SECTION II
USE AND DESCRIPTION
socket assembly (3), a valve socket lever assembly (4),
5. Use
a shield assembly (7), an adjustable chain coupling
assembly (1), and a container gage assembly. One old
The M1 valve replacement mechanism is used to
valve socket and one new valve socket supplied with
remove faulty Chlorine Institute valves from type A and
the mechanism are no longer used. They fit a Mark II
type D one-ton containers, and to replace them with new
liberty valve which is obsolete. The other old valve
Chlorine Institute valves. With this mechanism, a well
socket and new valve socket fit either a 3/4-inch or a
trained two-man crew can remove a faulty valve from a
one-inch Chlorine Institute valve. The socket wrench
one-ton container and insert a new valve against
assemblies are held in operating position by the ball and
internal pressure in the container in 10 seconds.
socket assembly which is mounted in a hole in the shield
assembly. The adjustable chain coupling assembly
6. Overall Description
fastens the valve replacement mechanism to the front of
a one-ton container. The container gage assembly is
The M1 valve replacement mechanism (fig. 1)
used to determine whether the valve replacement
consists of two old valve socket wrench assemblies (6),
mechanism will fit the one-ton container.
two new valve socket wrench assemblies (5), a ball and
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