Ball valve and seat assembly

Details Ball valve and seat assembly Ball valve and seat assembly

1986-06-26

1987-04-28

Weakley, Harold W.

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251174, 251214, 251288, 251317, F16K 2300

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046605916

ABSTRACT:
A ball valve is disclosed having an improved seat ring particularly adapted for sealing a ball member in an end-loaded or top-loaded valve body. The ball is mounted for selective rotation and limited axial movement in a valve body passageway. The seat rings are disposed on diametrically opposite sides of the ball about valve inlet and outlet openings. Frusto-conical disc springs interposed between each seat ring and an associated valve body shoulder urge the seat rings into engagement with the ball. A rigid reinforcing ring is disposed intermediate of the flexible seat ring for integral movement with the seat ring and for reinforcing the seat ring against collapse under pressure. The reinforcing ring is received in an annular channel about the periphery of the seat ring and preferably comprises a split metal ring in a stressed and expanded condition.

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patent: 3576309 (1971-04-01), Zawacki
patent: 4451047 (1984-05-01), Herd
patent: 4558874 (1985-12-01), Williams

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