ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,019, issued on July 8, was assigned to VONROLL INFRATEC (INVESTMENT) AG (Emmenbrucke, Switzerland).
"Hydrant, method for disassembly of a spindle arrangement from a hydrant and method for assembly of a spindle arrangement in a hydrant" was invented by Sascha Wenger (Oensingen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrant has a riser pipe and a main valve. The main valve comprises a main valve body, a sealing seat which can be sealed with respect to the main valve body, a valve rod connected at one end to the main valve body, and a spindle arrangement. The spindle arrangement contains a journal/journal support arrangement, comp...