Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Autofill shutoff valve
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Application No.: US15568324Application Date: 2016-04-22
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Publication No.: US10781971B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: John C. Holman , Mike V. Atkinson , Brandon T. Gustafson , Benjamin J. Paar
- Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Current Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/028903 WO 20160422
- International Announcement: WO2016/172519 WO 20161027
- Main IPC: F16N13/22
- IPC: F16N13/22 ; F16N11/08 ; F16N7/38 ; F04B49/04 ; F04B23/02 ; F16N13/02 ; F16N39/00 ; F16K31/18 ; F04B53/12 ; F16N19/00 ; F04B53/06 ; F04B53/16 ; F16K31/24 ; F16K21/18 ; F16N37/00 ; F16K31/22 ; F16K37/00 ; F16N21/00 ; F16N13/00 ; F16N29/00

Abstract:
An autofill shutoff valve includes a valve body mounted to a lubricant reservoir and secured to a fill tube extending into the reservoir. The autofill shutoff valve has a valve stem extending through the valve body and into the lubricant reservoir. The valve stem is actuated by a plate disposed within the reservoir from a first position, wherein lubricant flows from a lubricant inlet to a lubricant outlet through the valve body, to a second position, wherein the valve stem blocks the flow of lubricant through the valve body. The autofill shutoff valve provides lubricant directly to the reservoir, thereby eliminating external plumbing and the autofill shutoff valve also prevents overfill of the reservoir by cutting off the flow when the reservoir is full.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180112821A1 AUTOFILL SHUTOFF VALVE Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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