Abstract: A plug valve assembly employs a stem having a threaded end, and a shiftable locking key to alternatively interengage the plug with either the stem or the bonnet. When the plug is locked to the bonnet by the key, the threaded part of the shaft will initially lift it from its seat; shifting the key will permit the plug to be rotated by the shaft to open the valve, and the interengagement established by the key will enable return of the plug to orient it for closure.

Abstract: The device comprises a body (1) provided with two coaxial circular openings (3, 4) for connecting two sections of pipe, wherein each opening has an oblique seat (5, 6) receiving a wedge formed of two counter-seats (9, 10), a spherical ball (11) and a cage (12) in which the ball carries elastic means (23) which exert a pressure from said wedge on its seats (5, 6), and a rod (26) enabling said wedge to be unwedged, said ball being provided with a rotation shaft (13) and springs (18) enabling the counter-seats to be detached from the ball in the unwedged position of the wedge.

Abstract: This invention relates to a butterfly valve comprising a floating disc wherein the seating pressure between the valve seat and the rim of the floating disc is relieved prior to the rotation of the disc for opening and closing, and the seating pressure is established after the disc is rotated to the fully closed position. The floating disc butterfly valves taught by this invention comprise a floating disc mechanically connected either to a valve stem supported at both ends or to double cantilever valve stems. A small amount of the axial movement of the valve stem results in either the establishment or relief of the seating pressure between the rim of the floating disc and the valve seat disposed in the valve body.

Abstract: This invention relates to a valve handle having the dual function of rotating the valve stem for opening and closing of the valve and of moving the valve stem in the axial direction over a small distance for relieving and establishing the seating pressure between the valve seat and the blocking body such as the floating disc in the floating disc valve and the ball-plug in the ball-plug valve.

Abstract: This invention relates to the dished discs employed in the construction of the free-disc or floating disc butterfly valves wherein the disc pivotably disposed in the valve body to block the fluid passage is shaped like a dish. The valve stem is mechanically connected to the convex side of the dished disc substantially near the center. The central axis of the valve stem substantially passes through the center of a hypothetical sphere that substantially includes the rim surface of said dished disc and the surface of the seat disposed in the valve body.

Abstract: A valve formed of a body having a flow passageway therethrough defining an annular valve seat, a valve disc member positioned in the flow passageway movable between a closed and open position, the disc having a peripheral sealing surface which engages the valve seat when the valve is closed and a valve stem axially and rotatably received in stem openings in the valve body, the stem extending within the flow passageway, the valve disc being between the stem and the valve seat and boss portions having slots therein extending from the disc rearward surface to either side of the valve stem, each boss portion having aligned upper and lower slots in parallel planes intersecting the plane of the disc sealing surface at an acute angle, and pin members extending from the stem received in the upper and lower slots so that when the pin member is axially displaced the disc is moved to and away from the seat and when it is moved away from the seat, the disc may be rotated without contacting the sealing ring to open the va

Abstract: Apparatus for continuously conveying decorated container members having wet ink images on the outer periphery thereof between a first continuously moving rotatable mandrel wheel type container carrying apparatus of a high speed container decorator or coater machine and a high speed second continuously linearly moving pin chain container carrying apparatus comprising: a continuously rotatable disk type conveyor rotatably movable in a predetermined endless path between the first and second continuously moving container carrying apparatus including a first path portion located in juxtaposition to the first continuously moving container carrying apparatus for receiving decorated container members therefrom and a second path portion located in juxtaposition to the second continuously moving container carrying apparatus delivering decorated container members thereto; a plurality of individual cirumferentially spaced vacuum cups fixedly peripherally mounted in equally spaced relationship on and extending laterally o

Abstract: A ball valve includes a ball with rotary-translatory movement fitted in a duct section. A control device allows to execute the valve closure through the continuous rotation of a single control shaft, firstly with a movement of single rotation and then with a movement of single translation.

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 rotary plug valve has hydraulically actuated seals for sealing between a valve body and a rotatable valve plug. The valve plug is rotated to open or close the valve. A valve handle for turning the plug can be rotatably uncoupled from the valve plug when the valve is closed and turned relative to the plug toward an overtravel position to actuate a hydraulic piston to pressurize the seals. A second piston regulates pressure to the seals and prevents overpressurization.

