Patent ID: 6957661

Claim:
A valve comprising: a housing assembly having an inlet in fluid communication with an inlet passage, an outlet in fluid communication with an outlet passage and a valve chamber, said inlet passage and said outlet passage each in fluid communication with said valve chamber; a stem assembly rotatably disposed within said housing assembly, said stem assembly having an exposed handle extending out of said housing assembly and a second end disposed within said valve chamber; a surge suppression device comprising: an initial flowpath between said inlet and said outlet; a primary flowpath between said inlet and said outlet; a first valve assembly coupled to said stem assembly and threadably engaging said housing assembly and structured to move between a first, closed position wherein said primary flowpath is blocked and a second, open position wherein said primary flowpath is not blocked; a second valve assembly threadably coupled, indirectly, to said housing assembly and structured to move between a first, closed position wherein said initial flowpath is blocked and a second, open position wherein said initial flowpath is not blocked; wherein said second valve assembly is threadably coupled, indirectly, to said first valve assembly; said stem assembly second end is coupled to said second valve assembly; and upon rotation of said stem assembly, said second valve assembly is structured to rotate relative to said first valve assembly prior to said first valve assembly rotating relative to said housing assembly.