US Patent Issued to Intermatic on April 22 for "Adjustable valve actuator" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,722, issued on April 22, was assigned to Intermatic Inc. (Spring Grove, Ill.).

"Adjustable valve actuator" was invented by John Byrne (Spring Grove, Ill.), Jack Bonde (Spring Grove, Ill.), Rudy Janda (Spring Grove, Ill.), Mehari Gedam Tesfamicael (Spring Grove, Ill.) and Mark Miller (Spring Grove, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve actuator may include a valve control shaft extending at least partially through a housing of the valve actuator, wherein the valve control shaft is configured for controlling a valve position of a diverter valve. A first cam wheel may be included, where the first am wheel at least partially surroun...