US 12,442,457 B2
Actuating assembly for an internal valve
Elijah Marshall Combs, Mount Airy, NC (US)
Assigned to Engineered Controls International, LLC, Elon, NC (US)
Filed by Engineered Controls International, LLC, Elon, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/608,464.
Application 18/608,464 is a continuation of application No. 17/812,654, filed on Jul. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,933,412.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,311, filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0218937 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16K 17/04 (2006.01); F16K 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 31/524 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 17/0486 (2013.01) [F16K 15/182 (2021.08); F16K 31/52408 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A valve actuating assembly for actuating an internal valve between a closed position and an open position, the valve actuating assembly comprising:
a cam operably mounted to a cam holder;
a cam holder stem having a first end and a second end, the cam holder stem securely connected to a valve body of the internal valve;
the cam holder operably coupled to a portion of the cam holder stem to position the cam holder within the valve body of the internal valve;
the first end of the cam holder stem operably coupled to the cam holder, and the second end of the cam holder stem threadably engaged to the valve body to secure the cam holder stem to the valve body; and
an actuating shaft extending through at least a portion of the valve body of the internal valve, the actuating shaft removably coupled to a proximate end of the cam holder such that the actuating shaft can be decoupled from the cam holder and removed from the valve body,
wherein the cam holder and the cam are configured to remain connected to the cam holder stem and remain positioned within the valve body when the actuating shaft is decoupled from the cam holder and removed from the valve body.