Abstract: A diverter valve for conveying material to be conveyed, the diverter valve being cleanable using a method for CIP cleaning, comprises a housing with at least three passage openings to feed or discharge the material to be conveyed, the passage openings defining a conveying plane. The diverter valve further comprises a rotary part having an axis of rotation and an outer contour designed conically in relation to the axis of rotation at least in sections, the rotary part being arrangeable in the housing in a sealed manner, the rotary part being displaceable along the axis of rotation in an axially driven manner and being arranged such as to be drivable for rotation about the axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being oriented perpendicular to the conveying plane, a passage duct arranged in the rotary part, which—depending on a rotary position of the rotary part—connects in each case two passage openings for conveying material along the passage duct through the diverter valve.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slide valve (20) having a slide valve plate (32) movable in a slide valve rail (29) between a locked position and an open position in a slide valve casing (26), said slide valve rail (29) being provided with a slide valve seal for attaining a gas-proof locked position, said slide valve rail (29) being connected to the slide valve casing (26) via a flange connection in such a manner that the slide valve rail (29) is removable from the slide valve casing (26) radially to a flow axis of the slide valve (20).

Abstract: A diverter valve for conveying a material has a housing with at least three passage openings for feeding or discharging material. The passage openings define a conveying plane. The diverter valve includes a rotary part with an outer contour that is conical, at least in sections, with respect to its axis of rotation. The rotary part is arranged in a sealed manner in the housing. The rotary part can be axially displaced and rotated within the housing. The axis of rotation is perpendicular to the conveying plane. A passage conduit is arranged in the rotary part, which, depending on the rotational position of the rotary part, connects to each other two passage openings for conveying material along the passage conduit through the diverter valve. A drain opening is provided in the housing for the automatic drainage of a liquid from the housing.

Abstract: The invention provides a diverter valve assembly for use with multiple water discharge fixtures, such as a shower head and a hand-held sprayer. The diverter valve assembly includes a valve body having an inlet port and multiple outlet ports, a rotatable valve core and a rotation knob. Rotational positioning of an elastic cup seal on the valve core blocks water flow at any of the inlet port and the outlet ports, allowing water flow from a single water source to one of the water discharge fixtures at a time, or to both of the water discharge fixtures simultaneously. The diverter valve assembly also includes a holder for storing the hand-held sprayer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a butterfly valve capable of controlling a flow of a fluid according to a rotation of a disk. The butterfly valve includes a body provided with an inner space having two open ends; a disk unit having a disk rotatably installed at the inner space, and configured to selectively open and close the inner space according to a rotation of the disk; a first seat portion protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the disk; a second seat portion protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the body, and arranged to face the first seat portion; and a sealing unit mounted to the body, and formed to contact the first and second seat portions such that a gap between the outer circumferential surface of the disk and the inner circumferential surface of the body is sealed. Under this configuration, the butterfly valve may have an enhanced reliability under low and high temperatures and a high pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for a flanged connection between a tubular member having a flange and a valve fitting having a valve flange and a valve body, and in particular to an apparatus for axially loading the mated threads of the valve flange and the valve body after geometrical alignment of the bolt holes of the flange on the tubular member and of the bolt holes of the valve flange.

Abstract: An elastic body 51 is provided to absorb impact energy generated by the collision between rotor positioning portions 31 and shaft portion positioning portions 29 when a shaft portion 24 is moved into a female thread portion 26 to determine the initial position of the shaft portion 24, and so the impact noise generated by the collision between the rotor positioning portions 31 and the shaft portion positioning portions 29 can be reduced. Also, the force of impact imparted to the shaft portion positioning portions 29 by the rotor positioning portions 31 decreases, and so it is possible to prevent deformation of the rotor positioning portions 31 and the shaft portion positioning portions 29.

Abstract: A rotary valve assembly comprising a valve body having a fluid flow passageway in communication with the valve body cavity which comprises a rotatable closure member for selectively closing or opening the fluid flow passageway intersecting the valve body cavity. A valve operator consists of a reciprocatable and rotatable stem connected to the closure member so that the stem can reciprocate relative to the closure member and when the stem rotates, the closure member and the stem rotate together. The closure member comprises stop means to arrest movement of the stem towards the closure member in order to transmit the stem force to the closure member. A lift-and-turn mechanism or a lift-turn-and-reseat mechanism actuates the stem. In one embodiment, the stem back-seats to prevent fugitive emissions. The valve operator selectively moves the closure member to a flow closed position or to a flow open position.

Abstract: A rotary distributor for the supply and discharge of products has a rotor member having a recessed cell compartment and is mounted rotatably in a casing. The casing has two sleeve members which are positioned slidably in two bore openings in the casing to provide, upon rotation of the rotor member, a product inlet to the rotor cell compartment and a product outlet from the compartment. Each inlet and outlet sleeve member is formed by a coupling flange member and a seal member which are positioned so that the seal member is positioned between the coupling flange member and rotor member, and each seal member has a portion configured and positioned for bearing on the rotor member. The coupling flange member of each sleeve member is mounted to the casing adjustably for mounting each sleeve member slidably towards and away from the rotor member for adjusting a frictional force between each seal member and the rotor member.

Abstract: An expanding valve assembly which includes a closure member supporting at least one segment supported on one side thereof for movement toward a valve seating surface upon movement of the closure member in selective response to valve stem movement. Each segment carries two spaced-apart, parallel wedging-camming surfaces configured to cooperate with complementary spaced-apart, parallel wedging-camming surfaces on the closure member to effect expansion of the segment during closure of the valve. In one embodiment a lift-and-turn mechanism provides selective rotational and axial movement of the closure member during different intervals of movement thereof.

