Abstract: A disk valve construction having relatively movable face to face disk upstream of a sleeve member at an outlet chamber of the valve. The sleeve member includes a truncated conical portion to produce a desired pressure drop, while, at the same time reducing the turbulence of the fluid flow during operation of the valve. The sleeve member is maintained in position by way of pressure of the fluid, thereby avoiding the necessity of epoxy to hold the sleeve member to the valve body. The sleeve can be provided with an end wall with a discharge opening of a predetermined size at the downstream end of the sleeve for producing a predetermined fluid pressure drop.

Abstract: To improve the turn-down ratio and reduce the erosiveness of the discharge flow in a multiple orifice valve having a movable upstream disk and an abutting stationary downstream disk, particularly when the disks are subjected to high fluid pressures, the disks are provided with cooperating fluid conducting openings having a modified circular sector shape. In the preferred embodiment, the modified circular sector shape of the fluid conducting openings includes a primary opening portion formed in the general shape of a circular sector and a secondary opening portion comprising a pair of substantially semicircular supplemental openings, one of the pair of openings being provided at a radially outermost location along a first one of two radially directed walls defining therebetween the central angle of the circular sector shaped primary opening portion, the other of the pair of supplemental openings being provided at a similar location along the second one of the two radially directed walls.

Abstract: A disk valve construction having a unitary valve body formed with an internal cavity to receive therein a rotor spool passed through the fluid inlet end of the valve body. A replaceable sleeve member at an outlet chamber of the valve includes a truncated conical portion followed by a cylindrical portion of the fluid discharge end of the sleeve. The sleeve member is maintained in position by way of pressure of the fluid.

Abstract: A disk valve construction having a unitary valve body. The valve is opened and closed by rotation of a drive shaft which is maintained in geared connection with a rotator spool positioned in an internal cavity of the valve body. The drive shaft extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the valve body. The drive shaft may be supported in a housing assembly to allow pressurization thereof for valve operation with steam and hazardous materials.