ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,152, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Kenco International Inc. (Tulsa, Okla.).
"Integral misalignment unions and interchangeable floating process connections for tubular gauge glass valves" was invented by R. Darrell Miller (Sand Springs, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set of tubular glass gauge valves comprising an upper valve assembly and a lower valve assembly. The upper valve assembly and the lower valve assembly may each comprise an integral sight tube union connection capable of connecting to a tubular sight/level gauge and an integral misalignment union with a floating process connection capable of mounting to a ta...