Patent ID: 9739367
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: F16H,F16L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A valve mounted between first and second separable and joinable transmission sections that allows fluid to flow through a fluid flow path when the first and second transmission sections are joined and prevents fluid from flowing through the fluid flow path when the first and second transmission sections are separated, the valve comprising: a valve body separate from the first and second transmission sections and having: an elongated plunger having: a bias spring disposed in the through bore and having a first end seated on the shoulder defined by the two longitudinally spaced, continuous portions of the through bore and a second end opposite the first end seated on a portion of the elongated shaft of the valve stem, the bias spring being adapted to bias the plunger toward a position in which the plug seals an open end of the valve body disposed at the fluid inlet defined by the through bore.