Patent ID: 9476508
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: B23P,E03C,F16K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A valve assembly, comprising: a valve housing having an internal generally cup-shaped bore; a valve control cartridge inserted into the bore and having a rotatable control stem extending upwardly therefrom; and a bonnet nut having a through-bore and a counterbore axially aligned with the through-bore, the bonnet nut coupled to the valve housing such that the control stem extends through the through-bore; wherein the valve control cartridge is received in the counterbore; wherein flexible fingers are provided along the through-bore and along a surface between, and perpendicular to, the counterbore and the through-bore to control a level of resistance to a rotation of the rotatable control stem; and wherein the control stem is positioned to frictionally engage the flexible fingers as the control stem is rotated.