Arvind K Patel

US Patent:

8596299, Dec 3, 2013

Filed:

Apr 1, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/798296

Inventors:

Ajay Patel - Blackwood NJ, US
Alan Kenyon - Barnegat NJ, US
Arvind A. Patel - Blackwood NJ, US

Assignee:

Turtle Industries, LLC - Norristown PA

International Classification:

F16K 31/44

US Classification:

13762411, 251230, 267154, 267155

Abstract:

An externally mounted mechanical device for mechanically closing a pressurized tank or cylinder valve, such as a grill tank, is provided. The device comprises a securing mechanism, a rotatable mechanism having a handle recess to receive a handle of pressurized tank or cylinder valve, and a torsional spring, wherein the torsional spring is configured to store potential torsional force and then release the torsional force by way of a timed release mechanism. The mechanical device comprises a securing device for securing the mechanical device to a tank or cylinder. Torsional force may be stored in torsional spring by way of a ratchet and pawl that also is configured to release the stored torsional force by way of a timed release.