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Vacuum control valve

Granted 7 Sep 2010 · no office action yet

Assignee: SMC Corporation of America

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Inventors: Akira Sasaki, Koji Sugano, Yoshihiro Fukano · Examiner: Robert M. Spear · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/337,110
filed 15 May 2009
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US D623270
granted 7 Sep 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 shows a front view of a…

FIG. 1 shows a front view of a vacuum control valve showing my new design;

FIG. 2 shows a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 shows a right side view thereof;

FIG. 4 shows a left side view thereof;

FIG. 5 shows a top view thereof;

FIG. 6 shows a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 7 shows a top, front and left side perspective view thereof; and,

FIG. 8 shows a top, rear and right side perspective view thereof.

In the drawings, the tubes are shown with breaks to indicate that no specific tube length is claimed.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/233

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TWTW-D134202-S1S11 Apr 201019 Feb 2009publishedControl valve of vacuum supply

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