Abstract: A packing resistant valve has a gate rotatably mounted within an angled valve body and an inlet face of the gate defines a concave recess for inducing eddy currents in fluid flow impinging thereon. The eddy currents direct fluid flow away from the valve body, reducing the tendency of the fluid to accumulate within the valve body. Because the valve body is angled, material tends to drain from the body under the influence of gravity. Also, the angled configuration results in the formation of an air pocket within the valve body, precluding packing therein. In one embodiment, a mechanical seal is provided to preclude fluid leakage across the valve stem. In a further embodiment of the invention, a diverter valve assembly is disclosed, which includes a diverter plate for preventing the impingement of fluid against the closed valve disk.

Abstract: A ram-type blowout preventer having a removable seal insert contained in an insert cavity formed in the forward end of the ram body. Each seal insert includes an elastomeric body which forms an inner seal portion having a forward seal face and two outer seal portions which extend laterally into slot openings in the ram body. In each seal face is set a rigid cup which defines a cup-shaped cavity. When the rams are brought together to close the valve the two cups join together rim-to-rim to form a grease chamber between the seal forces.

Abstract: There is disclosed a ram type blowout preventer in which the chambers in which the rams are received and for movement between opened and closed positions are automatically vented to the bore of the preventer housing above the closed rams, as the rams are moved to open position, in order to equalize pressure across the ram and thus facilitate its opening. When the rams are moved to closed position, this vent is closed so that well pressure beneath the closed rams has access through a groove between the ram and the ram chamber to the chamber behind the closed rams so as to assist operating fluid in maintaining them closed. The stem which connects a piston of a hydraulic system for operating the rams is hollow and so arranged as to be pressure balanced whereby there is substantially no force due to well fluid pressure resisting closing movement of the rams due to the extension of the rod sealably through an opening in a wall separating the ram chamber from the cylinder of the hydraulic system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disk valve for corrosive fluids comprising a tubular metal housing lined with a hard-elastic, unpadded coating and a throttle disk with a hard-sealing, unpadded covering being made up of hard synthetic resin and being of a minimum thickness of three millimeters. The throttle disk is attached to two pivot pins extending through said coating and said metal housing and the throttle disk is sealing said metal housing in a transverse plane comprising the axis of said pivot pins. The pivot pins are directly enclosed by separate, hard-elastic sealing bushes seating on the covered throttle disk and being separately adjustable. In order to provide a disk valve which can be applied for a large temperature range and which has no leakages at the sealing bushes as well, the sealing bushes are respectively pressed with wedge-shaped front ends into V-shaped annular grooves of the disk covering.

Abstract: In a ball-type valve having a valve body and an annular seat therein for accommodating the ball, the improvement comprising adapting the seat whereby when the valve is in its open or closed position, the ball compresses the seat to seal the same against the valve body and at the same time tensions the seat to seal thereagainst. Also disclosed is a method of forming a seal between the body of a ball valve and the ball thereof, comprising the steps of providing a seat intermediate the body and the ball and moving the ball toward the body upon assembly of the valve whereby to compress a portion of the seat against the body and at the same time to tension a portion of the seat against the ball, thereby forming the seal between the body and the ball.

Abstract: A container, which is typically rectangular, includes a bottom and an upwardly extending sidewall. Upper and lower support surfaces, preferably adjacent the sidewall, allow the containers to be stacked. The container has an interlocking member for laterally coupling containers in one vertical column with containers in an adjacent vertical column. The interlocking member extends laterally from the outer surface of the sidewall. The interlocking member includes an upper portion extending a first distance above the upper support surface. The container includes a cavity extending upwardly from the bottom. The cavity is open at the bottom and is sized for insertion of the upper portion of an interlocking member therein. In so doing a container on one level becomes laterally interlocked with a container on a level either above or below it and to one side.

Abstract: An annular blowout preventer having a body with a central bore therethrough and a packer recess surrounding and opening on said recess, an annular packer which is a complete ring or a split ring in said recess, means for actuating said packer to closed position, an opening through the side of said body into said packer recess of sufficient size to remove said packer therethrough, a plug sealed in said opening and a sleeve around said body to engage the exterior of said plug and retain it in sealing position in said opening.

Abstract: A valve assembly having a tubular valve body defining therein a main supply passage, which tubular valve body has an inlet opening at one end thereof, and an outlet opening adjacent the other end thereof in perpendicular relationship to the main supply passage. A sleevelike socket member is seated within the main supply passage in the vicinity of the outlet opening. The sleeve member has a communication opening through the sidewall thereof in alignment with the outlet opening, which communication opening confines therein an elastomeric seal ring for sealingly engaging the interior wall of the tubular body around the outlet opening. A shaftlike valve member is rotatably seated within the sleeve member and has an L-shaped flow passage which extends axially from the upstream end and then outwardly through the cylindrical sidewall for alignment with the communication opening when the valve member is rotated into its open position.

Abstract: A hydropneumatic tank control for a water supply system having a closed water tank (10), an air compressor (17) and a water pump (21, 22). A plurality of pressure switches (PS18, PS23, PS25, PS26) at the air compressor detect air pressure threshholds in the tank and a plurality of water level detector electrodes (32, 33, 34, 35) detect water level threshholds in the tank. A control causes the water pump to fill the tank to a pressure level or a water level at the operator's option. A pressure switch (PS2) in a tank adapter assembly (20) shuts down the system if an over pressure condition is detected. The compressor is housed in a waterproof housing (41) and cooled by a blower (48) passing air through the housing with thermostats (TH14, TH15, TH16) functioning to protect the compressor from overheating. A baffle 52 prevents the cooling air from recirculating through the housing.