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: A plug valve for controlling discharge of a fluid tank has an upper surface continuously subjected to the weight and pressure of the tank's contents. Pressure applied to this upper surface is transmitted through the valve to assist sealing with a member subjacent to the valve's plug.

Abstract: A tapered rotary valve plug is provided with an operating head and handle assembly for rotating and axially shifting the valve plug relative to its seat. Cam means is provided to shift the operating head and valve plug axially as a unit as the head is rotated. The operating head and handle assembly are coupled for movement as a unit. The handle assembly is provided with a manually actuated locking pin whereby the handle assembly and operating head may selectively engage the valve plug for rotation to either open or closed position. When the locking pin is disengaged from the valve plug, the handle assembly remains coupled to the operating head enabling rotation of the head independently of the plug and through the aforesaid cam means the plug may be either displaced from its seat to facilitate rotation to the desired valving position or forced into a positive tight sealing engagement with its seat after movement of the plug to the desired valving position.

Abstract: A valve is provided for protecting the high vacuum of a particle accelera in the event of air leakage, wherein the valve provides an axially symmetrical passage to avoid disturbance of the partical beam during normal operation, and yet enables very rapid and tight closure of the beam-carrying pipe in the event of air leakage. The valve includes a ball member (30) which can rotate between a first position wherein a bore (32) in the member is aligned with the beam pipe, and a second position out of line with the pipe. A seal member (38) is flexibly sealed to the pipe, and has a seal end which can move tightly against the ball member after the bore has rotated out of line with the pipe, to thereby assure that the seal member does not retard rapid rotation of the ball valve member. The ball valve member can be rapidly rotated by a conductive arm (40) fixed to it and which is rotated by the discharge of a capacitor bank through coils (44, 45) located adjacent to the arm.

Abstract: A rotary sliding closure unit for use in a liquid melt container extends inwardly through the jacket of the container and into the lining thereof to selectively block and unblock a pouring opening of the container. The unit includes a stationary refractory plate positioned within the lining and having therethrough a flow passage in communication with the pouring opening, and a rotary refractory plate positioned in sliding abutting contact with the stationary refractory plate and having therethrough at least one flow passage to be selectively moved into and out of alignment with the flow passage of the stationary refractory plate. The two refractory plates have complementary abutting relative sliding surfaces located within the interior of the jacket of the container. A stationary tube member extends through the jacket and into the lining and has an inner end grasping the stationary refractory plate.

Abstract: A ball valve mechanism is provided having an internal movable valve seat element that is positioned for linear movement with respect to a valve ball that is positioned for rotation within the valve body. A mechanism for inducing linear movement to the movable seat element is provided which has the capability of retracting the seat member to allow relatively free rotation of the valve ball element or to force the seat member into sealing engagement with the valve ball with force of sufficient magnitude to induce sealing engagement between the valve ball and a pair of opposed seat surfaces within the valve mechanism. The valve body structure is constructed to facilitate actuation of the linearly movable seat member by an actuator ring that is supported by bearings within an annular groove defined by the valve body structure.

Abstract: A cock for controlling the heating system of a motor vehicle has a flat valve member controlled by a lever. Under operating conditions said valve member is permanently biased by the pressure of the heating liquid against a sealing ring provided in the seat of the valve member in the cock housing and the control lever is connected to the pin of said valve member by means of a screw, the screw serving as a secondary means for biasing the valve member.

Abstract: A ball valve or the like for high pressure operation having a connection between the actuating stem and the body wall which allows tipping of the ball valve under pressure into tight sealing engagement with the sealing ring at the outlet end of the valve. The actuating stem is sealed to a first ring but has clearance with the valve body, and the ring is attached by a bellows or the like, which in turn is connected to the valve body, so that the stem may tip slightly with respect to the valve body.

Abstract: A valve adapted for installation in a pipe system which carries liquid or paste foodstuffs has a housing enclosing a cylindrical bore. At least one opening in the side of the housing provides a radial pipe connection. Two closure members of segmented cross-section are rotatably disposed in the bore for rotation into open and closed positions with respect to openings in the side of the housing. Cover plates close the opposite ends of the bore and a spindle extends through each plate into the bore. One spindle is connected to one closure member and the other spindle is connected to the other closure member so that the closure members can be rotated independently of each other. The closure member is provided above and below the openings for pipe connections in the side of the housing with conical wedge surfaces each coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the bore and diverging away from the opening. The housing is provided with wedge surfaces for cooperating with those on the closure members.

