Patent ID: 6513543
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: E03B,E03C,Y10T

Abstract:
A modular strut for receiving a removable valve to form a fluid handling assembly, the valve having a valve body forming a fluid channel having a first end and a second end, said modular strut comprising:an inlet body forming a fluid inlet channel and a force member receiving surface; an outlet body forming a fluid outlet channel and a valve body receiving surface for receiving said second end of said valve body; a pair of spacers adapted to be positioned external to the fluid channel, each of said pair of spacers having a first end a second end, said first end of each of said pair of spacers is connected to said inlet body and said second end of each of said pair of spacers is connected to said outlet body, wherein said pair of spacers separates said inlet body from said outlet body so that the removable valve can be received between said inlet body and said outlet body; a mount forming a first mount surface, a second mount surface, a first orifice, and an internally-threaded orifice; a force member forming a third orifice; and an externally-threaded member threadedly received by said internally-threaded orifice of said mount and said third orifice in said force member, wherein said second mount surface of said mount is adapted to be positioned adjacent the first end of the removable valve body, and said force member is positioned between said first mount surface of said mount and said force member receiving surface of said inlet body.