Fluid handling – Line condition change responsive valves – Safety cut-off requiring reset
Patent
1977-05-12
1979-04-24
Weakley, Harold W.
Fluid handling
Line condition change responsive valves
Safety cut-off requiring reset
137491, 1376256, F16K 1700
Patent
active
041506871
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a pilot valve assembly for preferred use in conjunction with pneumatically operated safety valves of a well head assembly, the pilot valve apparatus including an automatic trip assembly composed of a pair of bourdon tubes adapted to engage respective thumbwheels on a translatable stem; a seal carrier assembly responsively translated between first and second blocking and non-blocking positions between entrance and exit ports; a reset valve assembly for placing the pilot apparatus in its initial "untripped" position; and a manually operated trip valve assembly for independently translating the seal carrier assembly.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2327055 (1943-08-01), McMahon
patent: 3161207 (1964-12-01), McCarvell
patent: 3198207 (1965-08-01), Willis
patent: 3805837 (1974-04-01), Stampeli
patent: 3878863 (1975-04-01), Snyder
patent: 4017053 (1977-04-01), Wells
Glaser Kenneth R.
Weakley Harold W.
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