Patent ID: 9709189
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F16K,Y10T

Claim:
1. Apparatus, including a valve, comprising a cover configured to rotate, and having a biased-pin mounted therein, a valve housing, and at least one inner housing component having a circumferential surface configured with a hole or slot formed therein at a predetermined location to receive the biased-pin where the biased-pin is engaged in the hole or slot when the valve is calibrated to be at a final position; and the cover configured to rotate in relation to the valve housing and the at least one inner housing component and cause an axial translation between the cover and the at least one inner housing component in response to a rotation of the cover, so that the biased-pin bypasses the hole or slot formed in the circumferential surface when the cover and the at least one inner housing component have not yet moved far enough along the axis of translation, and so that the biased-pin engages the hole or slot formed in the circumferential surface when the valve is at the final position so as to stop any further axial and rotational movement.