Abstract: This invention relates to a controller and in particular to a liquid flow controller for intravenous injection comprising a first cylindrical member provided at one end surface with a pair of threaded tongues which extend outwardly therefrom and form a recess thereof, a flange being properly disposed on said end surface, a second cylindrical member being hollowed and threadedly engaged with said first cylindrical member, an annular member provided at a first end surface with a hole being received within and secured to said second cylindrical member, a controlling rod being inserted into and located within said annular member, a rubber hose partially surrounded by a rubber ring being positioned in said recess and clamped between said flange and said controlling rod, a solid rubber rod being inserted into and received within said rubber hose, and a pair of connectors being disposed on the both terminals of said rubber hose of a better connection.

Abstract: A check valve in which one half of the valve body has a number of integral guide fins extending radially into the flowway. The guide fins are discontinuous from one another at their radially inner ends. A liner on the interior of the valve body follows the contour of the guide fins so that the portions of the liner which cover respective guide fins are likewise discontinuous from one another at their radially inner ends. The thermal properties of the liner differ from those of the guide fins. Each of the guide fins has a transverse bore through which extends an anchoring plug, the plug in turn interconnecting portions of the liner on opposite sides of the guide fins. A valve element longitudinally reciprocable in the flowway includes a closure portion for engagement with a valve seat and an elongate valve stem extending longitudinally from the closure portion and surrounded by and slidably engaged with the lined inner ends of the guide fins.

Abstract: A pressure balanced ball valve assembly includes a ball valve mounted within a unitary cage which has limited axial movement within a stationary tubular body. Annular pistons are slidably mounted within the cage for movement toward and away from the outer surface of the ball valve. Pressure transfer balance conduits extend from locations on one side of the ball valve to annular chambers at opposite ends of the cage. The effective area on the ball valve subjected to upstream pressure is balanced by the effective area of an annular chamber in which the same unit pressure acts on the downstream end of the cage. The balance conduits each lead from one side of the ball valve to a remote chamber at the other end of the cage.

Abstract: An article for thermally insulating an object, such as a valve found at a well site, includes a housing comprising three housing members which are separable from each other to facilitate connection around the object to be insulated. Two of the housing members which protect the main body of the object to be insulated have at least a double-wall construction, which walls are separated by at least one layer of insulation material. When the three housing members are adjoined, they define a cavity or interior hollow region in which the object to be insulated is placed.

Abstract: A fluid control valve and method of making same are provided wherein such valve comprises a valve body structure having a fluid flow passage therethrough and a first sealing surface and a closure structure for controlling fluid flow through the passage with the closure structure having a second sealing surface adapted to engage the first sealing surface to shut off fluid flow through the valve and wherein such valve comprises a substantially annular heat exchange device comprising at least one of the structures and being disposed immediately adjacent the sealing surface thereof for controlling the temperature of at least one of the sealing surfaces.

Abstract: A ball valve assembly includes a ball valve element having a portion of the material of the ball valve element removed to facilitate expansion of the ball valve element when subjected to heat during use while minimizing the possibility of binding; the ball valve element is installed in a valve housing that is dimensioned between its inlet and outlet relative to the external dimensions of the ball valve element so as to exert a slight degree of compression on the ball element.

Abstract: A low pressure back-check valve comprising a valve housing with a fluid inlet and outlet, a valve seat, and a dual disc valve element normally biased into closed position against the valve seat by mechanical support structure within the housing. One of the dual discs is made of pure gum rubber and/or like material, while the other disc is made of semi-rigid plastic material, such as unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC). The mechanical support structure includes a pair of pins spaced 180.degree. apart. While these pins constantly hold the dual discs in biased position against the valve seat, because of the compliant construction of the dual discs, the valve can open under a very low pressure, such as 0.02 pounds per square inch.

Abstract: The sealing element of a butterfly valve includes a rigid support ring, and an elastically yieldable sealing ring which partially embeds the support ring within itself. The sealing ring has an inner portion which is juxtaposed with the inner periphery of the support ring, and two end portions which emerge with the inner portion and extend therefrom in the radially outward direction in juxtaposition with respective axial end faces of the support ring. At least one of the end portions of the sealing ring terminates before it reaches the outer peripheral surface of the support ring, so that it exposes an annular zone of one of the axial end faces of the support ring. An annular, circumferentially complete, projection of the valve body extends into the passage at the downstream end thereof as considered in the direction of fluid flow through the passage in the fully open position of the valve member.

Abstract: A vehicle for use in the servicing of aircraft, particularly in the removal of feces from toilets of passanger aircraft, comprises a chassis and a body which is mounted on said chassis and has only a small height so that the vehicle can be moved under aircraft portions having only a small ground clearance. A cage comprising a working platform is mounted on the vehicle near its rear end and by means of an upright hydraulic cylinder having a telescopic piston is adapted to be raised from a position of rest, in which the cage is flush with the top of the body. To permit the use of a telescopic piston having large length sections, the hydraulic cylinder extends at least through a major portion of the height of the body. The working platform is disposed on the rear of the hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: An expansible tube type valve wherein a flexible tube, which is sealed around its ends in a valve body, is stretched to seal around a barrier in the flow passage. Thin rings of thermal insulation material are disposed around the ends of the flexible tube, interposed between it and parts of the valve body normally in contact therewith, so as to isolate the tube from the body and preclude transmission of high temperatures thereto, as in the event of a fire in the area.

Abstract: A seat ring for a rotary valve assembly comprising a radially inner seal section for sealing engagement with a valve element, a radially outer retaining section for mounting the seat ring in a valve body, and an intermediate spacer section interconnecting the sealing and retaining sections. The spacer section has a convoluted radial run, and the sealing section has a multiplicity of circumferential windings of strands in surrounding relation thereto.