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Expansion valve

Granted 10 Oct 2006 · no office action yet

Application
29/218,898
filed 9 Dec 2004
Publication
Not published
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US D529990
granted 10 Oct 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of…

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a first embodiment of an expansion valve showing my new design, a rear elevational view being symmetrical to the front elevational view;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom perspective view of the expansion valve of FIG. 1.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/233

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Ian Simmons
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