Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fill valve assembly
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Application No.: US15411442Application Date: 2017-01-20
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Publication No.: US10202746B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Martin Marsic , Jason A. Sharratt , Tianzhe Wang
- Applicant: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OH Bedford Heights
- Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.
- Current Assignee: Waxman Consumer Products Group Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Bedford Heights
- Agency: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP
- Main IPC: E03D1/36
- IPC: E03D1/36 ; E03D5/092 ; E03D1/32

Abstract:
A fill valve assembly for use in a water storage tank including: a tube; an inlet valve assembly supported by the tube and including an inlet valve and a valve lever operatively coupled to the inlet valve, the inlet valve being on in a first position of the valve lever, and being off in a second position of the valve lever; a float constrained for axial movement in a direction along the tube and coupled to the valve lever; and a linkage assembly positioned between the valve lever and the tube and pivoting between a first upright position wherein the valve lever is maintained in the first position and a second folded position, the linkage assembly including a pivot axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube, the float coupled to linkage assembly and constrained from axial movement when the linkage assembly is in the upright position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170211264A1 FILL VALVE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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