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Ball cock for railway vehicle

CA 2238218 C · Owner: Akamatsu, Osamu · Inventors: Suetaka, Yoshio; Morita, Mitsumasa; Akamatsu, Osamu

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The present invention provides a ball cock for a railway vehicle which comprises a main body possessing a primary-side opening and a secondary-side opening which face one another and an air exhaust aperture which is formed between these openings. Such ball cock further incudes a ball-shaped valve body which is rotatably provided inside such main body and in which there is formed a communication aperture which connects the primary side opening and the secondary-side opening and a side aperture which, consequent to its rotation, connects the air exhaust aperture and either the primary-side or secondary-side opening. There is formed in the main body's air exhaust aperture a pipe connection to …

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  • Filed May 21, 1998 and granted February 11, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 21, 2018.
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FiledMay 21, 1998
GrantedFebruary 11, 2003
Term endedMay 21, 2018
Patent numberCA 2238218 C
Classification (IPC)F16K5/06 +2 more

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