Patent ID: 8020582

Claim:
An excess flow valve, comprising: a housing having an inner surface defining a bore; a flow passage within the bore; a valve seat and a valve guide in the bore; a poppet mounted in the bore and spring biased away from the valve seat, the poppet being limited in motion by the valve guide and the valve seat; at least one of the valve seat and the valve guide being movable along the bore with respect to the other of the valve seat and the valve guide; an adjustment ring mounted within the housing in the flow passage, the adjustment ring cooperating with at least one of the valve seat and the valve guide to move the respective one of the valve seat and the valve guide; and an opening extending laterally through the housing permitting access to the adjustment ring from outside the bore of the housing; in which the valve guide is movable within the adjustment ring and lies rotatably within the adjustment ring, and in which the valve guide further comprises a knob and the adjustment ring further comprises a cut through, and in which the knob is movable within the cut through.