Abstract: A hybrid butterfly valve has a stationary seat and a valve closure disk which may rotate together with an actuating shaft from the fully open position to a position wherein the disk is aligned with the seat, and thereafter may be moved linearly into sealing relationship with the seat. The disk is supported by brackets having an elongated slot through which the shaft extends, the brackets being adapted to move linearly relative to the shaft. Cams fastened to the shaft initiate a 90.degree. rotation of the disk from the fully open position to the position where the valve disk is aligned with the seat, and the cams act thereafter in conjunction with followers carried by the disk to move the disk and the brackets linearly.

Abstract: A dual-action ball valve having a sleeve fixedly mounted within the valve bonnet. Spiral slots are provided in the sleeve for receiving a transverse guide pin mounted in the valve stem. The lower end of the valve stem is provided with sloping cam surfaces cooperating with tapered side walls provided in an apertured insert mounted in the top wall of the ball valve through which the stem extends. A pair of upwardly extending arcuate members are formed on the insert and engage the lower end of the valve bonnet bushing to provide a trunnion for the ball valve. The components of the dual-action ball valve provide increased bearing surfaces to facilitate use of the valve in high pressure systems.

Abstract: A method of forming a stem seal and controlling the sealant film thickness in a lubricated plug valve in which a deformable ring is inverted in an annular space between the stem, the valve cover and the top of the plug and the ring is deformed into sealing engagement with the plug, the stem and cover by applying pressure to the sealant system of the valve during assembly.

Abstract: An arrangement for top entry ball valve, providing relief from seating load when turning the ball to effect either opening or closing of the valve by a handle connected to the ball via a stem.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatically actuated stepping valve for an automatic control of inlets and outlets for a pneumatic fluid. Each stepping movement is performed in response to a feedback signal indicating that an operation controlled by the valve has been completed. A distributing disc is provided for selecting consecutive pairs of ports consisting of an inlet port and an outlet port each. The stepping valve consists mainly of plastic parts, which contain numerous bores and passages and can be made at low cost. In accordance with the invention the valve disc cooperates with a sealing piston, which in response to pressure applied to said piston establishes connections to through passages of the valve disc, whereas when the piston is pressure-relieved it will be urged by spring means to disengage the valve disc so that the latter will not be restrained by the piston during its stepping movement.

Abstract: The valve includes a tubular housing member that is connected in a string of a tubing that extends into an oil or gas well. The upper end of the tubular housing member is rotatable and is connected through actuators to a valve member that is pivotally supported in the tubular housing member. Rotation of the upper end of the tubular housing causes the actuators to move linearly and in opposite directions simultaneously pivot the valve member between open and closed positions. Pressure responsive means bias the seat toward the valve to maintain a fluid tight seal regardless of the direction of differential in pressure existing across the valve.

Abstract: A transfer valve having a valve casing with a closed bottom, a closed top and a separator plate dividing the interior of the valve casing into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. An inlet port opening into the upper chamber, an outlet port opening into the lower chamber and two additional ports opening into both the upper chamber and into the lower chamber. A valve in the upper chamber and a valve in the lower chamber, and a control rod extending through the upper and lower plates to simultaneously rotate the valve from one of the additional ports in the upper chamber and in the lower chamber to the other additional port in the upper chamber and in the lower chamber.

Abstract: A ball valve assembly is provided for elimination of the tearing of the annular elastomeric seal which normally engages the periphery of such ball valve due to the movement of the valve with excessive loading imposed on the elastomeric seal. A spring pressed element engages the portion of the ball opposite the position of the annular elastomeric seal and exerts a substantially constant loading force on the ball and hence on the elastomeric seal.

Abstract: A metal seat assembly (40) for sealing against the sealing surface of a valve member movable between open and closed positions. The seat assembly comprises an outer metallic ring (44) having an inwardly extending metal seal lip (58) hinged to the main body (48) of the ring by a reduced thickness portion. An intermediate metal backing ring (45) has a plurality of spaced fingers engaging the hinged metal lip to urge continuously the lip (58) into tight sealing contact with the valve member, and the backing ring may be adjusted to control the force exerted by the fingers against the metal lip. An innermost metal wiper ring (46) adjacent the flexible metal lip is urged continuously into contact with the sealing surface of the valve member to minimize contact of foreign matter with the sealing lip.

Abstract: A multi-way rotary valve for fluid media having a distributor block and rotatable distributor disc, separated therefrom by a gap of variable size and provided with a pintle for rotation is provided with a bleeder throttle having a spring biased ball check valve so that the disc is rotatable when the turning torque is higher than the torque produced by the spring.

Abstract: The specification discloses a valve including a valve body with a longitudinal central passage therethrough. A truncated ellipsoid valve member is located within the central passage of the valve body. The ellipsoid member has major and minor axes and has an aperture extending along the major axis thereof. Annular resilient seats are disposed in contact with opposite end portions of the ellipsoid member. A handle is provided to rotate the ellipsoid member between open and closed positions. In the open position, the aperture through the ellipsoid member is aligned with the central passage of the valve body and the ellipsoid member causes deformation of the resilient seats to prevent leakage of fluid around the exterior of the ellipsoid member.

Abstract: A valve shutter is fitted in a channel and is adapted to be shifted, between a valve-opening position and an intermediate position facing a seat provided in the valve body, through rotation around a transverse axis, while the channel is set under still water conditions. The actual fluidtight application of the valve shutter against its seat is ensured by the pressure of the upstream water when normal flow conditions are restored. This dual movement is possible due to the fact that the shutter supports or bearings are resiliently or pneumatically held in position with reference to the valve body.

Abstract: The valve has a hollow body provided with two ports for the circulation of a fluid and fitted with a plug having an operating stem which is integral with the plug and emerges from an opening of the valve body. At least one oblique recess is provided between the opening and one of the ports in order to facilitate the positioning of the valve-operating stem.