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PLUG VALVE

  • US 3,788,599 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1972
  • Issued: 01/29/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A valve having plug and body members each comprising a single piece of molded plastic, said body member having a tapered bore and inlet and outlet ways leading to said bore, said plug member being rotatable in and complementary to said bore and having a way brought into and out of register with said inlet and outlet ways by relative rotation of said members, means having interengaging cam surfaces on said members of annular configuration of different as molded diameters coaxial with said bore for exerting an axial force moving the plug member axially relative to the body toward the small end of said bore, one of said cam surfaces having an angular extent less than 180* and being on an axially extending spring finger, said finger being supported only at one end by having said one end integral with and cantilevered to one of the members, said one of said cam surfaces being on the unsupported end of the finger, said one end of the finger being axially spaced from said one of said cam surfaces, and the other cam surface being on the other member and deflecting said finger by reason of the difference in the as molded diameters of said interengaging cam surfaces.

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