Abstract: A water flow regulating device which comprises a casing having a control chamber at the upper middle for holding a regulating valve and a division wall at the lower middle to block up the water outlet from the water inlet thereof. A teflon washer is set inside the control chamber and squeezed by the regulating valve, which has two through-holes disposed in alignment with the two through-holes on the bottom of the control chamber respectively in communication with the water inlet and the water outlet. The regulating valve is secured to the casing by a lock nut and is confined by a control ring to rotate on the teflon washer within a fixed range for controlling the alignment of its two through-holes with the through-holes on the teflon washer and the through-holes on the control chamber so as to regulate water flow rate from the water inlet into the water outlet.

Abstract: A quarter-turn plug valve has an inverted and tapered frustoconical body cavity and plug. The valve body has a through-flow passage with ports opening into said body cavity. The tapered plug has a valve stem and a throughflow passage. The valve seats surround the ports and extend from the walls of the tapered valve cavity toward the plug. The plug, when seated in closed position, is in physical contact only with the annular tapered faces of the valve seats. The valve stem contains acme or square threads near the bottom to engage with a bonnet threaded at its lower end. The bonnet extends axially along the valve stem and has a projecting flange near its midpoint, which seats on a gasket placed between it and the valve body flange. When the plug is properly oriented in closed position, the adjustable bonnet is turned on the threads of the valve stem with the stem fixed until it seats on the valve body with the desired downward thrust.

Abstract: A ball valve device for subsea applications, capable of being dismantled for inspection and maintenance without disrupting normal operations of the pipeline and without causing leakage into or out of the pipeline is disclosed. The ball arrangement of the valve has an upper ball member (3), and a lower ball member (4) in which its upper ball member (3), includes the main packings of the valve. The lower ball member (4) includes two axial withdrawable sleeves (13). When the valve is open, the sleeves (13) can be withdrawn outwardly for intervention with guiders in the valve housing (1) and thereby form a tight, continuous passageway which extends from one of the openings in said valve housing (1) to the second opening in said valve housing (1). The axial withdrawable sleeve (13) can be moved inwards to a position where it stands free from its other guiders when said ball arrangement rotates during closing of said valve.

Abstract: A rotary plug valve includes a rotary plug which has a relatively thin-walled valving portion. To lock the valve in position or to achieve leak tight closure of the valve, the rotary plug is subjected to pressure such that the wall of the thin-walled valving portion deflects outward to tightly contact the surrounding wall of the plug receiving cavity in the valve housing.

Abstract: An improved fluid valve and method of making same are provided wherein the valve has a rotatable closure member which is operated by a rotatable actuating device and which extends transverse the fluid flow axis of the valve, and, the actuating device has unique seal means which enables the valve to be operated while conveying high pressure fluid therethrough and at valve temperatures ranging between -40.degree. F. and 400.degree. F. The actuating device of such valve may also comprise universal means enabling rotation of such actuating device and closure member free of any binding tendencies.

Abstract: The invention is a valve with a tapered plug that seats in a through flow passage in the body. The plug has a through opening so that by rotating the plug through 90.degree. one can control flow through the valve. The plug is tapered and, as it is rotated in the counter-clockwise direction to open, it is also lifted slightly from its seats. As it is rotated in the clockwise direction to close, the plug is pressed slightly down to form a sealing engagement with its seats. The combination of rotational and vertical movements--in effect a spiral motion--of the plug provide a valve that has an effective seal, ease of manipulation and full throttling with 1/4 turn of the tapered plug.

Abstract: A ball valve unit for providing a fluid tight seal between a rotary valve member and its sealing components when in an open or closed position and which is adapted to permit a decrease in the sealing force to allow operation of the valve between the open and closed position. Said unit includes a body which defines a valve chamber and a pair of passages having openings communicating with the valve chamber on opposite sides thereof. An annular seal support is disposed about each opening and includes a substantially flat annular seal support surface. The seal support surfaces converge along a line equidistant from the surfaces in a first direction. A rotary ball valve member having a through bore for connecting the passages when in an open position is contained within the valve chamber.

Abstract: A housing in which a locking tube is contained is threaded into a suitable threaded opening in the valve casing with the opening communicating with the interior of the casing adjacent the seal piston; the locking tube is threaded within the housing and is engageable with the seal piston to lock the seal piston against the valve insuring positive sealing engagement; a detector push-rod is axially movable within the locking tube and is spring loaded against the seal piston; when sealing has been effected, the push-rod effects the actuation of a limit switch to initiate the operation of a signal device.

Abstract: An improved plug valve has means for operating a stem and plug assembly therein, including a sleeve secured within an opening in a valve cover plate, and a tubular gland which is threadably engaged in the sleeve and which coacts with upper and lower stop means incorporated into the stem to raise and lower the plug. Annular sealing rings are employed between the valve stem and the gland and between the gland and the sleeve to prevent leakage, especially when the plug is in a raised position. The upper end of the gland is shaped to receive means for turning the gland to thereby raise or lower the valve stem and plug assembly. A lock nut is rotatable about the gland and selectively against the upper end of the sleeve, whereby the gland may be tightly secured in the sleeve to thereby hold the plug in a sealing position within the valve bore.