Valves and valve actuation – Mechanical movement actuator – Particularly packed or sealed
Patent
1997-03-03
1998-09-01
Walton, George L.
Valves and valve actuation
Mechanical movement actuator
Particularly packed or sealed
251172, 251192, 25131512, 25131516, 251316, F16K 4104, F16K 506
Patent
active
057999287
ABSTRACT:
A ball valve for controlling fluid flow comprises a housing with a chamber therein and a fluid flow passage therethrough having an inlet and outlet portion to and from the chamber adjacent the lower end of the housing, and generally annular recesses extending about the inlet and outlet ends of its inlet and outlet portions. An opening in the upper end of the housing communicates with the chamber and is sealed by a bonnet which is removably fastened to the housing and has a passage seating a stem which will rotate. A valve member is rotatably seated in the chamber. Body seats are removably seated in the annular recesses of the chamber about the inlet and outlet portions of the flow passage. Valve seats are removably seated in the body seats and have concave surfaces which seat the ball member and seal about the flow passage therethrough. The bonnet has a shoulder about the passage and the stem has a collar thereabout which bears upon a sealing member disposed therebetween. A second sealing member is below the collar, and a packing gland disposed therebelow is biased against the second sealing member by deflectable biasing elements.
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