Patents Represented by Law Firm Spensley Horn Jubas & Lubitz Thorpe North & Western
  • Patent number: 5529087
    Abstract: An attachment for facilitating servicing of a valve, the valve including: an assembly composed of a valve seat defining a flow path, a flow control member movable relative to the valve seat for blocking or unblocking the valve seat, and a control device including a stem coupled to the flow control member and operable for moving the flow control member relative to the valve seat; a housing for receiving the assembly, the housing having an opening via which the assembly can be removed from, and installed in, the housing, and the housing having a plurality of threaded studs which surround the opening and project away from the housing; a valve housing cover for closing and sealing the opening in the housing, the cover having a first bore for passage of the stem of the control device when the assembly is installed in the housing and a plurality of second bores each located for passage of a respective stud when the cover closes the opening in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Berry, Matthew L. Porter