US Patent Issued to AGI INDUSTRIES on July 8 for "Fluid valve apparatus" (Louisiana, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,363, issued on July 8, was assigned to AGI INDUSTRIES INC. (Lafayette, La.).

"Fluid valve apparatus" was invented by Bryan T. Sonnier (Lafayette, La.) and Christopher F. Rooney (Gordonville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve having a flow trim assembly that can be quickly and efficiently removed and repaired or replaced. A body section having a central through bore that defines an inlet, an inner chamber or space, and two selectable outlets. Further the selectable outlets can direct flow in either a 90 degree "angle" orientation or at straight "in-line" orientation. An actuator stem extends into the inner chamber. A first (...