ES293787U - Valve to empty the oil content in vehicle and similar engines (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Valve for emptying the oil contained in engines of vehicles and the like, characterized in that it comprises a hollow block, which internally defines a chamber in which a rotating valve body is housed and sealing means for said body, whose chamber opens out through of two opposite openings, one of entry and the other of exit, with which the passage of the spherical valve body 6 can be aligned by said valve body, the block extending from the entry opening, in an externally threaded section, while in its wall, the axis of the two openings protrudes, in a perpendicular direction, a tubular portion open at its free end and which opens into the chamber of the block; in which portion an axis is housed, connected to the spherical valve body and provided with an actuating lever projecting to the outside through an annular groove formed in the wall of the tubular portion, of sufficient amplitude to allow the movement of the lever between two angular positions, angularly separated 90º, one of opening, in which the passage of the valve body faces the openings of entrance and exit of the chamber of the block, and another closing, in which said valve body closes both openings; said groove, in the section that responds to the closing position of the lever, of an axial widening, starting from the edge adjacent to the block, of approximately equal length to the width of the lever to receive said lever and defining a position of blocking of it; the tubular portion carrying means maintaining the lever, shaft and valve body coupled together and urging said lever, when in the closing limit position, towards the blocking position. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)