Motor or gear unit adaptor for valves with rising rotatable stems

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ADAPTOR CONNECTION MEANS TO A GEAR OPERATOR FOR VALVES HAVING A RISING-ROTATABLE THREADED VALVE STEM; A VALVE YOKE MEMBER THEREFOR; A VALVE YOKE ADAPTOR MEMBER FOR MOUNTING SAID VALVE YOKE MEMBER AND AROUND SAID VALVE STEM: GEAR CARRIER MEANS ON THE GEAR OPERATOR HAVING TRANSVERSE DRIVING LUGS DIAMETRICALLY OPOSITE OF ABOUT 45 DEGREE CONFIGURATION WHEN VIEWED IN PLAN, THE SAID GEAR CARRIER MEANS BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID VALVE YOKE MEMBER WITH A LOWER PORTION THEREOF CONSTITUTING SAID TRANSVERSE DRIVING LUGS AND BEING RECEIVED WITHIN SAID VALVE YOKE ADAPTOR MEMBER; A DRIVEN GEAR NON-ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE SAID GEAR CARRIER OF SAID GEAR OPERATOR MEANS AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH; A MALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER NON-ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON AN OUTER END PORTION OF SAID STEM; A YOKE BRUSHING MOUNTED IN THE VALVE YOKE AND BEING THREADED TO RECEIVE THE SAID VALVE STEM; A FEMALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER MOUNTED TELESCOPICALLY TO ENGAGE SAID MALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER, THE SAID FEMALE SLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER AND THE MALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER BEING RELATIVELY AXIALLY MOVABLE UPON PREDETERMINED ROTATION OF SAID DRIVEN GEAR AN SAID THREADED STEM; SAID FEMALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER BEING ROTATABLY DRIVEN BY SAID GEAR CARRIER MEANS AND HAVING THEREON SAID AN END PORTION OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ARCUATELY DISPOSED DIAMETRICALLY SPACED APART TRANSVERSE DRIVEN LUGS OF ABOUT 90 DEGREE CONFIGURATION WHEN VIEWED IN PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT BY SAID DRIVING LUGS OF THE GEAR CARRIER MEANS WHEREBY TO PROVIDE FOR A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID FEMALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER AND SAID LUGS OF THE GEAR CARRIER MEANS AND FOR LOST MOTION AND IMPACTED BETWEEN THE SAID LUGS OF THE GEAR CARRIER MEANS AND THE LUGS OF THE FEMALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER UPON PREDETERMINED ROTATION OF THE GEAR CARRIER MEANS IN EITHER DIRECTION; AND ADAPTOR NUT MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID STEM FOR RETAINING THE SAID MALE SPLINED ADAPTOR MEMBER ON THE STEM AGAINST AXIAL MOVEMENT.