Valves and valve actuation – Rotary valves
Patent
1981-06-22
1982-07-06
Spiegel, H. Jay
Valves and valve actuation
Rotary valves
251315, 251367, F16K 506
Patent
active
043379192
ABSTRACT:
A bearing block for a ball valve or the like which is held in place by clamping it between the valve body end closures. A pair of slots are disposed through the bearing block intermediate the bearing bore and its opposite, ends, and the dimensions of the bearing block outward of the slots are somewhat greater so that compressive forces are lighter in those areas within the ends projections of the bore. In one embodiment, the slots extend through to the ends of the bearing block and in another embodiment they terminate at both ends in drilled holes.
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Grove Valve and Regulator Company
Spiegel H. Jay
Stidham Melvin R.
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