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: This invention provides a rotary slide gate mechanism for use on a pour vessel to control flow of molten metal through at least one outlet in the vessel shell, whereby refractory insert plates which are conveyed by said mechanism, may be moved in very close cooperating contact with a perforated refractory outlet plate for the pour vessel, so as to control the flow of molten metal therethrough.

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: A control valve assembly for controlling fluid flow in a flowline having a housing with a normally operative flow control structure and bypass structure therein for providing independent first and second flow paths for allowing controlled fluid passage through the housing from the flowline through the first and second flow paths, as desired.

Abstract: This invention is directed to gels which are stable in storage, comprising a polymer matrix, a liquid dispersing agent embedded therein and optionally fillers or additives, characterized in that said polymer matrix is a polycondensation product of aldehydes and aminoplast-formers, at least 30% by weight of the aminoplast-formers having a molecular weight of between 200 and 10,000 and containing at least one ether, thioether, acetal, ester, urethane and/or carbonate group.

Abstract: A plug valve, especially for use in lines carrying abrasive materials and materials at high temperatures and pressures. The valve body is rotatable in a valve casing having inlet and outlet ducts to bring a port in the valve body into communication with the inlet and outlet ducts. Recesses are provided in the valve body wall for closely fitted sealing plugs. The outer faces of these plugs conform to the wall of the valve body. A fluid reservoir within the valve body is connected to the recesses by passageways. A moveable piston is provided in the reservoir to force hydraulic fluid under controllable pressure into the spaces between the rear wall of the recesses and the sealing plugs, thereby permitting the sealing plugs to be maintained in fluid-tight contact with the inner wall of the casing.

Abstract: A valve with a pair of valve plates includes a valve-plate actuating mechanism operably connected between the valve plates and a valve shaft for transforming the movement of the valve shaft to the movement of the valve plates such that the latter are pivotably movable about the axis of the valve shaft and displaceable along an axis perpendicular to the axis of the valve shaft.

Abstract: An angle ball valve which can compensate the wear of the seat ring by a simple operation such that the adjusting spindle is merely rotated without decomposing the valve.

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.

Abstract: The valve construction comprises a valve housing which has a housing flow passage therethrough and an intermediate spherical valve chamber in the passage. A pivot member which has concentric end journal portions is rotatably mounted in the housing and has an intermediate eccentric portion which is offset from the end journal portions and is located in the valve chamber. A spherically shaped globe valve member having a valve flow passage therethrough opening at respectively diametrically opposite ends of the valve member is rotatably supported on the eccentric portion which extends through diametrically opposite walls of the globe valve member which has an axis at right angles to the axis of the valve flow path. A dog carried on the globe valve member projects outwardly therefrom into a groove of the housing and limits the movement of the globe valve member relative to the pivot to 90.degree.. The valve is opened by pivoting the pivot member to cause a pin which is carried on the globe member to ride in a 90.

Abstract: An adjustable seat for butterfly valves wherein an annular groove is provided in the valve body for receiving an annular sealing member against one sidewall thereof for sealingly engaging the valve closure member in the closed position of the valve. A plurality of circumferentially spaced inwardly directed lugs are provided on the valve body conterminous with the groove and spaced from the sidewall thereof. A plurality of arcuate seal retainer members are disposed in the groove and interposed between the lugs and the sealing member for retaining the sealing member in a sealing position within the groove. Adjustment members are provided on each lug for selective adjustment of the pressure of the arcuate segments against the sealing member for adjusting the sealing pressure of the sealing member.

Abstract: A butterfly gate valve for control of water in treatment, waste water plants and the like, wherein the gate is mounted on a one-piece shaft. The lower end of the shaft rotates in a radial bearing, and a radial bearing and a thrust bearing are provided on the upper end of the shaft above the gate. The upper bearings are housed in a protective bonnet and may be sealed from access of water. The upper bearings are easily accessible through a removable bonnet cover. The vertical position of the leaf within the frame is adjustable by means of a rotatable threaded member reacting against a mating member above the frame.