Patents Assigned to Thornhill-Craver Company
  • Patent number: 4441725
    Abstract: A coupling of two confronting hubs with a metal seal ring sealing between the confronting faces of the hubs and O-rings sealing between each hub and the metal seal ring together with a third environmental seal O-ring that seals against pressure in both directions to protect against environmental fluid reaching the metal ring and to provide a final seal in the event of failure of the metal seal ring and one of the O-rings in the groove receiving the metal seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1984
    Assignee: Thornhill Craver Company
    Inventor: Kent T. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4367823
    Abstract: A locking device for connectors or closures which device prevents rotation of the means for holding a pair of members in engagement wherein the locking device includes a shield which overlies all surfaces on the locking device which might be engaged by a wrench to rotate the locking device while the closure is subjected to pressure. The locking device includes a pressure responsive member exposed to pressure within the closure which carries the shield and positions the shield to overlie all surfaces on the device on which a wrench may be placed and when there is no pressure differential across the pressure responsive member permits the shield to be moved to an out of the way position exposing a wrench surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Thornhill-Craver Company
    Inventor: Clarence L. Raver