Fluid handling – Systems – Multi-way valve unit
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-26
2007-06-26
Fox, John (Department: 3753)
Fluid handling
Systems
Multi-way valve unit
C251S127000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11199196
ABSTRACT:
A valve assembly, comprises a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal volume; a pair of sealing rings and mounted to the housing; and a spherical plug rotatably disposed within the housing for contact with the seating rings, the spherical plug comprising a general spherical main body having a generally cylindrical bore therethrough; and a plurality of slotted plates longitudinally parallel to each other and parallel with the axis rotation of the spherical plug.
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Carroll Clayton L.
Partridge Charles C.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Fox John
SPX Corporation
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