Valves and valve actuation – With means to increase head and seat contact pressure – Gate valve
Patent
1972-05-15
1980-04-01
Behrend, Harvey E.
Valves and valve actuation
With means to increase head and seat contact pressure
Gate valve
F16K 2500
Patent
active
041958136
ABSTRACT:
A positive acting valve suitable for operation in a corrosive environment is provided. The valve includes a hollow valve body defining an open-ended bore for receiving two, axially aligned, spaced-apart, cylindrical inserts. One insert, designated the seat insert, terminates inside the valve body in an annular face which lies within plane normal to the axis of the two inserts. An elastomeric O-ring seal is disposed in a groove extending about the annular face. The other insert, designated the wedge insert, terminates inside the valve body in at least two surfaces oppositely inclined with respect to each other and with respect to a plane normal to the axis of the two inserts. An elongated reciprocable gate, movable between the two inserts along a path normal to the axis of the two inserts, has a first flat face portion disposed adjacent and parallel to the annular face of the seat insert. The gate has a second face portion opposite to the first face portion provided with at least two oppositely inclined surfaces for mating with respective inclined surfaces of the wedge insert. An opening is provided through the gate which registers with a flow passage through the two inserts when the valve is open. Interaction of the respective inclined surfaces of the gate and wedge insert act to force the first flat face portion of the gate against the O-ring seal in the seat insert at the limits of gate displacement where it reaches its respective fully open and fully closed positions.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1133188 (1915-03-01), Sermon
patent: 3258244 (1966-06-01), Hilton
patent: 3488034 (1970-06-01), Masheder
Behrend Harvey E.
Hamel Stephen D.
Lupo R. V.
The United States of America as represented by the United States
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