US Patent Issued to WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION on April 14 for "Sluice valve installation method, and sluice valve installation structure used in sluice valve installation method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,438, issued on April 14, was assigned to WATERWORKS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sluice valve installation method, and sluice valve installation structure used in sluice valve installation method" was invented by Yasuyuki Nagamori (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sluice valve installation method includes attaching a housing and a work valve to a fluid pipe, opening and closing the work valve to perforate the fluid pipe to form a through-hole, and opening and closing the work valve to attach a valve cover incorporating a valve body to the housing. Opening and closing the work valve to at...