102,221
• Time in Patent Office: 1,750 Days
• US Class Current: 137/227
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0496 Valve stem attachments positioned outside of the tyre chamber
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 17/00 Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/3662 With gauge or indicator

Claims

1. THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, HOLLOW SLEEVE MEANS INCLUDING A RIGID SLEEVE WITH A RESILIENT BODY MOLDED TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE ADAPTED TO SECURE SAID SLEEVE IN AN OPENING IN THE WALL OF AN INFLATABLE MEANS, SAID SLEEVE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE RESILIENT BODY, A HOLLOW TUBE RECEIVED FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID SLEEVE WITH ONE END THEREOF PROJECTING OUT OF ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE, SEALING MEANS SEALING THE OTHER END OF SAID HOLLOW TUBE AND SAID HOLLOW SLEEVE MEANS PREVENTING THE PASSAGE OF AIR THEREBETWEEN, A PRESSURE ACTUATED VALVE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOLLOW TUBE, PRESSURE RESPONSIVE MEANS FOR IMPARTING A FORCE TO THE OTHER END OF SAID HOLLOW TUBE AND HAVING A RESILIENT PORTION FOR BIASING SAID HOLLOW TUBE TO PROJECT OUT OF THE OTHER END OF SAID HOLLOW SLEEVE, MEANS FOR INDICATING THE EXTENT OF PROJECTION OF SAID ONE END OF SAID HOLLOW TUBE OUT OF SAID ONE END OF SAID SLEEVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESSURE ENCOUNTERED BY THE PRESSURE RESPONSIVE MEANS, AND ADJUSTING MEANS LOCATED AT SAID OTHER END OF SAID TUBE FOR ENABLING AXIAL ADJUSTMENT OF SAID TUBE RELATIVE TO SAID RIGID SLEEVE.