Patents by Inventor Gifford Zach Decker

Gifford Zach Decker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vortex flush ball valve and method
    Patent number: 11224903
    Abstract: A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mogas Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gifford Zach Decker, Asmaa Sadek Kassab, Anthony Neal Hodge, Robert D. Dibbern, Jr.
  • Vortex flush ball valve and method
    Patent number: 10786838
    Abstract: A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Mogas Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gifford Zach Decker, Asmaa Sadek Kassab, Anthony Neal Hodge, Robert D. Dibbern, Jr.
  • VORTEX FLUSH BALL VALVE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200261947
    Abstract: A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Gifford Zach Decker, Asmaa Sadek Kassab, Anthony Neal Hodge, Robert D. Dibbern
  • VORTEX FLUSH BALL VALVE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180354005
    Abstract: A ball valve has a purge fluid inlet passage into a cavity between a valve body and a flow control element, and has a purge fluid drain. The inlet passage is oriented at an angle relative to a normal line to the spherical ball surface at the location of the inlet passage, to promote vorticial flow of the purge fluid. A method introduces a purge fluid into a ball valve body cavity; removes the purge fluid from an outlet drain; and induces a vortex in a flow path of the purge fluid through the body cavity. The method can flush debris from the body cavity between operating cycles of the ball valve by at least temporarily opening the inlet and outlet before and/or after operation of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Gifford Zach Decker, Asmaa Sadek Kassab, Anthony Neal Hodge, Robert D. Dibbern